The static constructor Image.getInstance(PdfTemplate) looks pretty obvious 
to me. An example:

PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
PdfTemplate tp = cb.createTemplate( width, height );
Graphics2D g2 = tp.createGraphics( width, height, new DefaultFontMapper() );
Rectangle2D r2D = new Rectangle2D.Double(0, 0, width, height );
chart.draw(g2, r2D);
g2.dispose();
Image img = Image.getInstance(tp);

Paulo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stanton Fisque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Post all your questions about iText here" 
<[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] real world image injection


>I found no way to use a template that did not require direct writing to X,Y
> coordinates in the document.  If there is a way, it is not clear how one
> would perform this.  My example was meant to provide a more concrete way 
> to
> use JFreeChart and iText together that allows the chart images to be
> injected into a given flow (such as a report or marketing literature) 
> where
> one does not know the exact layout until runtime.  I would argue that 
> using
> explicit page layout is not optimal for most real world problems, like 
> real
> time report generation with dynamic data and user controlled layout 
> options.
>
> If there is a way to use templates that doesn't require the use of 
> explicit
> placement, this functionality should be made more obvious then.  If you 
> have
> a good example, submit it so the rest of us can possibly use it in cases
> where it would be helpful.
>
> == stanton
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paulo
> Soares
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 2:53 PM
> To: Post all your questions about iText here
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] real world image injection
>
> You can draw the chart to a template and use that template as an image,
> there's a constructor in Image for that.
>
> Paulo
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stanton Fisque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Post all your questions about iText here"
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 9:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] real world image injection
>
>
>> My apologies, I copied the wrong method when posting this.  The Image
>> construction should be as follows:
>>
>>
>>
>> com.lowagie.text.Image itextImg = com.lowagie.text.Image.getInstance( 
>> img,
>> transColor  );
>>
>>
>>
>>  _____
>>
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
>> Stanton
>> Fisque
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 1:33 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [iText-questions] real world image injection
>>
>>
>>
>> The tutorials using images AND jfreechart are lacking because they assume
>> you can place the image on the page at a given X,Y coordinate.  Most real
>> world layouts will not allow for this, and the graphs should be done
>> "within" the document flow.
>>
>>
>>
>> This is achievable by the following:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> /* inject code as you will */
>>
>>
>>
>>                        ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new
>> ByteArrayOutputStream();
>>
>>                        ChartUtilities.writeChartAsJPEG( bos, chart, 400,
>> 300 );
>>
>>
>>
>>                        Toolkit tk = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
>>
>>                        java.awt.Image img = tk.createImage(
>> bos.toByteArray() );
>>
>>
>>
>> /*  we now have a valid image object */
>>
>>
>>
>> /* later on in your code */
>>
>>
>>
>>            Paragraph p = new Paragraph();
>>
>>            com.lowagie.text.Image itextImg =
>> com.lowagie.text.Image.getInstance( img, offsetX, offsetY );
>>
>>            p.add( itextImg );
>>
>>            document.add( p );
>>
>>
>>
>> /* the image should now appear amid the document flow properly without
>> having to resort to X,Y hardcoding */
>>
>>
>>
>> == Stanton
>>
>>
>>
>>
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