prawn-flexible-table 0.1

data/examples/fancy_table.rb

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+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# Demonstrates various table and cell features.  
+#
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib'))
+
+require "rubygems"
+require "prawn"
+require "prawn/layout"
+   
+headers, body = nil, nil  
+
+dir = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+     
+ruby_18 do        
+  require "fastercsv" 
+  headers, *body = FasterCSV.read("#{dir}/addressbook.csv")   
+end
+
+ruby_19 do            
+  require "csv"
+  headers, *body = CSV.read("#{dir}/addressbook.csv", 
+                      :encoding => "utf-8")
+end
+                                                                                  
+Prawn::Document.generate("fancy_table.pdf", :page_layout => :landscape) do
+  
+  #font "#{Prawn::BASEDIR}/data/fonts/DejaVuSans.ttf"
+
+  mask(:y) { table body, :headers      => headers, 
+                         :align        => :center,
+                         :border_style => :grid     }
+
+  table [["This is",   "A Test"    ],
+         [  Prawn::Table::Cell.new( :text => "Of tables",
+                                       :background_color => "ffccff" ),
+          "Drawn Side"], ["By side",   "and stuff" ]], 
+    :position         => 600, 
+    :headers          => ["Col A", "Col B"],
+    :border_width     => 1,
+    :vertical_padding => 5,
+    :horizontal_padding => 3,
+    :font_size        => 10,
+    :row_colors       => :pdf_writer,
+    :column_widths => { 1 => 50 }
+
+  move_down 150
+
+  table [%w[1 2 3],%w[4 5 6],%w[7 8 9]], 
+    :position => :center,
+    :border_width   => 0,
+    :font_size => 40
+
+  cell [500,300],
+    :text => "This free flowing textbox shows how you can use Prawn's "+
+      "cells outside of a table with ease.  Think of a 'cell' as " +
+      "simply a limited purpose bounding box that is meant for laying " +
+      "out blocks of text and optionally placing a border around it",
+    :width => 225, :padding => 10, :border_width => 2
+
+  font_size 24
+
+  cell [50,75], 
+    :text => "This document demonstrates a number of Prawn's table features",
+    :border_style => :no_top, # :all, :no_bottom, :sides
+    :horizontal_padding => 5
+end

data/examples/table.rb

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+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# Generates a couple simple tables, including some UTF-8 text cells.
+# Although this does not show all of the options available to table, the most
+# common are used here.  See fancy_table.rb for a more comprehensive example.
+#
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib'))
+
+require "rubygems"
+require "prawn"
+require "prawn/layout"
+ 
+Prawn::Document.generate("table.pdf") do 
+  font "#{Prawn::BASEDIR}/data/fonts/DejaVuSans.ttf"
+  table [["ὕαλον ϕαγεῖν",    "baaar",    "1" ],
+         ["This is","a sample",          "2" ],
+         ["Table",  "dont\ncha\nknow?",  "3" ],
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4123231" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "22.5" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules\nwith an iron fist", "x" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ],     
+         [ "It",    "Rules",             "4" ]],     
+
+    :font_size  => 24, 
+    :horizontal_padding => 10,
+    :vertical_padding   => 3,
+    :border_width       => 2,
+    :position           => :center,
+    :headers            => ["Column A","Column B","#"],
+    :align              => {1 => :center},
+    :align_headers      => :center
+                            
+  text "This should appear in the original font size, just below the table"     
+  move_down 10
+  
+  table [[ "Wide", "columns", "streeetch"], 
+         ["are","mighty fine", "streeeeeeeech"]],
+    :column_widths => { 0 => 200, 1 => 200 }, :position => 5
+
+end

data/examples/table_alignment.rb

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+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# Demonstrates the many controls over alignment and positioning in Prawn
+# tables.
+#
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib'))
+
+require "rubygems"
+require "prawn"
+require "prawn/layout"
+
+Prawn::Document.generate "table_header_align.pdf" do
+  table [ ['01/01/2008', 'John Doe', '4.2', '125.00', '525.00'],
+	  ['01/12/2008', 'Jane Doe', '3.2', '75.50', '241.60'] ] * 20,
+  :position => :center,
+  :headers => ['Date', 'Employee', 'Hours', 'Rate', 'Total'],
+  :column_widths => { 0 => 75, 1 => 100, 2 => 50, 3 => 50, 4 => 50},
+  :border_style => :grid,
+  :align => { 0 => :right, 1 => :left, 2 => :right, 3 => :right, 4 => :right },
+  :align_headers => { 0 => :center, 2 => :left, 3 => :left, 4 => :right }
+end

