Creating PDFs in a Web Application iText

I know this may be stupid question i am gonna put here since i am a complete java noob. may be you guys can help me out to get this problem solved.

I am working on an application where a user would need the result dislayed on jsp page in pdf form, and the pdf is being generated as output stream in HTTP request, means when a user clicks on a button(on jsp) to generate PDF with result i.e. PDF getting generated on fly and sent to client browser.

Using iText, i am able to generate custom generated pdfs on the fly

Heres the Code snippet

public class PdfSample extends HttpServlet {

    public PdfSample() {
        super();
    }

        //connection to DB.... code goes here.....

    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        doGet(req, resp);
    }

    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
            throws javax.servlet.ServletException, java.io.IOException {
        DocumentException ex = null;
        ByteArrayOutputStream baosPDF = null;
        try {
            baosPDF = generatePDFDocumentBytes(req, this.getServletContext());
            StringBuffer sbFilename = new StringBuffer();
            sbFilename.append("filename_");
            sbFilename.append(System.currentTimeMillis());
            sbFilename.append(".pdf");
            resp.setHeader("Cache-Control", "max-age=30");
            resp.setContentType("application/pdf");
            StringBuffer sbContentDispValue = new StringBuffer();
            sbContentDispValue.append("inline");
            sbContentDispValue.append("; filename=");
            sbContentDispValue.append(sbFilename);
            resp.setHeader("Content-disposition", sbContentDispValue.toString());
            resp.setContentLength(baosPDF.size());
            ServletOutputStream sos;
            sos = resp.getOutputStream();
            baosPDF.writeTo(sos);
            sos.flush();
        } catch (DocumentException dex) {
            resp.setContentType("text/html");
            PrintWriter writer = resp.getWriter();
            writer.println(this.getClass().getName() + " caught an exception: "
                    + dex.getClass().getName() + "<br>");
            writer.println("<pre>");
            dex.printStackTrace(writer);
            writer.println("</pre>");
        } finally {
            if (baosPDF != null) {
                baosPDF.reset();
            }
        }
    }

    protected ByteArrayOutputStream generatePDFDocumentBytes(
            final HttpServletRequest req, final ServletContext ctx)
            throws DocumentException
    {
        Document doc = new Document();
        ByteArrayOutputStream baosPDF = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        PdfWriter docWriter = null;
        try {
            docWriter = PdfWriter.getInstance(doc, baosPDF);
            doc.addAuthor("Sample");
            doc.addCreationDate();
            doc.addProducer();
            doc.addCreator("Sample");
            doc.addTitle("Sample Report");
            doc.setPageSize(PageSize.LETTER);
            doc.open();
            String strServerInfo = ctx.getServerInfo();
            if (strServerInfo != null) {
            }
            doc.add(makeHTTPParameterInfoElement(req));
        } catch (DocumentException dex) {
            baosPDF.reset();
            throw dex;
        } finally {
            if (doc != null) {
                doc.close();
            }
            if (docWriter != null) {
                docWriter.close();
            }
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        if (baosPDF.size() < 1) {
            throw new DocumentException("document has " + baosPDF.size()
                    + " bytes");
        }
        return baosPDF;
    }
    protected Element makeHTTPParameterInfoElement(final HttpServletRequest req) {
        Table tab = null;
        tab = makeTable("", "White Color Car", "Black Color Car", "Total");
        return (Element) tab;
    }
    private static Table makeTable(final String firstColumnTitle,
            final String secondColumnTitle, final String thirdColumnTitle,
            final String fourthColumnTitle) {

        Paragraph paragraph, paragraph1;
        int val1 = 0;
        int val2 = 0;
        int val3 = 0;
        int val4 = 0;
        Table tab = null;
        try {
            tab = new Table(4);

