Get page number in Itext

Question

I am trying to generate a pdf using Itext.where i need to build a table with header. But i am adding all the content on the page dyamically by iterating the list and adding the cells to the Table ,and finally adding table to the Document after the interation is done. document.add(table);

My writer and document doesnt show me a updated page number if my content is moved on to the next page,until the table content is added to the document.I need to iterate and build the dynamic table where at the begining of the next page it should have the header of the table.I tried my level best following many approaches.But,I am unable to know when the content is moved on to next page in the middle of the iteration process.PDFWriter is showing me the page number before entering the loop.I need to get the updated pagenumber when ever the tables content goes on to next page.And i dont need this header to be on all pages.I need it only until the table content carries over.Please let me know which is the best way to handle this situation. Thanks

Answer 1

The other answer to this question isn't a real answer, it refers to an answer to another question. If that is actually the answer to this current question, the current question should have been marked as duplicate.

This being said, I think the answer is not entirely correct. I have written an example that produces something like this:

As you can see, there is no header on the first page, there is only a header on the second and third page that says "Table XYZ (Continued)". I even added a footer that says "Continue on next page". As you can see, this footer only appears at the moment the table is split. It isn't present on the last page. This wasn't asked in the question, and it is easy to remove from my code.

You can find the complete code sample here: SimpleTable5

These are the relevant parts:

PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(5);
table.setWidthPercentage(100);
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table XYZ (Continued)"));
cell.setColspan(5);
table.addCell(cell);
cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Continue on next page"));
cell.setColspan(5);
table.addCell(cell);
table.setHeaderRows(2);
table.setFooterRows(1);
table.setSkipFirstHeader(true);
table.setSkipLastFooter(true);
for (int i = 0; i < 350; i++) {
    table.addCell(String.valueOf(i+1));
}
document.add(table);

If you only want a header:

PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(5);
table.setWidthPercentage(100);
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table XYZ (Continued)"));
cell.setColspan(5);
table.addCell(cell);
table.setHeaderRows(1);
table.setSkipFirstHeader(true);
for (int i = 0; i < 350; i++) {
    table.addCell(String.valueOf(i+1));
}
document.add(table);

The difference with your code, is that you add the following line to avoid that the header appears on the first page:

table.setSkipFirstHeader(true);

This is not mentioned in the answer to Repeat PdfPTable header in all the continuation pages using iText