data/examples/table_border_color.rb

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+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# Demonstrates how to set the table border color with the :border_color
+# attribute.
+#
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib'))
+
+require "rubygems"
+require "prawn"
+require "prawn/layout"
+
+Prawn::Document.generate "table_border_color.pdf" do
+  table [ ['01/01/2008', 'John Doe', '4.2', '125.00', '525.00'], 
+          ['01/12/2008', 'Jane Doe', '3.2', '75.50', '241.60'] ] * 20,
+  :position => :center,
+  :headers => ['Date', 'Employee', 'Hours', 'Rate', 'Total'],
+  :column_widths => { 0 => 75, 1 => 100, 2 => 50, 3 => 50, 4 => 50},
+  :border_style => :grid,
+  :border_color => "ff0000"
+end

data/examples/table_colspan.rb

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+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# Demonstrates the use of the :col_span option when using Document#table
+#
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib'))
+
+require "rubygems"
+require "prawn"
+require "prawn/layout"
+
+Prawn::Document.generate "table_colspan.pdf" do
+  data = [ ['01/01/2008', 'John Doe', '4.2', '125.00', '525.00'], 
+           ['01/12/2008', 'Jane Doe', '3.2', '75.50', '241.60'] ] * 5
+  
+  data << [{:text => 'Total', :colspan => 2}, '37.0', '1002.5', '3833']
+  
+  table data,
+  :position => :center,
+  :headers => ['Date', 'Employee', 'Hours', 'Rate', 'Total'],
+  :column_widths => { 0 => 75, 1 => 100, 2 => 50, 3 => 50, 4 => 50},
+  :border_style => :grid
+end

data/examples/table_header_color.rb

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+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# Demonstrates explicitly setting the :header_color rather than inferring
+# it from :row_colors in Document#table
+#
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib'))
+
+require "rubygems"
+require "prawn"
+require "prawn/layout"
+
+Prawn::Document.generate "table_header_color.pdf" do
+  table [ ['01/01/2008', 'John Doe', '4.2', '125.00', '525.00'], 
+          ['01/12/2008', 'Jane Doe', '3.2', '75.50', '241.60'] ] * 20,
+  :position => :center,
+  :headers => ['Date', 'Employee', 'Hours', 'Rate', 'Total'],
+  :column_widths => { 0 => 75, 1 => 100, 2 => 50, 3 => 50, 4 => 50},
+  :border_style => :grid,
+  :header_color => 'f07878',
+  :header_text_color  => "990000",
+  :row_colors => ["FFCCFF","CCFFCC"]
+end

data/examples/table_header_underline.rb

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+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# Demonstrates the :underline_header border style for Document#table.
+#
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib'))
+
+require "rubygems"
+require "prawn"
+require "prawn/layout"
+
+Prawn::Document.generate "table_header_underline.pdf" do
+  table [ ['01/01/2008', 'John Doe', '4.2', '125.00', '525.00'], 
+          ['01/12/2008', 'Jane Doe', '3.2', '75.50', '241.60'] ] * 5,
+  :position => :center,
+  :headers => ['Date', 'Employee', 'Hours', 'Rate', 'Total'],
+  :column_widths => { 0 => 75, 1 => 100, 2 => 50, 3 => 50, 4 => 50},
+  :border_style => :underline_header
+end

