iText 5 PDF - How to add a full line break?

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

FullDottedLine.java

package com.javatutorialcorner.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.Chunk;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.draw.DottedLineSeparator;
 

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

public class FullDottedLine {
  public static final String DEST = "C:/JTC/FullDottedLine.pdf";
 
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new FullDottedLine().createPdf(DEST);
    }
 
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        document.add(new Paragraph("Before dotted line"));
        DottedLineSeparator separator = new DottedLineSeparator();
        separator.setPercentage(59500f / 523f);
        Chunk linebreak = new Chunk(separator);
        document.add(linebreak);
        document.add(new Paragraph("After dotted line"));
        document.close();
    }
}

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