C A wrote:
> I am building an HTML parser of sorts which takes html elements and 
> converts them to PDF elements.  The PDF elements are all added to a 
> Chapter or Section.  When I reach a large image, often it will start at 
> the bottom of one page,

Yes.

> and then continue on to the next page,

No.

> but it is hidden on second page,

No, it's not hidden: it's simply not there.

> so it looks like the image is cut off after the 
> first page.

Yes.
Although this should only happen when the image is too big
to fit on a complete page.

> I have considered re-architecting my parser so that I add content 
> directly to the document (as opposed to a Section),

Yes, that's what I would do.

> but because of html 
> element nesting, I would still end up with nested PDF elements that have 
> not been added to the document when I call 
> writer.getVerticalPosition(false) - meaning it would still likely give 
> me an invalid value.

Hmm... that's right.

> What am I missing here?

How does Flying Saucer do it? They have an HTML to PDF convertor
that uses iText for the PDF production.
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