protected DocWriter createWriter ( final MBasicTable table , final Document document , final OutputStream out ) throws DocumentException { final PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter . getInstance ( document , out ) ; // writer.setViewerPreferences(PdfWriter.PageLayoutTwoColumnLeft); // title if ( table . getName ( ) != null ) { final HeaderFooter header = new HeaderFooter ( new Phrase ( table . getName ( ) ) , false ) ; header . setAlignment ( Element . ALIGN_LEFT ) ; header . setBorder ( Rectangle . NO_BORDER ) ; document . setHeader ( header ) ; document . addTitle ( table . getName ( ) ) ; } // simple page numbers : x // HeaderFooter footer = new HeaderFooter(new Phrase(), true); // footer.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT); // footer.setBorder(Rectangle.TOP); // document.setFooter(footer); // add the event handler for advanced page numbers : x/y writer . setPageEvent ( new AdvancedPageNumberEvents ( ) ) ; return writer ; }
We create a writer that listens to the document and directs a PDF - stream to out