I thought that the statement PdfWriter.getInstance(document, blob.getBinaryOutputStream()); Would populate the blob object with the generated pdf data.
What would be the required changes? Pat >The variable blob is never assigned a value. Paulo > What causes the NullPointerException and why does it happen in the > following > code? What are some solutions? > > > import com.lowagie.text.Document; > import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException; > import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph; > import com.lowagie.text.pdf.*; > import java.sql.SQLException; > import oracle.sql.BLOB; > import java.io.FileOutputStream; > import java.io.IOException; > > public class HelloWorld { > > public static BLOB doIt(oracle.sql.ARRAY args) { > > System.out.println("Hello World"); > BLOB blob = null; > Document document = new Document(); > try { > PdfWriter.getInstance(document, > blob.getBinaryOutputStream()); > document.open(); > document.add(new Paragraph("Hello World")); > } catch (DocumentException de) { > System.err.println(de.getMessage()); > } catch (SQLException se) { > System.err.println(se.getMessage()); > } > document.close(); > return(blob); > } > } > > > > Pat, > > > > > > > > > Patrick O. Thurman > Stephen F. Austin State University > Information Technology Services > Data Base Administrator > Phone: (936) 468-1074 > Fax: (936) 468-1117 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions