Add Table to PDF via Java

Insert table to PDF document programmatically using Aspose.PDF for Java Library

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How to adding Tables in PDF document Using Java Library

In order to add table, we’ll use Aspose.PDF for Java API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use conversion API for Java platform. You can download its latest version directly from Maven and install it within your Maven-based project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

Repository

<repository>
    <id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
    <name>Aspose Java AP</name>
    <url>https://releases.aspose.com/java/repo/</url>
</repository>

Dependency

<dependency>
<groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
<artifactId>aspose-pdf</artifactId>
<version>version of aspose-pdf API</version>
</dependency>

Add Table to PDF via Java

You need Aspose.PDF for Java to try the code in your environment.

  1. Load the PDF with an instance of Document.
  2. Access the Page via its index.
  3. Create Table object.
  4. Set table setting (e.g. set the borders).
  5. Populate table.
  6. Add the table to a page.
  7. Save the file.

Add Table in PDF - Java


    Document doc = new Document(_dataDir + "input.pdf");
    // Initializes a new instance of the Table
    Table table = new Table();
    // Set the table border color as LightGray
    table.setBorder(new BorderInfo(BorderSide.All, .5f, Color.getLightGray()));
    // set the border for table cells
    table.setDefaultCellBorder(new BorderInfo(BorderSide.All, .5f, Color.getLightGray()));
    // create a loop to add 10 rows
    for (int row_count = 1; row_count < 10; row_count++) {
        // add row to table
        Row row = table.getRows().add();
        // add table cells
        row.getCells().add("Column (" + row_count + ", 1)");
        row.getCells().add("Column (" + row_count + ", 2)");
        row.getCells().add("Column (" + row_count + ", 3)");
    }
    // Add table object to first page of input document
    doc.getPages().get_Item(1).getParagraphs().add(table);
    // Save updated document containing table object
    doc.save(_dataDir + "document_with_table.pdf");