SvgToPdf

It's a small standalone application. You can use this example for inspiration, but please buy the book if there's something you don't understand about the example. Read Chapter 15 for more info.
Chapter 15: Page content and structure
Keywords for this example: Graphics2D, PdfTemplate, Scalable Vector Graphics
If you want this example to work, you need the following jars: iText.jar, batik-awt-util.jar, batik-bridge.jar, batik-css.jar, batik-dom.jar, batik-ext.jar, batik-gvt.jar, batik-parser.jar, batik-script.jar, batik-svg-dom.jar, batik-util.jar, batik-xml.jar, xerces_2_5_0.jar
Make sure you have the following fonts in directory c:/windows/fonts/: Webdings (webdings.ttf).
This example uses the following resources: foobarcity.svg, foobarstreets.svg.
This example is used as a helper class for: SvgLayers
part4.chapter15.SvgToPdf
If you compile and execute this example, you'll get the following result:
foobar.pdf
You can download the full source code of SvgToPdf, or read it here:


/*
* This class is part of the book "iText in Action - 2nd Edition"
* written by Bruno Lowagie (ISBN: 9781935182610)
* For more info, go to: http://itextpdf.com/examples/
* This example only works with the AGPL version of iText.
*/
package part4.chapter15;

import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.batik.bridge.BridgeContext;
import org.apache.batik.bridge.DocumentLoader;
import org.apache.batik.bridge.GVTBuilder;
import org.apache.batik.bridge.UserAgent;
import org.apache.batik.bridge.UserAgentAdapter;
import org.apache.batik.dom.svg.SAXSVGDocumentFactory;
import org.apache.batik.gvt.GraphicsNode;
import org.apache.batik.util.XMLResourceDescriptor;
import org.w3c.dom.svg.SVGDocument;

import com.itextpdf.awt.PdfGraphics2D;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfTemplate;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class SvgToPdf {

/** The resulting PDF. */
public static final String RESULT = "results/part4/chapter15/foobar.pdf";
/** The map (shapes). */
public static final String CITY = "resources/xml/foobarcity.svg";
/** The map (text = street names in English). */
public static final String STREETS = "resources/xml/foobarstreets.svg";

/** The SVG document factory. */
protected SAXSVGDocumentFactory factory;
/** The SVG bridge context. */
protected BridgeContext ctx;
/** The GVT builder */
protected GVTBuilder builder;

/** Creates an SvgToPdf object. */
public SvgToPdf() {
String parser = XMLResourceDescriptor.getXMLParserClassName();
factory = new SAXSVGDocumentFactory(parser);

UserAgent userAgent = new UserAgentAdapter();
DocumentLoader loader = new DocumentLoader(userAgent);
ctx = new BridgeContext(userAgent, loader);
ctx.setDynamicState(BridgeContext.DYNAMIC);

builder = new GVTBuilder();
}

/**
* Draws an SVG file to a PdfTemplate.
* @param map the template to which the SVG has to be drawn.
* @param resource the SVG content.
* @throws IOException
*/
public void drawSvg(PdfTemplate map, String resource) throws IOException {
Graphics2D g2d = new PdfGraphics2D(map, 6000, 6000);
SVGDocument city = factory.createSVGDocument(new File(resource).toURL()
.toString());
GraphicsNode mapGraphics = builder.build(ctx, city);
mapGraphics.paint(g2d);
g2d.dispose();
}

/**
* Creates a PDF document.
* @param filename the path to the new PDF document
* @throws DocumentException
* @throws IOException
* @throws SQLException
*/
public void createPdf(String filename) throws IOException, DocumentException {
// step 1
Document document = new Document(new Rectangle(6000, 6000));
// step 2
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(RESULT));
// step 3
document.open();
// step 4
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
PdfTemplate map = cb.createTemplate(6000, 6000);
drawSvg(map, CITY);
cb.addTemplate(map, 0, 0);
PdfTemplate streets = cb.createTemplate(6000, 6000);
drawSvg(streets, STREETS);
cb.addTemplate(streets, 0, 0);
// step 5
document.close();
}

/**
* Main method.
*
* @param args no arguments needed
* @throws DocumentException
* @throws IOException
*/
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
new SvgToPdf().createPdf(RESULT);
}
}

http://itextpdf.com/examples/iia.php?id=263