ITEXT 7 -Package com.itextpdf.samples not found - pdf

Question

I'm trying to run following example in my netbeans ide(HindiExample.java)
https://developers.itextpdf.com/examples/font-examples/clone-language-specific-examples
I have created maven project for library dependency following is my pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.in.jagran</groupId>
<artifactId>GenPdfApp</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>itext</id>
<name>iText Repository - releases</name>
<url>https://repo.itextsupport.com/releases</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>kernel</artifactId>
<version>7.0.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>io</artifactId>
<version>7.0.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>layout</artifactId>
<version>7.0.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>forms</artifactId>
<version>7.0.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>pdfa</artifactId>
<version>7.0.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>pdftest</artifactId>
<version>7.0.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.7.18</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>itext7-core</artifactId>
<version>7.0.4</version>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>itext-licensekey</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
but my project not found com.itextpdf.samples.GenericTest
so my question is what am i missing?
what is the purpose of GenericTest Class?

Answer 1

You don't need GenericTest. That class is used for our own testing purposes. Remove all references to GenericTest and just execute the main method.
package com.itextpdf.samples.sandbox.fonts;
import com.itextpdf.io.font.PdfEncodings;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.font.PdfFont;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.font.PdfFontFactory;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.layout.Document;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Text;
import com.itextpdf.layout.property.BaseDirection;
import com.itextpdf.licensekey.LicenseKey;
import java.io.File;
public class ArabicExample {
public static final String ARABIC
= "\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062c\u0645\u0627\u0644\u064a";
public static final String DEST
= "./target/test/resources/sandbox/fonts/arabic_example.pdf";
public static final String FONT
= "./src/test/resources/font/NotoNaskhArabic-Regular.ttf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new ArabicExample().manipulatePdf(DEST);
}
#Override
protected void manipulatePdf(String dest) throws Exception {
//Load the license file to use advanced typography features
LicenseKey.loadLicenseFile(System.getenv("ITEXT7_LICENSEKEY") + "/itextkey-typography.xml");
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(dest));
Document doc = new Document(pdfDoc);
PdfFont f = PdfFontFactory.createFont(FONT, PdfEncodings.IDENTITY_H);
Paragraph p = new Paragraph("This is auto detection: ");
p.add(new Text(ARABIC).setFont(f));
p.add(new Text(": 50.00 USD"));
doc.add(p);
p = new Paragraph("This is correct manual property: ").setBaseDirection(BaseDirection.LEFT_TO_RIGHT).setFontScript(Character.UnicodeScript.ARABIC);
p.add(new Text(ARABIC).setFont(f));
p.add(new Text(": 50.00"));
doc.add(p);
doc.close();
}
}
I removed the following stuff:
import com.itextpdf.samples.GenericTest;
import com.itextpdf.test.annotations.type.SampleTest;
import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
#Category(SampleTest.class)
extends GenericTest
Now you can run the example as a standalone example, without the need for the testing infrastructure.
IMPORTANT: You jumped straight to the examples. Please also take a look at the pdfCalligraph web page. It contains a link to a white paper with plenty of interesting information: pdfCalligraph white paper
You might also want to read chapter 2 of the building blocks tutorial, because I see that you are missing a dependency:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>typography</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
Without this dependency (that includes the pdfCalligraph) add-on, your code won't work.