Generating PDF from jsp using iText
Radha MahaLakshmi
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Posts: 45
posted 14 years ago
Hello All
I am trying to generate PDF from jsp and i am using iText library.
Here i am pasting a sample code.
<%@ page contentType="text/html"
import="java.io.*,
java.util.*,
java.text.*,
java.sql.*,
com.sybase.jdbcx.EedInfo,
com.sybase.jdbcx.SybDriver,
com.sybase.jdbcx.Debug,
com.lowagie.text.*,
com.lowagie.text.pdf.*"
%>
<html>
<body bgcolor="white">
<%
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate(),
10, 10, 10, 10);
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream());
%>
HelloWorld
</body>
</html>
its giving an exception saying that
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: getOutputStream() has already been called for this response
Please help me.
I am trying to generate PDF from jsp and i am using iText library.
Here i am pasting a sample code.
<%@ page contentType="text/html"
import="java.io.*,
java.util.*,
java.text.*,
java.sql.*,
com.sybase.jdbcx.EedInfo,
com.sybase.jdbcx.SybDriver,
com.sybase.jdbcx.Debug,
com.lowagie.text.*,
com.lowagie.text.pdf.*"
%>
<html>
<body bgcolor="white">
<%
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate(),
10, 10, 10, 10);
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream());
%>
HelloWorld
</body>
</html>
its giving an exception saying that
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: getOutputStream() has already been called for this response
Please help me.
Lasse Koskela
author
Sheriff
Sheriff
Posts: 11962
5
posted 14 years ago
You can't call response.setContentType(...) after you have written something to the output stream. Besides, it won't do you much good if you're embedding the PDF file's contents to the HTML document's <body> section, I'm afraid.
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Radha MahaLakshmi
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Posts: 45
Lasse Koskela
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Sheriff
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Posts: 11962
5
posted 14 years ago
In short, remove all HTML stuff from your JSP, set the content type to "application/pdf" and use the iText API to print out the PDF file.
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Radha MahaLakshmi
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Posts: 45
posted 14 years ago
Hi
I removed every thing and tried.Its not giving any error but not displaying the pdf also.
Here is my code
<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"
import="java.io.*,
com.lowagie.text.*,
com.lowagie.text.pdf.*"
%>
<%!
private void addCell(PdfPTable table, String str,int verAlig,
int holAlig,int colSpan,Font font)
{
if (str == null) str = "";
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(str, font));
cell.setVerticalAlignment(verAlig);
cell.setHorizontalAlignment(holAlig);
cell.setColspan(colSpan);
cell.setBorderWidth(0);//Border arround the heading
table.addCell(cell);
}
%>
<%
try
{
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate(),10, 10, 10, 10);
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream());
document.open();
PdfPTable headerTable = new PdfPTable(1);
headerTable.setWidthPercentage(100);
headerTable.getDefaultCell().setBorderWidth(3);
Font f1 = new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 22,Font.UNDEFINED,
java.awt.Color.blue);
addCell(headerTable, "HelloWorld",
Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, Element.ALIGN_CENTER,0,f1);
document.add(headerTable);
document.close();
}catch(Exception e)
{
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
}
%>
Also i noticed.
I added <html></html> tags but still its not giving any error.
I am not able to find any reason.
Regards
Radha
I removed every thing and tried.Its not giving any error but not displaying the pdf also.
Here is my code
<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"
import="java.io.*,
com.lowagie.text.*,
com.lowagie.text.pdf.*"
%>
<%!
private void addCell(PdfPTable table, String str,int verAlig,
int holAlig,int colSpan,Font font)
{
if (str == null) str = "";
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(str, font));
cell.setVerticalAlignment(verAlig);
cell.setHorizontalAlignment(holAlig);
cell.setColspan(colSpan);
cell.setBorderWidth(0);//Border arround the heading
table.addCell(cell);
}
%>
<%
try
{
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate(),10, 10, 10, 10);
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream());
document.open();
PdfPTable headerTable = new PdfPTable(1);
headerTable.setWidthPercentage(100);
headerTable.getDefaultCell().setBorderWidth(3);
Font f1 = new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 22,Font.UNDEFINED,
java.awt.Color.blue);
addCell(headerTable, "HelloWorld",
Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, Element.ALIGN_CENTER,0,f1);
document.add(headerTable);
document.close();
}catch(Exception e)
{
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
}
%>
Also i noticed.