data/examples/table_rowspan.rb

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+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# Demonstrates the use of the :rowspan option when using Document#table
+#
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib'))
+
+require "rubygems"
+gem 'prawn-core'
+require "prawn"
+require "prawn/layout"
+
+Prawn::Document.generate "table_rowspan.pdf" do
+  data = [ [ { :rowspan => 10, :text => '01/01/2008' },
+             { :rowspan => 5,  :text => 'John Doe'   },
+             '4.2', '125.00', '525.00' ],
+           [ '4.2', '125.00', '525.00' ], 
+           [ '4.2', '125.00', '525.00' ], 
+           [ '4.2', '125.00', '525.00' ], 
+           [ '4.2', '125.00', '525.00' ],
+           [ Prawn::Table::Cell.new( :rowspan => 5, :text => 'Jane Doe' ),
+             '3.2', '75.50', '241.60'  ],
+           [ '3.2', '75.50', '241.60'  ],
+           [ '3.2', '75.50', '241.60'  ],
+           [ '3.2', '75.50', '241.60'  ],
+           [ '3.2', '75.50', '241.60'  ] ]
+  
+ data << [{:text => 'Total', :colspan => 2}, '37.0', '1002.5', '3833']
+  
+  table data,
+    :position => :center,
+    :headers => ['Date', 'Employee', 'Hours', 'Rate', 'Total'],
+    :border_style => :grid
+end

data/examples/table_widths.rb

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+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# Generates a couple simple tables, including some UTF-8 text cells.
+# Although this does not show all of the options available to table, the most
+# common are used here.  See fancy_table.rb for a more comprehensive example.
+#
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib'))
+
+require "rubygems"
+require "prawn"
+require "prawn/layout"
+
+Prawn::Document.generate("table_widths.pdf") do 
+
+  data = [
+    %w(one two three four),
+    %w(five six seven eight),
+    %w(nine ten eleven twelve),
+    %w(thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen),
+    %w(seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty)
+  ]
+  headers = ["Column A","Column B","Column C", "Column D"]
+
+  text "A table with a specified width of the document width (within margins)"
+  move_down 10
+
+  table data,    
+    :position   => :center,
+    :headers    => headers,
+    :width      => margin_box.width
+
+
+  move_down 20
+  text "A table with a specified width of the document width (within margins) and two fixed width columns"
+  move_down 10
+
+  table data,    
+    :position      => :center,
+    :headers       => headers,
+    :width         => margin_box.width,
+    :column_widths => {0 => 70, 1 => 70}
+
+
+  move_down 20
+  text "A table with a specified width of 300"
+  move_down 10
+
+  table data,    
+    :position   => :center,
+    :headers    => headers,
+    :width      => 300
+
+
+  move_down 20
+  text "A table with too much data is automatically limited to the document width"
+  move_down 10
+
+  data << ['some text', 'A long piece of text that will make this cell too wide for the page', 'some more text', 'And more text']
+
+  table data,    
+    :position   => :center,
+    :headers    => headers
+
+end

data/lib/prawn/errors.rb

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+module Prawn; end
+
+module Prawn::Errors
+ # This error is raised when table data is malformed
+ InvalidTableData = Class.new(StandardError)
+
+ # This error is raised when an empty or nil table is rendered
+ EmptyTable = Class.new(StandardError)
+end

