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How to create the PDF in java from the String(containing HTML tags basically HTML string ) in java

 
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I have the HTML of some page in the String format
for example :-
String sPDFContent="<table><tr><td>Chetan</td></tr><tr><td>test</td></tr></table>";
This String i want to convert in the PDF format .

This all i m doing because i want to send the PDF file which will generated dynamically, as an attachment in the e-mail.


If someone having more easy and better answer,suggest.

Thanks to everyone in advance.
 
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Read this page for a synopsis of all the libraries to choose from:

http://java-source.net/open-source/pdf-libraries
 
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Use iTextPdf libraries !

http://itextpdf.com/

 
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+1 on iText for simple HTML documents. For more advanced documents I've used Yahp with some success. It's not perfect but better than a lot of commercial products I've tried.
 
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Hey Guys thanks a lot for your suggestion .

Finally i got solution after all...


I used PD4ML,PD4PageMark classes and pd4ml.render(urlstring, fos); method of PD4ML class .



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