IText JRuby Integration

gistfile1.txt

require 'java'
require 'itext'

java_import com.lowagie.text.Document
java_import com.lowagie.text.PageSize
java_import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell
java_import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable
java_import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter
java_import java.lang.String
java_import java.io.FileOutputStream

class PDFDriver

    def initialize()
        #export CLASSPATH=/usr/local/Cellar/jruby/1.7.5/libexec/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/itext-2.0.7-java/lib/iText-2.0.7.jar
    end

    def makePDF()
        doc = Document.new()
        stream = FileOutputStream.new("./test.pdf")

        PdfWriter.getInstance doc, stream
        doc.open()


        table = PdfPTable.new(1)
        table.addCell("Hello World")
        doc.add(table)

        doc.close()

    end

end

driver = PDFDriver.new()

driver.makePDF()