PDFBox dotted pattern with gradient

Question

I already can add line using contentStream with methods:

setLineWidth(h) - set line thickness

setLineDashPattern(pattern, period) - pattern create needed space and dots e.g new float[]{0.075,2}

setLineCapStyle(2) - set all dots as rectangle

moveTo(x,y) - set start point

lineTo(x,y) - set end point

stroke() - print line

but now for me need create a gradient from center of dot to edge of dot

Could anybody give me advice how to add gradient?

Answer 1

This is based on the CreateGradientShadingPDF.java example in the source code. The two circles have an identical position but the second one is empty. In the function, c0 is white and c1 is black.

PDDocument document = new PDDocument();
PDPage page = new PDPage();
document.addPage(page);

// type 2 (exponential) function with attributes
COSDictionary fdict = new COSDictionary();
fdict.setInt(COSName.FUNCTION_TYPE, 2);
COSArray domain = new COSArray();
domain.add(COSInteger.get(0));
domain.add(COSInteger.get(1));
COSArray c0 = new COSArray();
c0.add(COSFloat.get("1"));
c0.add(COSFloat.get("1"));
c0.add(COSFloat.get("1"));
COSArray c1 = new COSArray();
c1.add(COSFloat.get("0"));
c1.add(COSFloat.get("0"));
c1.add(COSFloat.get("0"));
fdict.setItem(COSName.DOMAIN, domain);
fdict.setItem(COSName.C0, c0);
fdict.setItem(COSName.C1, c1);
fdict.setInt(COSName.N, 1);
PDFunctionType2 func = new PDFunctionType2(fdict);

// radial shading with attributes
PDShadingType3 radialShading = new PDShadingType3(new COSDictionary());
radialShading.setColorSpace(PDDeviceRGB.INSTANCE);
radialShading.setShadingType(PDShading.SHADING_TYPE3);
COSArray coords2 = new COSArray();
coords2.add(COSInteger.get(100));
coords2.add(COSInteger.get(400));
coords2.add(COSInteger.get(50)); // radius1
coords2.add(COSInteger.get(100));
coords2.add(COSInteger.get(400));
coords2.add(COSInteger.get(0)); // radius2
radialShading.setCoords(coords2);
radialShading.setFunction(func);

// invoke shading from content stream
// compress parameter is set to false so that you can see the stream in a text editor
try (PDPageContentStream contentStream = new PDPageContentStream(document, page, AppendMode.APPEND, false))
{
    contentStream.shadingFill(radialShading);
}

More background on radial shading can be found in the PDF 32000 specification.