com.itextpdf.html2pdf

Class HtmlConverter

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.html2pdf.HtmlConverter

public class HtmlConverter
extends Object

The HtmlConverter is the class you will use most when converting HTML to PDF. It contains a series of static methods that accept HTML as a String, File, or InputStream, and convert it to PDF in the form of an OutputStream, File, or a series of iText elements. It's also possible to write to a PdfWriter or PdfDocument instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static com.itextpdf.layout.Document	convertToDocument(InputStream htmlStream, com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument pdfDocument, ConverterProperties converterProperties) Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to objects that will be added to a PdfDocument, using specific ConverterProperties, returning a Document instance.
static com.itextpdf.layout.Document	convertToDocument(InputStream htmlStream, com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter pdfWriter) Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to content that will be written to a PdfWriter, returning a Document instance.
static com.itextpdf.layout.Document	convertToDocument(InputStream htmlStream, com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter pdfWriter, ConverterProperties converterProperties) Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to content that will be written to a PdfWriter, using specific ConverterProperties, returning a Document instance.
static List	convertToElements(InputStream htmlStream) Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to a List of iText objects (IElement instances).
static List	convertToElements(InputStream htmlStream, ConverterProperties converterProperties) Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to a List of iText objects (IElement instances), using specific ConverterProperties.
static List	convertToElements(String html) Converts a String containing HTML to a List of iText objects (IElement instances).
static List	convertToElements(String html, ConverterProperties converterProperties) Converts a String containing HTML to a List of iText objects (IElement instances), using specific ConverterProperties.
static void	convertToPdf(File htmlFile, File pdfFile) Converts HTML stored in a File to a PDF File.
static void	convertToPdf(File htmlFile, File pdfFile, ConverterProperties converterProperties) Converts HTML stored in a File to a PDF File, using specific ConverterProperties.
static void	convertToPdf(InputStream htmlStream, OutputStream pdfStream) Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to a PDF written to an OutputStream.
static void	convertToPdf(InputStream htmlStream, OutputStream pdfStream, ConverterProperties converterProperties) Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to a PDF written to an OutputStream.
static void	convertToPdf(InputStream htmlStream, com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument pdfDocument) Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to objects that will be added to a PdfDocument.
static void	convertToPdf(InputStream htmlStream, com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument pdfDocument, ConverterProperties converterProperties) Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to objects that will be added to a PdfDocument, using specific ConverterProperties.
static void	convertToPdf(InputStream htmlStream, com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter pdfWriter) Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to content that will be written to a PdfWriter.
static void	convertToPdf(InputStream htmlStream, com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter pdfWriter, ConverterProperties converterProperties) Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to content that will be written to a PdfWriter, using specific ConverterProperties.
static void	convertToPdf(String html, OutputStream pdfStream) Converts a String containing HTML to an OutputStream containing PDF.
static void	convertToPdf(String html, OutputStream pdfStream, ConverterProperties converterProperties) Converts a String containing HTML to an OutputStream containing PDF, using specific ConverterProperties.
static void	convertToPdf(String html, com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter pdfWriter) Converts a String containing HTML to PDF by writing PDF content to a PdfWriter instance.
static void	convertToPdf(String html, com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter pdfWriter, ConverterProperties converterProperties) Converts a String containing HTML to PDF by writing PDF content to a PdfWriter instance, using specific ConverterProperties.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

convertToPdf

public static void convertToPdf(String html,
                                OutputStream pdfStream)
                         throws IOException

Converts a String containing HTML to an OutputStream containing PDF.

Parameters:

html - the html in the form of a String

pdfStream - the PDF as an OutputStream

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToPdf

public static void convertToPdf(String html,
                                OutputStream pdfStream,
                                ConverterProperties converterProperties)
                         throws IOException

Converts a String containing HTML to an OutputStream containing PDF, using specific ConverterProperties.

Parameters:

html - the html in the form of a String

pdfStream - the PDF as an OutputStream

converterProperties - a ConverterProperties instance

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToPdf

public static void convertToPdf(String html,
                                com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter pdfWriter)
                         throws IOException

Converts a String containing HTML to PDF by writing PDF content to a PdfWriter instance.

Parameters:

html - the html in the form of a String

pdfWriter - the PdfWriter instance

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToPdf

public static void convertToPdf(String html,
                                com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter pdfWriter,
                                ConverterProperties converterProperties)
                         throws IOException

Converts a String containing HTML to PDF by writing PDF content to a PdfWriter instance, using specific ConverterProperties.

Parameters:

html - the html in the form of a String

pdfWriter - the PdfWriter instance

converterProperties - a ConverterProperties instance

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToPdf

public static void convertToPdf(File htmlFile,
                                File pdfFile)
                         throws IOException

Converts HTML stored in a File to a PDF File.

