There is an apache fop plugin that creates a pdf file from fop files.
Fop files are not the most intuitive files, but in the end I always found a way to format complex pdf the way I wanted it to.
To add the plug-in to the playback application, add it to build.sbt:
"org.apache.avalon.framework" % "avalon-framework-api" % "4.2.0" from "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/avalon-framework/avalon-framework-api/4.2.0/avalon-framework-api-4.2.0.jar",
"org.apache.avalon.framework" % "avalon-framework-impl" % "4.2.0" from "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/avalon-framework/avalon-framework-impl/4.2.0/avalon-framework-impl-4.2.0.jar",
"org.apache.xmlgraphics" % "fop" % "1.1"
pdf fop:
private static FopFactory fopFactory = FopFactory.newInstance();
public static String toPdf(String outputPath, String foString)
{
OutputStream out;
try {
File fileOutput = new File(outputPath);
out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(fileOutput));
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
Logger.error("InvoicePdf.invoiceToPdf: " + e.getMessage());
return null;
}
try {
Fop fop = fopFactory.newFop(MimeConstants.MIME_PDF, out);
TransformerFactory factory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = factory.newTransformer();
Source src = new StreamSource(new StringReader(foString));
Result res = new SAXResult(fop.getDefaultHandler());
transformer.transform(src, res);
}catch (Throwable e){
Logger.error("InvoicePdf.invoiceToPdf: " + e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
} finally {
try {
out.close();
} catch (Throwable e) {
Logger.error("InvoicePdf.invoiceToPdf: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
return outputPath;
}