Package org.dspace.disseminate

Class PdfGenerator

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.disseminate.PdfGenerator

public class PdfGenerator
extends Object

Generates a PDF coverpage. The generation is a two step process: Step 1 is to generate a HTML layout using a thymeleaf template. Step 2 is to render the HTML to PDF.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PdfGenerator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument	generate(String html)	render a HTML coverpage to a PDDocument (pdfbox)
void	generateToFile(String html, File toFile)	render a HTML coverpage to a file
String	parseTemplate(String templateName, Map<String,String> variables)	Render a HTML coverpage.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

PdfGenerator

public PdfGenerator()

Method Details

parseTemplate

public String parseTemplate(String templateName,
 Map<String,String> variables)

Render a HTML coverpage.

Parameters:

templateName - the name of the thymeleaf template

variables - dynamic content for the template

Returns:

a rendered HTML coverpage

generateToFile

public void generateToFile(String html,
 File toFile)

render a HTML coverpage to a file

Parameters:

html - the coverpage HTML

toFile - file to write to

generate

public org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument generate(String html)

render a HTML coverpage to a PDDocument (pdfbox)

Parameters:

html - the coverpage HTML

Returns:

resulting pdfbox PDDocument