        } catch (BadElementException ex) {
            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
        }
        Cell c = null;
        try {
        paragraph = new Paragraph("Car Report");
        paragraph.setAlignment(1);
        c = new Cell(paragraph);
        c.setColspan(tab.getColumns());
        } catch (Exception e1) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }
        tab.setBorderWidth(1);
        tab.setBorderColor(Color.BLACK);
        tab.setPadding(2);
        tab.setSpacing(3);
        tab.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
        tab.addCell(c);
        tab.addCell(new Cell(firstColumnTitle));
        tab.addCell(new Cell(secondColumnTitle));
        tab.addCell(new Cell(thirdColumnTitle));
        tab.addCell(new Cell(fourthColumnTitle));
        tab.endHeaders();

        String startDate1 = "01/06/2011";
        String endDate1 = "11/09/2011";

        SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
        try {
            Date startDate = sdf1.parse(startDate1);
            Date endDate = sdf1.parse(endDate1);
            java.sql.Date sdate = new java.sql.Date(startDate.getTime());
            java.sql.Date edate = new java.sql.Date(endDate.getTime());

             String newWhiteColor = "select count(*) from .......";
         String newBlackColor = "select count(*) from .......";
         String totalWhiteColor= "select count(*) from .....";
         String totalBlackColor = "select count(*) from .......";

                    Connection connection = null;
            PreparedStatement preparedStatement = null;
            PreparedStatement preparedStatement1 = null;
            PreparedStatement preparedStatement2 = null;
            PreparedStatement preparedStatement3 = null;

            ResultSet resultSet = null;
            ResultSet resultSet1 = null;
            ResultSet resultSet2 = null;
            ResultSet resultSet3 = null;

            connection = getSimpleConnection1();

            // New Car recently sold out - White Color
            preparedStatement = connection
                    .prepareStatement(newWhiteColor);
            resultSet = preparedStatement.executeQuery();
            while (resultSet.next()) {
                val1 = resultSet.getInt(1);
            }

            // New Car recently sold out - Black Color
            preparedStatement3 = connection
                    .prepareStatement(newBlackColor);
            resultSet3 = preparedStatement3.executeQuery();
            while (resultSet3.next()) {
                val2 = resultSet3.getInt(1);
            }

            // Total White Color cars sold out
            preparedStatement1 = connection
                    .prepareStatement(totalWhiteColor);
            resultSet1 = preparedStatement1.executeQuery();
            while (resultSet1.next()) {
                val3 = resultSet1.getInt(1);
            }

            // Total Black Color cars sold out
            preparedStatement2 = connection
                    .prepareStatement(totalBlackColor);
            resultSet2 = preparedStatement2.executeQuery();
            while (resultSet2.next()) {
                val4 = resultSet2.getInt(1);
            }

            Integer newWhite = val1;
            Integer newBlack = val2;
            Integer totalWhite = val3;
            Integer totalBlack = val4;
                Integer totalNewCars = newWhite + new Black;
            Integer totalCars= totalWhite + totalBlack ;

            tab.addCell(new Cell("New Cars Sold Out"));
            tab.addCell(new Cell(newWhite.toString()));
            tab.addCell(new Cell(newBlack.toString()));
                tab.addCell(new Cell(totalNewCars.toString()));
            tab.addCell(new Cell("Total Cars Sold out"));
            tab.addCell(new Cell(totalWhite.toString()));
            tab.addCell(new Cell(totalBlack.toString()));
            tab.addCell(new Cell(totalCars.toString()));

        } catch (Exception e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return tab;
    }


}

The Above code fetching the data (count) from the database by making the connection and displaying in cells. with the above code i am able to create pdf on fly and output as showing below.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Car Report
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   | White Color Car          |Black Color Car       |  Total                
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  New Cars Sold out|         5                |      8               |    13
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Cars Sold Out|        6                 |      4               |    10
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Query 1) How Can I align the car report in Center?

Query 2) Data and text are being displayed inside a cell, how can i set the border of the cell to "0".

Query 3) How can i color a particular cell ( the blank one)?

Query 4) Is it possible to Insert a image on top of the header of the pdf?

Any help would be greatly appreciated !!!!!

Query 1) How Can I align the car report in Center?

Solution : c.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);