java - Highlevel interface to PDF-Generation -

i need generate pdf-documents java. i've tried itextpdf, , apachepdfbox. have impression, these libraries possible things pdf.

but have few requirements:

• create pdf-document scratch
• add chapters having title
• adding plain text chapter
• adding text html chapter
• adding image chapter, being scaled fit if needed
• adding table chapter
• create header , footer
• having background image

there quite learning curve these things libraries mentioned above. i'm dreaming of high level api making life easier, having these few methods:

• createchapter(string title)
• addplaintext(chapter chapter,string text)
• addhtml(chapter chapter,string html)
• addimage(chapter chapter,byte[] bytes) (because it's coming out of db)
• addtable(chapter chapter, tablemodel table)
• addheader(headerfootermodel header)
• addfooter(headerfootermodel footer)
• addbackgroundimage(chapter chapter,byte[] bytes)

is there available? cool , safe time.

following class great start @ having high level api itext. implemented of methods requested. remainder left challenge reader.

package stackoverflow;  import com.itextpdf.html2pdf.htmlconverter; import com.itextpdf.io.image.imagedatafactory; import com.itextpdf.kernel.color.color; import com.itextpdf.kernel.color.devicergb; import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.pdfdocument; import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.pdfwriter; import com.itextpdf.layout.document; import com.itextpdf.layout.element.iblockelement; import com.itextpdf.layout.element.ielement; import com.itextpdf.layout.element.image; import com.itextpdf.layout.element.paragraph;  import java.io.file; import java.io.ioexception; import java.io.outputstream; import java.util.arraylist; import java.util.hashmap; import java.util.list; import java.util.map;  public class itextfordummiesfacade  {      // itext io     private pdfdocument pdfdocument;     private document layoutdocument;      // font sizes     private float regularfontsize = 12f;     private float chaptertitlefontsize = 14f;      // font colors     private color chapterfontcolor = new devicergb(249, 157, 37);     private color regularfontcolor = new devicergb(100, 100, 100);      // structure     private map<string, integer> chapternames = new hashmap<>();     private map<integer, list<ielement>> elementsperchapter = new hashmap<>();      public itextfordummiesfacade(outputstream os) throws ioexception      {         this.pdfdocument = new pdfdocument(new pdfwriter(os));         this.layoutdocument  = new document(pdfdocument);     }      public itextfordummiesfacade(file outputfile) throws ioexception      {         this.pdfdocument = new pdfdocument(new pdfwriter(outputfile));         this.layoutdocument  = new document(pdfdocument);     }      public boolean createchapter(string title)     {         if(chapternames.containskey(title))             return false;         int nextid = chapternames.size();         chapternames.put(title, nextid);         elementsperchapter.put(nextid, new arraylist<ielement>());         elementsperchapter.get(nextid).add(new paragraph(title)             .setfontsize(chaptertitlefontsize)             .setfontcolor(chapterfontcolor));         return true;     }      public boolean addplaintext(string chapter, string text)     {         if(!chapternames.containskey(chapter))             return false;         int id = chapternames.get(chapter);         elementsperchapter.get(id).add(new paragraph(text)             .setfontsize(regularfontsize)             .setfontcolor(regularfontcolor));         return true;     }      public boolean addhtml(string chapter, string html)     {         if(!chapternames.containskey(chapter))             return false;         int id = chapternames.get(chapter);         try          {     elementsperchapter.get(id).addall(htmlconverter.converttoelements(html));         } catch (ioexception e)          {             e.printstacktrace();             return false;         }         return true;     }      public boolean addimage(string chapter, byte[] image)     {         if(!chapternames.containskey(chapter))             return false;         int id = chapternames.get(chapter);         elementsperchapter.get(id).add(new image(imagedatafactory.create(image)));         return true;     }      private void write()     {         for(int i=0;i<chapternames.size();i++)         {             for(ielement e : elementsperchapter.get(i))                 if(e instanceof iblockelement)                     layoutdocument.add((iblockelement) e);         }     }      public void close()     {         write();         layoutdocument.flush();         layoutdocument.close();     } } 

you can call facade work you.

    file outputfile = new file(system.getproperty("user.home"), "output.pdf");      itextfordummiesfacade facade = new itextfordummiesfacade(outputfile);     facade.createchapter("chapter 1");     facade.addplaintext("chapter 1","lorem ipsum dummy text of printing , typesetting industry. lorem ipsum has been industry's standard dummy text ever since 1500s, when unknown printer took galley of type , scrambled make type specimen book. has survived not 5 centuries, leap electronic typesetting, remaining unchanged. popularised in 1960s release of letraset sheets containing lorem ipsum passages, , more desktop publishing software aldus pagemaker including versions of lorem ipsum.");     facade.close();