Convert a Text File to PDF using Free jPDFWriter with word wrapping and pagination

This sample java program uses jPDFWriter to open a text file and create a PDF file from the text contained in the text file. It takes care of wrapping text into lines and of creating new pages as needed (pagination).

// Page dimensions and margins, in inches
float pageWidth = 8.5f;
float pageHeight = 11f;
 
float marginLeft = 1;
float marginTop = 1;
float marginBottom = 1;
float marginRight = 1;
 
// Define page format for PDF document
Paper p = new Paper ();
// set paper size
p.setSize(pageWidth * 72, pageHeight * 72);
// set no margin to paper (we're taking care of the margins when writing)
p.setImageableArea(0, 0, pageWidth * 72,  pageHeight * 72);
PageFormat pageFormat = new PageFormat ();
pageFormat.setPaper(p);
 
 
// Create the PDF document
PDFDocument pdfDoc = new PDFDocument();
 
// Create font
Font font = PDFGraphics.HELVETICA.deriveFont(Font.PLAIN, 11f);
 
// Init page information
PDFPage newPage = null;
Graphics2D g2 = null;
FontMetrics fm = null;
float currentY = marginTop * 72;
float wrapWidth = (pageWidth - (marginLeft + marginRight)) * 72f;
 
// Create a reader to read the input text file (uses the default encoding)
// !! This assumes that the text file is using the default OS encoding 
// otherwise you will need to specify the encoding
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader (new FileReader("C:\\myfolder\\input.txt"));
String line = reader.readLine();
while (line != null)
{
 // Create new page when needed
 if (newPage == null)
 {
   newPage = pdfDoc.createPage(pageFormat);
   pdfDoc.addPage(newPage);
   g2 = newPage.createGraphics();
   g2.setFont(font);
   fm = g2.getFontMetrics();
   currentY = marginTop * 72;
 }
 
 if (line.length() <= 0)
 {
   // Advance to next line
   currentY += fm.getHeight();
   line = reader.readLine();
   continue;
  }
 
  AttributedString attrString = new AttributedString(line);
  attrString.addAttribute(TextAttribute.FONT, font, 0, line.length());
  LineBreakMeasurer lbm = new LineBreakMeasurer(attrString.getIterator(), g2.getFontRenderContext());
 
  int offset = 0;
 
  while (offset < line.length())
  {
   offset = lbm.nextOffset(wrapWidth);
 
   // Draw the line
   g2.drawString(line.substring(lbm.getPosition(), offset), marginLeft * 72, currentY);
 
   // update the line LineBreakMeasurer position
   lbm.setPosition(offset);
 
   // Advance to next line
   currentY += fm.getHeight();
   if (currentY >= ((pageHeight - marginBottom) * 72))
   {
     newPage = pdfDoc.createPage(pageFormat);
     pdfDoc.addPage(newPage);
     g2 = newPage.createGraphics();
     g2.setFont(font);
     fm = g2.getFontMetrics();
     currentY = marginTop * 72;
    }
  }
 
// Read the next line
line = reader.readLine();
}
 
// Close the text file
reader.close();
 
// Save the document
pdfDoc.saveDocument("C:\\myfolder\\output.pdf");

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