data/lib/prawn/flexible-table.rb

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+require "prawn/flexible-table/cell"
+require "prawn/errors"
+
+module Prawn; end
+
+class Prawn::Document
+
+  # Builds and renders a Document::FlexibleTable object from raw data.
+  # For details on the options that can be passed, see
+  # Document::FlexibleTable.new
+  #
+  #   data = [["Gregory","Brown"],["James","Healy"],["Jia","Wu"]]
+  #
+  #   Prawn::Document.generate("table.pdf") do
+  #
+  #     # Default table, without headers
+  #     flexible_table(data)
+  #
+  #     # Default flexible table with headers
+  #     flexible_table data, :headers => ["First Name", "Last Name"]
+  #
+  #     # Very close to PDF::Writer's default SimpleTable output
+  #     flexible_table data,
+  #       :headers            => ["First Name", "Last Name"],
+  #       :font_size          => 10,
+  #       :vertical_padding   => 2,
+  #       :horizontal_padding => 5,
+  #       :position           => :center,
+  #       :row_colors         => :pdf_writer,
+  #
+  #     # Grid border style with explicit column widths.
+  #     flexible_table data,
+  #       :border_style  => :grid,
+  #       :column_widths => { 0 => 100, 1 => 150 }
+  #
+  #   end
+  #
+  #   Will raise <tt>Prawn::Errors::EmptyTable</tt> given
+  #   a nil or empty <tt>data</tt> paramater.
+  #
+  def flexible_table(data, options={})
+    if data.nil? || data.empty?
+      raise Prawn::Errors::EmptyTable,
+        "data must be a non-empty, non-nil, two dimensional array of Prawn::Cells or strings"
+    end
+    Prawn::Table.new(data,self,options).draw
+  end
+end
+
+
+# This class implements simple PDF flexible table generation.
+#
+# Prawn tables have the following features:
+#
+#   * Can be generated with or without headers
+#   * Can tweak horizontal and vertical padding of text
+#   * Minimal styling support (borders / row background colors)
+#   * Can be positioned by bounding boxes (left/center aligned) or an
+#     absolute x position
+#   * Automated page-breaking as needed
+#   * Column widths can be calculated automatically or defined explictly on a
+#     column by column basis
+#   * Text alignment can be set for the whole table or by column
+#   * Cells can have both rowspan and colspan attributes
+#
+# The current implementation is a bit barebones, but covers most of the
+# basic needs for PDF table generation.  If you have feature requests,
+# please share them at: http://groups.google.com/group/prawn-ruby
+#
+class Prawn::FlexibleTable
+
+  include Prawn::Configurable
+
+  attr_reader :column_widths # :nodoc:
+
+  NUMBER_PATTERN = /^-?(?:0|[1-9]\d*)(?:\.\d+(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?)?$/ #:nodoc:
+
+  # Creates a new Document::FlexibleTable object. This is generally called
+  # indirectly through Document#flexible_table but can also be used explictly.
+  #
+  # The <tt>data</tt> argument is a two dimensional array of either string,
+  # FlexibleTable::Cell or hashes (with the options to create a Cell object),
+  # organized by row, e.g.:
+  #
+  #    [["r1-col1","r1-col2"],["r2-col2","r2-col2"]]
+  #
+  #    [ [ {:text => "r1-2 col1-2", :rowspan => 2, :colspan => 2}, "r1-col3"],
+  #      [ {:text => "r2 col 3", :text_color => "EEAAFF" } ],
+  #      [ "r3 col1", "r3 col2", "r3 col3" ] ]
+  #
+  #
+  # As with all Prawn text drawing operations, strings must be UTF-8 encoded.
+  #
+  # The following options are available for customizing your tables, with
+  # defaults shown in [] at the end of each description.
+  #
+  # <tt>:headers</tt>:: An array of table headers, either strings or Cells. [Empty]
+  # <tt>:align_headers</tt>:: Alignment of header text.  Specify for entire header (<tt>:left</tt>) or by column (<tt>{ 0 => :right, 1 => :left}</tt>). If omitted, the header alignment is the same as the column alignment.
+  # <tt>:header_text_color</tt>:: Sets the text color of the headers
+  # <tt>:header_color</tt>:: Manually sets the header color
+  # <tt>:font_size</tt>:: The font size for the text cells . [12]
+  # <tt>:horizontal_padding</tt>:: The horizontal cell padding in PDF points [5]
+  # <tt>:vertical_padding</tt>:: The vertical cell padding in PDF points [5]
+  # <tt>:padding</tt>:: Horizontal and vertical cell padding (overrides both)
+  # <tt>:border_width</tt>:: With of border lines in PDF points [1]
+  # <tt>:border_style</tt>:: If set to :grid, fills in all borders. If set to :underline_header, underline header only. Otherwise, borders are drawn on columns only, not rows
+  # <tt>:border_color</tt>:: Sets the color of the borders.
