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I'm reviewing PDF generation tools available for Java and haven't found much of the examples.

The best for FOP so far was the documentation linked in this question.

For the iText the best I had found are the Advanced Aquarist magazine samples for 2008.

Unfortunately for both cases there are no sources. As I have some background with iText, the Aquarist seems to be reaching iText's maximum in this sample. Is there anything like this for FOP?

Andrey Chaschev
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    Strange question. As iText is a library that allows you to create a PDF at the lowest-level using every feature available in ISO-32000-1, it's strange to read that iText has a "maximum". I kind of like this example: https://devoxxguide.googlecode.com/files/conference_29oct.pdf – Bruno Lowagie Sep 23 '13 at 08:04
  • Thanks for the example. I'm sorry, I didn't want to say iText is technically incapable of something, it just seems for me it lacks designer-friendly publishing features like CSS. FOP is not much better in this case, however it's markup can be edited by mere mortals. :-) – Andrey Chaschev Sep 23 '13 at 08:19
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    There are many XSL FO samples on RenderX web site, some with sources. If you need specific examples of sophisticated documents (like a 401K statement or such), just ask at the web site and I can get them for you. – Kevin Brown Sep 23 '13 at 17:11
  • Thanks, a very nice set of examples. – Andrey Chaschev Sep 23 '13 at 17:50
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    I posted a few others for you based on what you asked. These are all done with a designer and showcase XSL FO formatting, including advanced manipulation of output like bookfolding the results for print. Use http://www.tandesa.com/Public/Samples/Sample1.pdf, http://www.tandesa.com/Public/Samples/Sample2.pdf, http://www.tandesa.com/Public/Samples/Sample3.pdf, http://www.tandesa.com/Public/Samples/Sample4.pdf. They include dynamic charts in SVG as well as custom PDF fillable forms. – Kevin Brown Sep 23 '13 at 21:36
  • All relevant links are broken, even the ones in the comments. – Doc Brown Nov 06 '18 at 06:41

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