iText第二版原版书籍，该开发包主要用来JAVA语言操作PDF文档，功能很强大，易用，给广大JAVA开发人员对PDF文档的处理带来了福音。
Praise for the first edition Each aspect is explained with numerous examples that can be applied to real-world problems right away .Ulf Ditmer, Java ranch Any developer who is making serious use of iText would be a fool not to buy this book Dave gilbert jfree. org Thorough and complete.will be a long-running, valuable resource foriText and PDF Alan dennis Software architect myfamily.cOm One of the best technical books i have ever read! Great work! Oliver Zeigermann Technical Trainer. CoreMedia ag I wholeheartedly recommend it Doug james e Reporting Team Lead, Benefitfocus. com, Inc Impressive!It provides depth without all the noise Justin Lee, President, Antwerkz Inc Valuable to any developer using PDF -Stuart Caborn, Consultant, Thoughtworks iText in action Second edition BRUNO LOWAGIE MANNING Greenwich (740 w long. For online information and ordering of this and other Manning books, please visit www.manning.com.Thepublisheroffersdiscountsonthisbookwhenorderedinquantity For more information, please contact Special Sales departn Manning publications co 180 Broad Street Suite 1323 Stamford. CT06901 Emailorders@manning.com @20ll by manning publications Co. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in the book, and Manning Publications was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in initial caps or all caps the books we publish printed on acid-free paper, and we exert our best efforts to that endive o Recognizing the importance of preserving what has been written, it is Manning 's policy to ha Recognizing also our responsibility to conserve the resources of our planet, Manning books are printed on paper that is at least 15 percent recycled and processed without the use of elemental chlorine Manning publications Co Development editor: Katharine Osborne 180 Broad Street, Suite 1323 Copyeditor: Andy carroll Stamford. cT06901 Cover designer: Marija Tudor Typesetter: Gordan Salinovic ISBN9781935182610 Printed in the united states of america 12345678910-MAL-151413121110 To Ingeborg, Inigo, and ago brief contents PART 1 CREATING PDF DOCUMENTS FROM SCRATCH Introducing pdf and itext 3 Using iText's basic building blocks 20 3 Adding content at absolute positions 57 4 Organizing content in tables 93 5 Table, cell, and page events 122 PART 2 MANIPULATING EXISTING PDF DOCUMENTS.....157 Working with existing pdfs 159 7 Making documents interactive 194 Filling out interactive forms 236 PART 3 ESSENTIAL ITEXT SKILLS 9 9 Integrating iText in your web applications 283 10 Brightening your document with color and images 317 Choosing the right font 349 12 Protecting your PDF 380 BRIEF CONTENTS PART 4 UNDER THE HOOD 13 PDFs inside-out 413 14 The imaging model 452 15 Page content and structure 493 16■ PDF Streams526