Dynamic PDF Document Generation

From: Niall (niall.murphy_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/16/04 

Date: 16 Jul 2004 03:09:32 -0700

Hi all,

I'm looking for some advice on Dynamic PDF Document Generation from
java/ j2ee web apps.

What I'd like to do is take data from a form or database (perhaps in
XML format) and include it in a PDF document which will be returned to
the user.

I've come accross a number of tools, but am having trouble deciding
between them. Eg.

-iText

-Apache FOP

-AurigaDoc (uses FOP)

-DocBook

-Some other XML - XSLT method ?

Which are the easiest to integrate? allow the most flexibility in
generating PDF? offer best performance?

Thanks,
Niall

(It's for an academic project so I can't afford to buy any commercial
software)

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