This article demonstrates how to add links, including ordinary link, hypertext link, email link and document link, to a PDF document by using Spire.PDF for Java.
import com.spire.pdf.annotations.*; import com.spire.pdf.graphics.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.font.TextAttribute; import java.awt.geom.Point2D; import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D; import java.util.HashMap; public class AddLinksToPdf { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { //create a pdf document PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument(); PdfPageBase page = doc.getPages().add(); //initialize x, y coordinates float y = 30; float x = 0; //create a plain font PdfTrueTypeFont plainFont = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial Unicode MS",Font.PLAIN,13),true); //create a underlined font HashMap<TextAttribute, Object> hm = new HashMap<TextAttribute, Object>(); hm.put(TextAttribute.UNDERLINE, TextAttribute.UNDERLINE_ON); hm.put(TextAttribute.SIZE, 13); hm.put(TextAttribute.FAMILY, "Arial"); Font font = new Font(hm); PdfTrueTypeFont underlineFont = new PdfTrueTypeFont(font); //add a simply link to pdf String label = "Simply Link: "; PdfStringFormat format = new PdfStringFormat(); format.setMeasureTrailingSpaces(true); page.getCanvas().drawString(label, plainFont, PdfBrushes.getOrange(), 0, y,format); x = (float)plainFont.measureString(label,format).getWidth(); page.getCanvas().drawString("https://www.e-iceblue.com", underlineFont, PdfBrushes.getBlue(), x, y+2); y = y + 26; //add a hyper text link to pdf label= "Hypertext Link: "; page.getCanvas().drawString(label, plainFont, PdfBrushes.getOrange(), 0, y, format); x = (float)plainFont.measureString(label,format).getWidth(); PdfTextWebLink webLink = new PdfTextWebLink(); webLink.setText("Home Page"); webLink.setUrl("https://www.e-iceblue.com"); webLink.setFont(plainFont); webLink.setBrush(PdfBrushes.getBlue()); webLink.drawTextWebLink(page.getCanvas(), new Point2D.Float(x, y)); y= y + 26; //add an email link to pdf label = "Email Link: "; page.getCanvas().drawString(label, plainFont, PdfBrushes.getOrange(), 0, y, format); x = (float)plainFont.measureString(label, format).getWidth(); webLink = new PdfTextWebLink(); webLink.setText("Contact Us"); webLink.setUrl("mailto:support@e-iceblue.com"); webLink.setFont(plainFont); webLink.setBrush(PdfBrushes.getBlue()); webLink.drawTextWebLink(page.getCanvas(), new Point2D.Float(x, y)); y = y + 26; //add a document link to pdf label = "Document Link: "; page.getCanvas().drawString(label, plainFont, PdfBrushes.getOrange(), 0, y, format); x = (float)plainFont.measureString(label, format).getWidth(); page.getCanvas().drawString("Open File", plainFont, PdfBrushes.getBlue(), x, y, format); Rectangle2D rect = new Rectangle2D.Float(x,y+2,60,15); PdfFileLinkAnnotation fileLinkAnnotation = new PdfFileLinkAnnotation(rect,"C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Image.png"); fileLinkAnnotation.setBorder(new PdfAnnotationBorder(0f)); ((PdfNewPage) ((page instanceof PdfNewPage) ? page : null)).getAnnotations().add(fileLinkAnnotation); //save to file doc.saveToFile("output/AddLinks.pdf"); doc.close(); } }
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