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package com.lowagie.tools;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.PdfTextExtractor;

public class TabHandling {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
        final Path target = Paths.get("target", TabHandling.class.getName() + ".pdf");

        final FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream(target.toFile());
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, stream);
        document.open();
        document.add(new Chunk("RAJ\tVIHAR", FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.TIMES, "ASCII")));
        document.close();

        PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(target.toString());
        PdfTextExtractor extractor = new PdfTextExtractor(reader);
        final String textFromPage = extractor.getTextFromPage(1);
        System.out.println("TfP: '" + textFromPage + "'");

    }

}