import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDType1Font;
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
public class PDFBoxExample {
static class Student {
private int id;
private String name;
public Student(int id, String name) {
this.id = id;
this.name = name;
public int getId() {
return id;
public String getName() {
return name;
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
List
students = Arrays.asList(
new Student(1, "Tom"),
new Student(2, "Mary"),
new Student(3, "John")
try (PDDocument pdDocument = new PDDocument()) {
PDPage pdPage = new PDPage();
pdDocument.addPage(pdPage);
float pageHeight = pdPage.getMediaBox().getHeight();
float rowHeight = 30;
try (PDPageContentStream stream = new PDPageContentStream(pdDocument, pdPage)) {
// table header
float headerLinePostionY = pageHeight - rowHeight;
float headerTextPositionY = headerLinePostionY + 5f;
stream.moveTo(100f, headerLinePostionY);
stream.lineTo(500f, headerLinePostionY);
stream.setStrokingColor(Color.BLACK);
stream.setLineWidth(1f);
stream.stroke();
stream.beginText();
stream.setFont(PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD, 12);
stream.newLineAtOffset(130f, headerTextPositionY);
stream.showText("ID");
stream.endText();
stream.beginText();
stream.setFont(PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD, 12);
stream.newLineAtOffset(300f, headerTextPositionY);
stream.showText("NAME");
stream.endText();
// table body
for (int i = 0; i < students.size(); i++) {
Student student = students.get(i);
float linePostionY = pageHeight - ((i + 2) * rowHeight);
float textPositionY = linePostionY + 5f;
stream.moveTo(100f, linePostionY);
stream.lineTo(500f, linePostionY);
stream.setStrokingColor(Color.BLACK);
stream.setLineWidth(1f);
stream.stroke();
stream.beginText();
stream.setFont(PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD, 12);
stream.newLineAtOffset(130f, textPositionY);
stream.showText(String.valueOf(student.getId()));
stream.endText();
stream.beginText();
stream.setFont(PDType1Font.HELVETICA, 12);
stream.newLineAtOffset(300f, textPositionY);
stream.showText(student.getName());
stream.endText();
pdDocument.save(new File("Example.pdf"));
