How to add an icon to an itext pdfpcell

To create PDF file we need iText 5 jar. Download iText Jars from iText Website or Maven Repository

Maven Dependency



 com.itextpdf
 itextpdf
 5.5.11

IconDescriptionTable.java

package com.javatutorialcorner.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Image;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
 

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class IconDescriptionTable {
 public static final String DEST = "C:/JTC/IconDescriptionTable.pdf";
    public static final String IMG = "C:/JTC/jtc1.png";
 
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new IconDescriptionTable().createPdf(DEST);
    }
 
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
        table.setWidths(new int[]{ 1, 9 });
        Image img = Image.getInstance(IMG);
        table.addCell(new PdfPCell(img, true));
        table.addCell(new Phrase("A light bulb icon"));
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

Output