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Best Practices ​

Resource Management ​

java
CDocument document = new CDocument();
  CBorder border = new CBorder(1f);
  CBorderRadius radius = new CBorderRadius(5f)
  // Use these resources
  document.saveToFile("output.pdf");

Style Reuse ​

java
// Create reusable styles
CStyle bodyTextStyle = document.createStyle();
bodyTextStyle
    .setFontSize(12)
    .setFontFamily("Arial");
bodyTextStyle.setMarginBottom(10);

CStyle headingStyle = document.createStyle();
headingStyle
    .setFontSize(18)
    .setFontWeight(CFontWeight.Bold);
headingStyle.setMarginTop(15)
    .setMarginBottom(10);

// Apply to multiple elements
paragraph1.addStyle(bodyTextStyle);
paragraph2.addStyle(bodyTextStyle);
heading1.addStyle(headingStyle);
heading2.addStyle(headingStyle);

Performance Optimization ​

java
// 1. When creating elements in bulk, consider pre-creating styles
CStyle itemStyle = document.createStyle();
itemStyle.setFontSize(12);
itemStyle.setMarginBottom(5);

for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
    CText text = div.createTextElement("Item " + i);
    text.addStyle(itemStyle); // Reuse style instead of setting each time
}

// 2. Use stream output instead of writing to memory first
try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("large.pdf")) {
    document.saveToFile(fos);
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Error Handling ​

java
try {
    CDocument document = new CDocument();
    CPage page = document.createPage(595, 842);

    // Validate the image path
    String imagePath = "path/to/image.png";
    File imageFile = new File(imagePath);
    if (imageFile.exists()) {
        CImage image = page.createDivElement().createImageElement(imagePath);
    } else {
        System.out.println("Image file does not exist: " + imagePath);
    }

    document.saveToFile("output.pdf");

} catch (Exception ex) {
    System.out.println("Error generating PDF: " + ex.getMessage());
    ex.printStackTrace();
}