import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.*;

import com.itextpdf.text.BadElementException;
import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;


public class PdfCards {
    private static File file = new File("c:/test/PdfCards.pdf");
    private static Font blackFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 18,Font.BOLD);
    private static Font redFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 18,Font.NORMAL, BaseColor.RED);

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException{
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(file));
        try {
            document.open();
            addMetaData(document);
            addContent(document);
            document.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    private static void addMetaData(Document document) {
        document.addTitle("PDF Playing Cards");
        document.addSubject("Homework");
        document.addKeywords("Java, PDF, iText");
        document.addAuthor("Pavel Despodov");
        document.addCreator("Pavel Despodov");
     }

    private static void addContent(Document document) throws DocumentException {
        //Setup card numbers
        String[] cards = new String[] {"A","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","Q","K","J"};
        // add a table
        for(int q=0; q<cards.length; q++){
            createTable(document, cards[q]);
        }
      }

      private static void createTable(Document subCatPart, String symbol)
          throws BadElementException, DocumentException {
        //Setup card colors
        char hearts = '♥';
        char diamond = '♦';
        char clubs = '♣';
        char spades = '♠';
        char[] cardSymbols = new char[]{hearts, diamond, clubs, spades};
        Font fontToUse = null;
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(4);
        for(int i=0; i< cardSymbols.length; i++){
            if(cardSymbols[i] == '♥' || cardSymbols[i] == '♦'){
                fontToUse = redFont;
            }
            else{
                fontToUse = blackFont;
            }
            char whatToShow = cardSymbols[i];
            table.setWidthPercentage(100);
            table.getDefaultCell().setFixedHeight(180);
            PdfPCell c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(whatToShow+""+symbol, fontToUse));
            c1.setFixedHeight(100f);
            c1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
            table.addCell(c1);
        }
        subCatPart.add(table);

      }

}