+  # <tt>:position</tt>:: One of <tt>:left</tt>, <tt>:center</tt> or <tt>n</tt>, where <tt>n</tt> is an x-offset from the left edge of the current bounding box
+  # <tt>:width:</tt>:: A set width for the table, defaults to the sum of all column widths
+  # <tt>:column_widths:</tt>:: A hash of indices and widths in PDF points.  E.g. <tt>{ 0 => 50, 1 => 100 }</tt>
+  # <tt>:row_colors</tt>:: An array of row background colors which are used cyclicly.
+  # <tt>:align</tt>:: Alignment of text in columns, for entire table (<tt>:center</tt>) or by column (<tt>{ 0 => :left, 1 => :center}</tt>)
+  #
+  # Row colors are specified as html encoded values, e.g.
+  # ["ffffff","aaaaaa","ccaaff"].  You can also specify
+  # <tt>:row_colors => :pdf_writer</tt> if you wish to use the default color
+  # scheme from the PDF::Writer library.
+  #
+  # See Document#flexible_table for typical usage, as directly using this class is
+  # not recommended unless you know why you want to do it.
+  #
+  def initialize(data, document, options={})
+    unless data.all? { |e| Array === e }
+      raise Prawn::Errors::InvalidTableData,
+        "data must be a two dimensional array of Prawn::Cells or strings"
+    end
+
+    @data     = data
+    @document = document
+
+    Prawn.verify_options [:font_size,:border_style, :border_width,
+     :position, :headers, :row_colors, :align, :align_headers,
+     :header_text_color, :border_color, :horizontal_padding,
+     :vertical_padding, :padding, :column_widths, :width, :header_color ],
+     options
+
+    configuration.update(options)
+
+    if padding = options[:padding]
+      C(:horizontal_padding => padding, :vertical_padding => padding)
+    end
+
+    if options[:row_colors] == :pdf_writer
+      C(:row_colors => ["ffffff","cccccc"])
+    end
+
+    if options[:row_colors]
+      C(:original_row_colors => C(:row_colors))
+    end
+
+    # Once we have all configuration setted...
+    normalize_data
+    check_rows_lengths
+    calculate_column_widths(options[:column_widths], options[:width])
+  end
+
+  attr_reader :column_widths #:nodoc:
+
+  # Width of the table in PDF points
+  #
+  def width
+     @column_widths.inject(0) { |s,r| s + r }
+  end
+
+  # Draws the table onto the PDF document
+  #
+  def draw
+    @parent_bounds = @document.bounds
+    case C(:position)
+    when :center
+      x = (@document.bounds.width - width) / 2.0
+      dy = @document.bounds.absolute_top - @document.y
+      @document.bounding_box [x, @parent_bounds.top], :width => width do
+        @document.move_down(dy)
+        generate_table
+      end
+    when Numeric
+      x, y = C(:position), @document.y - @document.bounds.absolute_bottom
+      @document.bounding_box([x,y], :width => width) { generate_table }
+    else
+      generate_table
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def default_configuration
+    { :font_size           => 12,
+      :border_width        => 1,
+      :position            => :left,
+      :horizontal_padding  => 5,
+      :vertical_padding    => 5 }
+  end
+
+  # Check that all rows are well formed with the same length.
+  #
+  # Will raise an <tt>Prawn::Errors::InvalidTableData</tt> exception
+  # in case that a bad formed row is found
+  def check_rows_lengths
+    tables_width = nil
+    actual_row   = 0
+    old_index    = -1
+    check_last_row = lambda {
+      tables_width ||= old_index # only setted the first time
+      if tables_width != nil && tables_width != old_index
+        raise Prawn::Errors::InvalidTableData,
+          "The row #{actual_row} has a length of #{old_index + 1}, " +
+          "it should be of #{tables_width + 1} according to the previous rows"
+      end
+    }
+    each_cell_with_index do |cell, i, n_row|
+      if actual_row != n_row # is new row
+        check_last_row.call
+        actual_row = n_row
+      end
+      old_index = i + cell.colspan - 1
+    end
+    check_last_row.call
+  end
+
+  # An iterator method around renderable_data method.
+  #
+  # The issue using renderable_data is that in each iteration you don't know
+  # the real index for that cell, due to colspan & rowspan values of the
+  # previous cells.
+  #
+  # So this method yields every cell (Prawn::FlexibleTable::Cell) with its column
+  # index.
+  #
+  # Example:
+  #   +-----------+
+  #   | A     | B |
+  #   +-------+---+
+  #   | C | D | E |
+  #   +---+---+---+
+  # The values in each iteration will be:
+  #  * Cell A, 0, 0
+  #  * Cell B, 2, 0
+  #  * Cell C, 0, 1
+  #  * Cell D, 1, 1
+  #  * Cell E, 2, 1
+  #
+  def each_cell_with_index
+    rowspan_cells = {}
+    n_row = 0
+    renderable_data.each do |row|
+      index = 0
+      rowspan_cells.each_value { |v|    v[:rowspan] -= 1 }
