PDF Download functionality

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I'm using spring mvc with jsp. I want to give download to pdf functionality for an article which I see in the view rendered by the jsp. I want to have a same look and feel in the pdf as I have in the jsp view(without the header and footers ofcourse). What is the simplest and the best way to achive this functionality? I'm aware that I can use itext library for AbstractPdf view but that would mean I need to create cell and table. Is there any easier way to do that? Thanks.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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When I remember right, then iText has a way to render HTML.

So what you need to do, is create the HTML content without header and footer, and then put this in iText.

HTML to PDF: @see Using itext to convert HTML to PDF

JSP to String: @see rendering JSP to a string

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answered Oct 20 '11 at 15:15

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Thanks, but how can I get the html from jsp? I'm returning modelAndView from my controller. – tintin Oct 20 '11 at 15:17
I have added a link the a stack overflow question that discuss that theme. – Ralph Oct 20 '11 at 15:41

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