I added <html></html> tags but still its not giving any error.
I am not able to find any reason.
Regards
Radha
Lasse Koskela
author
Sheriff
Sheriff
Posts: 11962
5
posted 14 years ago
You should at least remove <%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" from the beginning of the JSP (or change it to "application/pdf"). If this is still not working, you might want to switch into a servlet (the JSP compiler might produce some nasty out.println's which do no good for PDF documents considering the document structure relies on byte offsets).
Here is an example for a servlet generating PDF output and you might also want to take a look at this faq entry.
Here is an example for a servlet generating PDF output and you might also want to take a look at this faq entry.
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posted 14 years ago
Also, don't forget to flush the output stream.
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Radha MahaLakshmi
Ranch Hand
Posts: 45
posted 14 years ago
Hi
I tried with servle but nothing is getting displayed on the screen.
Browser window is gettng hanged.There is no exception also.
Is there any other way i can do??
Here is my code
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import com.lowagie.text.*;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.lowagie.text.html.HtmlWriter;
public class Chap0105 extends HttpServlet {
public void doGet (HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException, ServletException {
// we retrieve the presentationtype
String presentationtype = "pdf";
// step 1
System.out.println("---inside servelit----");
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate(), 10, 10, 10, 10);
try {
// step 2: we set the ContentType and create an instance of the corresponding Writer
if ("pdf".equals(presentationtype)) {
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream());
}
else if ("html".equals(presentationtype)) {
response.setContentType("text/html");
HtmlWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream());
}
else {
response.sendRedirect("http://www.lowagie.com/iText/tutorial/ch01.html#step2");
}
// step 3
document.open();
// step 4
document.add(new Paragraph(new Date().toString()));
}
catch(DocumentException de) {
de.printStackTrace();
System.err.println("document: " + de.getMessage());
}
// step 5: we close the document (the outputstream is also closed internally)
document.close();
}
}
Regards
Radha
I tried with servle but nothing is getting displayed on the screen.
Browser window is gettng hanged.There is no exception also.
Is there any other way i can do??
Here is my code
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import com.lowagie.text.*;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.lowagie.text.html.HtmlWriter;
public class Chap0105 extends HttpServlet {
public void doGet (HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException, ServletException {
// we retrieve the presentationtype
String presentationtype = "pdf";
// step 1
System.out.println("---inside servelit----");
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate(), 10, 10, 10, 10);
try {
// step 2: we set the ContentType and create an instance of the corresponding Writer
if ("pdf".equals(presentationtype)) {
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream());
}
else if ("html".equals(presentationtype)) {
response.setContentType("text/html");
HtmlWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream());
}
else {
response.sendRedirect("http://www.lowagie.com/iText/tutorial/ch01.html#step2");
}
// step 3
document.open();
// step 4
document.add(new Paragraph(new Date().toString()));
}
catch(DocumentException de) {
de.printStackTrace();
System.err.println("document: " + de.getMessage());
}
// step 5: we close the document (the outputstream is also closed internally)
document.close();
}
}
Regards
Radha
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Idly Vada
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posted 14 years ago
Hi Radha!
I don't think you are sending the pdf document. you are creating the pdf. But you should a stream object like ServletOutputStream to send the generated pdf.
Plz go thru the following article on Dynamically Creating PDFs in a Web Application first.
http://www.onjava.com/lpt/a/3924
Remember that one should use streams (not readers/writers) while dealing with bytes. Use readers/writers when you deal with chars.
I don't think you are sending the pdf document. you are creating the pdf. But you should a stream object like ServletOutputStream to send the generated pdf.
Plz go thru the following article on Dynamically Creating PDFs in a Web Application first.
http://www.onjava.com/lpt/a/3924
Remember that one should use streams (not readers/writers) while dealing with bytes. Use readers/writers when you deal with chars.
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