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graphics/fill_pattern

Define some hatching patterns and use them to fill arbitrary shapes.

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/*
 * Fill pattern:
 * Define some hatching patterns and use them to fill arbitrary shapes.
 * 
 * Create a green pattern with a hatching of rising lines and fill a rectangle
 * with it. Create pattern with a hatching of falling lines and fill a
 * rectangle with it using the colors currently being set. Create a colored pie
 * chart using the two hatchings and various stroke colors. Create a more
 * complex hatching pattern and fill a circle with it.
 * 
 * Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 9.0.2
 * Required data: none
 */
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.graphics;

import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;

public class fill_pattern
{
    public static void main (String argv[])
    {
        /* This is where the data files are. Adjust if necessary. */
        String searchpath = "../input";
        String outfile = "fill_pattern.pdf";
        String title = "Fill Pattern";

        pdflib p = null;
        
        double w, h;
        int pattern1, pattern2, pattern3;
        int exitcode = 0;

        try {
            p = new pdflib();

            p.set_option("searchpath={" + searchpath + "}");

            /* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */
            p.set_option("errorpolicy=return");

            if (p.begin_document(outfile, "") == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
            p.set_info("Title", title);

            
            /* -----------------------------------------------------------------
             * Define Pattern I, a green pattern with a hatching of rising lines
             * -----------------------------------------------------------------
             * 
             * Define a pattern with a width of w and a height of h. When
             * repeatedly placing the pattern an x-offset of w and an y-offset
             * of h is used. The stroke color is defined within the pattern
             * (painttype=colored, which is default).
             */
            w = 10;
            h = 10;
            
            pattern1 = p.begin_pattern_ext(w, h, "");

            /* Set the stroke color for the pattern to green.
             * Draw three lines with an angle of sin(h/w). For a smooth transition
             * from one line segment to the adjacent when output the pattern 
             * repeatedly: First, set the line cap to beyond the line end. Second, 
             * stroke not one but three line elements with a distance of w between
             * each other (while having a pattern's x-offset of w).
             */
            p.setlinewidth(w / 20);
            p.set_graphics_option("linecap=2");
            p.setcolor("stroke", "rgb", 0.0, 0.5, 0.5, 0);
            
            p.moveto(0, 0);
            p.lineto(w, h);
            
            p.moveto(w, 0);
            p.lineto(2*w, h);
            
            p.moveto(-w, 0);
            p.lineto(0, h);
            
            p.stroke();

            p.end_pattern();
            
            
            /* --------------------------------------------------
             * Define Pattern II with a hatching of falling lines
             * --------------------------------------------------
             * 
             * Define a pattern with a width of w and a height of h. When
             * repeatedly placing the pattern an x-offset of w and an y-offset
             * of h is used. The pattern will have no color on its own but will
             * be colorized later by the fill color which is set at the time the 
             * pattern will be used (painttype=uncolored).
             */
            w = 10;
            h = 10;
            
            pattern2 = p.begin_pattern_ext(w, h, "painttype=uncolored");
            
            /* Draw three lines with an angle of -sin(h/w). For a smooth transition
             * from one line segment to the adjacent when output the pattern 
             * repeatedly: First, set the line cap to beyond the line end. Second, 
             * stroke not one but three line elements with a distance of w between
             * each other (while having a pattern's x-offset of w).
             */
            
            /* Set the stroke line width for the pattern */
            p.setlinewidth(w / 20);
            
            /* Set the line cap beyond the line ends */
            p.set_graphics_option("linecap=2");
            
            /* Define and stroke the path for the pattern */
            p.moveto(0, h);
            p.lineto(w, 0);
            
            p.moveto(w, h);
            p.lineto(2*w, 0);
            
            p.moveto(-w, h);
            p.lineto(0, 0);
            
            p.stroke();

            p.end_pattern();
            
            
            /* ---------------------------------------------------------------
             * Define Pattern III, a more complex light green hatching pattern
             * ---------------------------------------------------------------
             * 
             * The stroke color is defined within the pattern (painttype=colored,
             * which is default) as a shade of green.
             */
            w = 5;
            h = 10;
            
            pattern3 = p.begin_pattern_ext(w, h, "");

