jOpenDocument can be used to create PDF files.
PDF generation requires the use of the iText library. The iText library is available for free under a multiple license: MPL and LGPL.
We recommend iText 2.1.5, the jar file is available here.
// Load the ODS file
final OpenDocument doc = new OpenDocument();
doc.loadFrom("template/invoice.ods");
// Open the PDF document
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
File outFile = new File("invoice.pdf");
PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument();
document.addDocListener(pdf);
FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(outFile);
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(pdf, fileOutputStream);
pdf.addWriter(writer);
document.open();
// Create a template and a Graphics2D object
Rectangle pageSize = document.getPageSize();
int w = (int) (pageSize.getWidth() * 0.9);
int h = (int) (pageSize.getHeight() * 0.95);
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
PdfTemplate tp = cb.createTemplate(w, h);
Graphics2D g2 = tp.createPrinterGraphics(w, h, null);
// If you want to prevent copy/paste, you can use
// g2 = tp.createGraphicsShapes(w, h, true, 0.9f);
tp.setWidth(w);
tp.setHeight(h);
// Configure the renderer
ODTRenderer renderer = new ODTRenderer(doc);
renderer.setIgnoreMargins(true);
renderer.setPaintMaxResolution(true);
// Scale the renderer to fit width
renderer.setResizeFactor(renderer.getPrintWidth() / w);
// Render
renderer.paintComponent(g2);
g2.dispose();
// Add our spreadsheet in the middle of the page
float offsetX = (pageSize.getWidth() - w) / 2;
float offsetY = (pageSize.getHeight() - h) / 2;
cb.addTemplate(tp, offsetX, offsetY);
// Close the PDF document
document.close();
The final PDF file is available here.
This nice feature can be used to build a server delivering documents on-demand.