title: How to clip the cell in a PdfPTable with iText?
body: <p>I am creating a one column PdfPTable given a Rectangle, at a particilar absolute position.  In this table, I need to add a collection of PdfPCells and show as much of the cell content as possible and the cells must be clipped at the table rectangle boundaries.  I took care of the width by:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    PdfPTable cutTable = new PdfPTable(1);
      cutTable.setTotalWidth(200f);
      cutTable.setLockedWidth(true);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have a phrase object in each cell and I add a set of cells to the table.  The problem is that the cells overflows the table height boundary and it is not clipped.  I tried keeping track of the total cells' height after adding each cell, but the problem is that since I ask the table for the row height, a cell must be inserted before and my calculation is off as the last cell overflows.</p>
  
  <p>How do I get the table to clip the cell contents at its boundaries?  If I can't do this, how do I determine the height of the cell(the phrase uses Arial 8 font) with the default text wrapping, before it is added to the table?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance for your help.</p>