table/nested_tables
Place a sub-table in one table cell.
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/*
* Nested tables:
* Place a sub-table in one table cell.
*
* Create a template which contains a table consisting of three rows and two
* columns. Create a table consisting of three rows and three columns. Add a
* cell in the second column and the second row of the table so that the cell
* contains the template, e.g. the contained table, as a sub-table.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
* Required data: none
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.table;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class nested_tables {
public static void main(String argv[]) {
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "nested_tables.pdf";
String title = "Nested Tables";
pdflib p = null;
/*
* Option list for the template, i.e. the sub-table
* Note "position={left bottom}" for being able to calculate the
* size of the table for subsequent specification of the template size.
*/
final String taboptlist1 = "stroke={{line=other linewidth=0.1 }} "
+ "fill={{area=table fillcolor={rgb 1 0.9 0.9}}} "
+ "position={left bottom}";
/*
* Option list for the outer table
*/
final String taboptlist2 = "stroke={{line=other linewidth=0.1 } "
+ "{line=frame linewidth=1.0 }} "
+ "fill={{area=table fillcolor={rgb 0.9 0.9 1}}} ";
String addoptlist1, addoptlist2, fitoptlist1, textoptlist;
final double fontsize = 14.0;
final double margin = 5.0;
final double tabwidth1, tabheight1;
final double pagewidth = 595;
final double pageheight = 500;
double x = 20, y = 470, yoff = 10;
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);
/*
* Create a template which contains a table consisting of three
* rows and two columns. Pass (0, 0) for the size of the template,
* as we will calculate the size of the table and provide the
* size to the template with end_template_ext().
*/
int templ = p.begin_template_ext(0, 0, "");
/*
* Add some cells for the template sub-table and fit them into the
* template
*/
addoptlist1 =
"fittextline={fontname=NotoSerif-Regular "
+ "fontsize=" + fontsize + "} margin=" + margin;
int tbl = p.add_table_cell(-1, 1, 1, "tab 1, cell A", addoptlist1);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 1, "tab 1, cell B", addoptlist1);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 2, "tab 1, cell C", addoptlist1);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 2, "tab 1, cell D", addoptlist1);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 3, "tab 1, cell E", addoptlist1);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 3, "tab 1, cell F", addoptlist1);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.fit_table(tbl, 0, 0, 1000, 1000, taboptlist1);
/* Retrieve the width and height of the template sub-table */
tabwidth1 = p.info_table(tbl, "width");
tabheight1 = p.info_table(tbl, "height");
/* Finish the template while specifying the size of it */
p.end_template_ext(tabwidth1, tabheight1);
/* Start page */
p.begin_page_ext(pagewidth, pageheight, "");
/*
* Place the sub-table. To illustrate the extent of the sub-table
* first output it individually. "rewind=1" is only required here
* for illustration purposes. It resets the table to the state
* before last fit_table() call which has been used to place the
* table into the template. Otherwise we would not be able to place
* the table a second time.
*/
/* Output some descriptive text */
textoptlist = "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=" + fontsize;
p.fit_textline("Inner table 1 (placed in a template):", x, y,
textoptlist);
y -= tabheight1 + yoff;
fitoptlist1 = taboptlist1 + " rewind=1";
p.fit_table(tbl, x + tabwidth1, y, x + 2 * tabwidth1, y
+ tabheight1, fitoptlist1);
p.delete_table(tbl, "");
/*
* Create the outer table consisting of three rows and three columns
*/
/* Output some descriptive text */
y -= yoff * 4;
p.fit_textline("Outer table 2:", x, y, textoptlist);
/*
* Add some cells to the outer table. The column width is set to the
* table width of the sub-table which has been retrieved above. The
* row height is set to the height of the sub-table which has been
* retrieved above.
*/
addoptlist2 =
"fittextline={fontname=NotoSerif-Regular "
+ "fontsize=" + fontsize + "} margin=" + margin + " colwidth="
+ tabwidth1 + " rowheight=" + tabheight1;
tbl = p.add_table_cell(-1, 1, 1, "tab 2, cell 1", addoptlist2);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 1, "tab 2, cell 2", addoptlist2);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 3, 1, "tab 2, cell 3", addoptlist2);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 2, "tab 2, cell 4", addoptlist2);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 3, 2, "tab 2, cell 5", addoptlist2);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 3, "tab 2, cell 6", addoptlist2);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 3, "tab 2, cell 7", addoptlist2);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 3, 3, "tab 2, cell 8", addoptlist2);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/*
* Add another cell containing the template sub-table as well as
* some gray text. The "image" option supplies the template.
*/
addoptlist2 = "image=" + templ
+ " fittextline={fontname=NotoSerif-Regular "
+ " position={center 70} fontsize=26 fillcolor={gray 0.8}}";
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 2, "tab 2, cell 9", addoptlist2);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* Place the outer table */
y -= yoff;
p.fit_table(tbl, x, 20, pagewidth - x, y, taboptlist2);
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.toString());
exitcode = 1;
}
finally {
if (p != null) {
p.delete();
}
System.exit(exitcode);
}
}
}