How to use

setBackground

method

in

com.itextpdf.text.Chunk

/**
 * Sets the color of the background <CODE>Chunk</CODE>.
 *
 * @param color
 *            the color of the background
 * @return this <CODE>Chunk</CODE>
 */
public Chunk setBackground(final BaseColor color) {
  return setBackground(color, 0, 0, 0, 0);
}

/**
 * Sets the color of the background <CODE>Chunk</CODE>.
 *
 * @param color
 *            the color of the background
 * @return this <CODE>Chunk</CODE>
 */
public Chunk setBackground(final BaseColor color) {
  return setBackground(color, 0, 0, 0, 0);
}

 Font font = new Font(FontFamily.HELVETICA, 6, Font.BOLD, BaseColor.WHITE);
Chunk id = new Chunk("Text", font);
// with a background color
id.setBackground(BaseColor.BLACK, 1f, 0.5f, 1f, 1.5f);

 Font f = new Font(FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 25.0f, Font.BOLD, BaseColor.WHITE);
Chunk c = new Chunk("Total Cost:" + dbsumcallcost, f);
c.setBackground(BaseColor.RED);
Paragraph p = new Paragraph(c);
document.add(p);

 Font f3 = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 18.0f, Font.BOLD, BaseColor.BLACK);
Chunk c3 = new Chunk("INVOICE", f3);
c3.setBackground(BaseColor.WHITE);       
Paragraph p3 = new Paragraph(c3);
p3.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);

 Chunk textAsChunk = new Chunk(text, textFont);
textAsChunk.setBackground(new BaseColor(120, 200, 50));

ColumnText.showTextAligned(cb, Element.ALIGN_LEFT, new Phrase(textAsChunk), x, y, 0);

@Override
public void process(int level, Node node, InvocationContext context) {
  CodeNode cNode = (CodeNode) node;
  Font font = styles.getFont(Styles.INLINE_CODE_FONT).or(inlineCodeFont(styles));
  List<Element> elements = context.iTextContext().emitButCollectElements(new RichText(cNode.getText(), font));
  for (Element element : elements) {
    if (element instanceof Chunk) {
      Chunk chunk = (Chunk) element;
      chunk.setBackground(styles.getColor(Styles.INLINE_CODE_BACKGROUND).or(BaseColor.GRAY));
      chunk.setGenericTag("code");
    }
    context.append(element);
  }
}

nChars += 1;
Chunk chunk= new Chunk(c, new Font(Font.FontFamily.COURIER, fontSize, Font.NORMAL, fgBaseCol));
chunk.setBackground(bgBaseCol);
pdfLine.add(chunk);

regexChunk.setBackground(regexBg);

public List<Element> process(SourceCode sourceCode) {
  String lang = sourceCode.lang();
  String content = sourceCode.content();
  boolean linenos = sourceCode.showLineNumbers();
  Tokens tokens = pygments.tokenize(lang, content);
  Paragraph p = new Paragraph();
  for (TokenWithValue token : tokens) {
    Style style = styleSheet.styleOf(token.token);
    BaseColor color = toColor(style.fg());
    int s = calculateStyle(style);
    Font font = styles.getFont(Styles.CODE_FONT, s, color).get();
    Chunk o = new Chunk(token.value, font);
    RGB bg = style.bg();
    if (bg != null)
      o.setBackground(toColor(bg));
    p.add(o);
  }
  PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(p);
  cell.setPaddingBottom(5.0f);
  cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
  PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
  table.addCell(cell);
  table.setSpacingBefore(5.0f);
  table.setSpacingAfter(5.0f);
  table.setTableEvent(new TableBackground(toColor(styleSheet.backgroundColor())));
  return Arrays.<Element>asList(table);
}