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Anyone come across anything else that is similar or close in quality/features?

Cheers.

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There is for example Apache PDFBox.

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  • Yes, this is good, but it my experience can sometimes be buggy and it's not yet at V 1.0. – Joel Dec 16 '09 at 09:34
  • Thanks, I'll have to take a look, but the impression I'm getting is that iText is the best right now. – Mike Q Dec 16 '09 at 15:17
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There's a pretty thorough conversation about that already: Are there any Java PDF creation alternatives to iText?

For what it is worth, I find that PDFBox does most of what is typically required.

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Does "programmatic" eliminate XSL-FO? If not, I've generated them using Xalan and XSL-T. I prefer iText, of course.

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Apache FOP is useful for small data and requires a lot for XSL-FO & needs to have all xml at once. Pdf box can be 1 promising solution. i-text was good until its license changed for commercial use.

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