This sample allows users to create a new blank PDF and place the text "Hello, World!" onto it. This PDF is saved and written out to a file called HelloWorld.pdf.

HelloWorld.java

/*
 * Copyright 2015 Datalogics Inc.
 */
package pdfjt.cookbook.document;

import pdfjt.util.SampleFileServices;

import com.adobe.pdfjt.pdf.document.PDFDocument;
import com.adobe.pdfjt.pdf.document.PDFOpenOptions;
import com.datalogics.pdf.document.DocumentHelper;
import com.datalogics.pdf.layout.LayoutEngine;
import com.datalogics.pdf.text.Paragraph;

/**
 * This sample allows users to create a new blank PDF and place the text
 * "Hello, World!" onto it. This PDF is saved and written out to a file called
 * HelloWorld.pdf.
 */
public final class HelloWorld {

    private static final String outputDir = "cookbook/Document/output/";
    private static final String outputFile = "HelloWorld.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        PDFDocument pdfDocument = PDFDocument.newInstance(PDFOpenOptions.newInstance());

        /*
         * The default layout engine will have a 1 inch margin around the entire
         * page and layout text in 12 point Times New Roman.
         */
        try (LayoutEngine layout = new LayoutEngine(pdfDocument)) {
            Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph("Hello, World!");
            layout.add(paragraph);
        }
        SampleFileServices.createDir(outputDir);
        DocumentHelper.saveFullAndClose(pdfDocument, outputDir + outputFile);
    }
}