            /* Define a custom color for the pattern */
            p.setcolor("stroke", "rgb", 0.4, 0.5, 0.2, 0);
            p.setlinewidth(w / 10);
            
            /* Set the line cap beyond the line end */
            p.set_graphics_option("linecap=2");
            
            /* Define and stroke the path for the pattern to be used */
            p.moveto(0, 0);
            p.lineto(w, h / 2);
            p.lineto(0, h);
            p.stroke();

            p.moveto(0, h / 2);
            p.lineto(w / 2, h / 4);
            p.stroke();

            p.moveto(w, h);
            p.lineto(w / 2, 3 * h / 4);
            p.stroke();

            p.end_pattern();
            
            p.begin_page_ext(500, 500, "");
            
            
            /* ------------------------------
             * Output graphics with pattern I
             * ------------------------------
             * 
             * Set the stroke color to black.
             * Set the green pattern I as the fill color.
             */
            p.setcolor("stroke", "gray", 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0);
            p.setcolor("fill", "pattern", pattern1, 0, 0, 0);
            
            /* Draw a rectangle with the current fill color, i.e. filled with 
             * pattern I repeatedly applied. The rectangle will have a border
             * colored with the current stroke color which as been set to black 
             * above.
             */
            p.rect(50, 300, 150, 100);
            p.fill_stroke();
           
            /* -------------------------------
             * Output graphics with pattern II
             * -------------------------------
             * 
             * Set the fill and stroke color to light red. 
             * Set pattern II as the fill color. Since pattern II has no inherent 
             * stroke color it will use the stroke color currently being set. 
             */
            p.setcolor("fillstroke", "rgb", 1.0, 0.5, 0.5, 0);
            p.setcolor("fill", "pattern", pattern2, 0, 0, 0);
            
            /* Draw a rectangle with the current fill color, i.e. filled with 
             * pattern II repeatedly applied. Set the line width of the rectangle
             * borders to the line width of the pattern
             */
            p.setlinewidth(0.5);
            p.rect(250, 300, 150, 100);
            p.fill_stroke();
            
            /* Set the current stroke color to green. Draw an arc segment
             * as part of a pie chart. The arc will be filled with the green 
             * pattern II set as current fill color above. The borders will be
             * stroked with the stroke color currently being set to green.
             */
            p.setlinewidth(1);
            p.setcolor("stroke", "rgb", 0.0, 0.5, 0.5, 0);
            p.moveto(100, 150);
            p.lineto(100, 200);
            p.arcn(100, 150, 50, 90, 120);
            p.closepath_fill_stroke();
            
            /* Set pattern I as the current fill color */
            p.setcolor("fill", "pattern", pattern1, 0, 0, 0);
            
            /* Set the current stroke color to light red */
            p.setcolor("stroke", "rgb", 1.0, 0.5, 0.5, 0);
            
            /* Draw another smaller arc segment as part of the pie chart */
            p.moveto(100, 150);
            p.lineto(100, 200);
            p.arc(100, 150, 50, 90, 120);
            p.closepath_fill_stroke();
      
         
            /* --------------------------------
             * Output graphics with pattern III
             * --------------------------------
             * 
             * Set pattern III as the fill color
             */
            p.setcolor("fill", "pattern", pattern3, 0, 0, 0);
            
            /* Draw a circle with the current fill color, i.e. filled with 
             * the light green pattern III repeatedly being applied
             */
            p.circle(350, 150, 100);
            p.fill();
            
            p.end_page_ext("");
            
            p.end_document("");

        } catch (PDFlibException e) {
            System.err.println("PDFlib exception occurred:");
            System.err.println("[" + e.get_errnum() + "] " + e.get_apiname() +
                                ": " + e.get_errmsg());
            exitcode = 1;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println(e);
            exitcode = 1;
        } finally {
            if (p != null) {
                p.delete();
            }
            System.exit(exitcode);
        }
    }
}