Parameters:

htmlFile - the File containing the source HTML

pdfFile - the File containing the resulting PDF

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToPdf

public static void convertToPdf(File htmlFile,
                                File pdfFile,
                                ConverterProperties converterProperties)
                         throws IOException

Converts HTML stored in a File to a PDF File, using specific ConverterProperties.

Parameters:

htmlFile - the File containing the source HTML

pdfFile - the File containing the resulting PDF

converterProperties - a ConverterProperties instance

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToPdf

public static void convertToPdf(InputStream htmlStream,
                                OutputStream pdfStream)
                         throws IOException

Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to a PDF written to an OutputStream.

Parameters:

htmlStream - the InputStream with the source HTML

pdfStream - the OutputStream for the resulting PDF

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToPdf

public static void convertToPdf(InputStream htmlStream,
                                OutputStream pdfStream,
                                ConverterProperties converterProperties)
                         throws IOException

Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to a PDF written to an OutputStream.

Parameters:

htmlStream - the InputStream with the source HTML

pdfStream - the OutputStream for the resulting PDF

converterProperties - a ConverterProperties instance

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToPdf

public static void convertToPdf(InputStream htmlStream,
                                com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument pdfDocument)
                         throws IOException

Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to objects that will be added to a PdfDocument.

Parameters:

htmlStream - the InputStream with the source HTML

pdfDocument - the PdfDocument instance

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToPdf

public static void convertToPdf(InputStream htmlStream,
                                com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter pdfWriter)
                         throws IOException

Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to content that will be written to a PdfWriter.

Parameters:

htmlStream - the InputStream with the source HTML

pdfWriter - the PdfWriter containing the resulting PDF

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToPdf

public static void convertToPdf(InputStream htmlStream,
                                com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter pdfWriter,
                                ConverterProperties converterProperties)
                         throws IOException

Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to content that will be written to a PdfWriter, using specific ConverterProperties.

Parameters:

htmlStream - the InputStream with the source HTML

pdfWriter - the PdfWriter containing the resulting PDF

converterProperties - a ConverterProperties instance

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToPdf

public static void convertToPdf(InputStream htmlStream,
                                com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument pdfDocument,
                                ConverterProperties converterProperties)
                         throws IOException

Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to objects that will be added to a PdfDocument, using specific ConverterProperties.

Parameters:

htmlStream - the InputStream with the source HTML

pdfDocument - the PdfDocument instance

converterProperties - a ConverterProperties instance

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToDocument

public static com.itextpdf.layout.Document convertToDocument(InputStream htmlStream,
                                                             com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter pdfWriter)
                                                      throws IOException

Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to content that will be written to a PdfWriter, returning a Document instance.

Parameters:

htmlStream - the InputStream with the source HTML

pdfWriter - the PdfWriter containing the resulting PDF

Returns:

a Document instance

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToDocument

public static com.itextpdf.layout.Document convertToDocument(InputStream htmlStream,
                                                             com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter pdfWriter,
                                                             ConverterProperties converterProperties)
                                                      throws IOException

Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to content that will be written to a PdfWriter, using specific ConverterProperties, returning a Document instance.

Parameters:

htmlStream - the html stream

pdfWriter - the pdf writer

converterProperties - a ConverterProperties instance

Returns:

a Document instance

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToDocument

public static com.itextpdf.layout.Document convertToDocument(InputStream htmlStream,
                                                             com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument pdfDocument,
                                                             ConverterProperties converterProperties)
                                                      throws IOException

Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to objects that will be added to a PdfDocument, using specific ConverterProperties, returning a Document instance.

Parameters:

htmlStream - the InputStream with the source HTML

pdfDocument - the PdfDocument instance

converterProperties - a ConverterProperties instance

Returns:

a Document instance

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToElements

public static List convertToElements(String html)
                                                                    throws IOException

Converts a String containing HTML to a List of iText objects (IElement instances).

Parameters:

html - the html in the form of a String

Returns:

a list of iText building blocks

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToElements

public static List convertToElements(InputStream htmlStream)
                                                                    throws IOException

Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to a List of iText objects (IElement instances).

Parameters:

htmlStream - the InputStream with the source HTML

Returns:

a list of iText building blocks

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToElements

public static List convertToElements(String html,
                                                                           ConverterProperties converterProperties)
                                                                    throws IOException

Converts a String containing HTML to a List of iText objects (IElement instances), using specific ConverterProperties.

Parameters:

html - the html in the form of a String

converterProperties - a ConverterProperties instance

Returns:

a list of iText building blocks

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

convertToElements

public static List convertToElements(InputStream htmlStream,
                                                                           ConverterProperties converterProperties)
                                                                    throws IOException

Converts HTML obtained from an InputStream to a List of iText objects (IElement instances), using specific ConverterProperties.

Parameters:

htmlStream - the InputStream with the source HTML

converterProperties - a ConverterProperties instance

Returns:

a list of iText building blocks

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.