+      rowspan_cells.delete_if  { |k, v| v[:rowspan] == 0 }
+      row.each do |cell|
+        while rowspan_cells[ index ] do
+          index += rowspan_cells[ index ][:colspan]
+        end
+
+        yield cell, index, n_row
+
+        if cell.rowspan > 1
+          rowspan_cells[ index ] = { :rowspan => cell.rowspan,
+                                     :colspan => cell.colspan }
+        end
+        index += cell.colspan
+      end # row.each
+      n_row += 1
+    end # renderable_data.each
+  end
+
+  def cells_width( cell )
+    width = 2 * C(:horizontal_padding) + cell.to_s.lines.map do |e|
+      @document.width_of(e, :size => C(:font_size))
+    end.max.to_f
+    width.ceil
+  end
+
+  def calculate_column_widths(manual_widths=nil, width=nil)
+    @column_widths = [0] * @data[0].inject(0){ |total, e| total + e.colspan }
+
+    # Firstly, calculate column widths for cells without colspan attribute
+    colspan_cell_to_proccess = []
+    each_cell_with_index do |cell, index|
+      if cell.colspan <= 1
+        length = cells_width( cell )
+        @column_widths[ index ] = length if length > @column_widths[ index ]
+      else
+        colspan_cell_to_proccess << [ cell, index ]
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Secondly, calculate column width for cells with colspan attribute
+    # and update @column_widths properly
+    colspan_cell_to_proccess.each do |cell, index|
+      current_colspan = cell.colspan
+      calculate_width = @column_widths.slice( index, current_colspan ).
+        inject( 0 ) { |t, w| t + w }
+      length = cells_width( cell )
+      if length > calculate_width
+        # This is a little tricky, we have to increase each column
+        # that the actual colspan cell use, by a proportional part
+        # so the sum of these widths will be equal to the actual width
+        # of our colspan cell
+        difference  = length - calculate_width
+        increase    = ( difference / current_colspan ).floor
+        increase_by = [ increase ] * current_colspan
+        # it's important to sum, in total, the difference, so if
+        # difference is, e.g., 3 and current_colspan is 2, increase_by
+        # will be [ 1, 1 ], but actually we want to be [ 2, 1 ]
+        extra_dif   = difference - increase * current_colspan
+        extra_dif.times { |n| increase_by[n] += 1 }
+        current_colspan.times do |j|
+          @column_widths[ index + j ] += increase_by[j]
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Thridly, establish manual column widths
+    manual_width = 0
+    manual_widths.each { |k,v|
+      @column_widths[k] = v; manual_width += v } if manual_widths
+
+    # Finally, ensures that the maximum width of the document is not exceeded.
+    # Takes into consideration the manual widths specified (With full manual
+    # widths specified, the width can exceed the document width as manual
+    # widths are taken as gospel)
+    max_width = width || @document.margin_box.width
+    calculated_width = @column_widths.inject {|sum,e| sum += e }
+
+    if calculated_width > max_width
+      shrink_by = (max_width - manual_width).to_f /
+        (calculated_width - manual_width)
+      @column_widths.each_with_index { |c,i|
+        @column_widths[i] = c * shrink_by if manual_widths.nil? ||
+          manual_widths[i].nil?
+      }
+    elsif width && calculated_width < width
+      grow_by = (width - manual_width).to_f /
+        (calculated_width - manual_width)
+      @column_widths.each_with_index { |c,i|
+        @column_widths[i] = c * grow_by if manual_widths.nil? ||
+          manual_widths[i].nil?
+      }
+    end
+  end
+
+
+  def renderable_data
+    C(:headers) ? C(:headers) + @data : @data
+  end
+
+  # Transform all items from @data into Prawn::FlexibleTable::Cell objects
+  def normalize_data
+    normalize = lambda { |data|
+      data.map do |row|
+        row.map do |cell|
+          unless cell.is_a?( Hash ) || cell.is_a?( Prawn::FlexibleTable::Cell )
+            cell = { :text => cell.to_s }
+          end
+          if cell.is_a?( Hash )
+            cell = Prawn::FlexibleTable::Cell.new( cell )
+          end
+          cell.document = @document
+          cell
+        end
+      end
+    }
+    @data = normalize.call( @data )
+    # C is an alias to configuration method, which is a wrapper around @config
+    @config[:headers] = normalize.call( [ C(:headers) ] ) if C(:headers)
+
+  end
+
+  def generate_table
+    page_contents = []
+    y_pos = @document.y
+    rowspan_cells = {}
+
+    @document.font_size C(:font_size) do
+      renderable_data.each_with_index do |row, index|
+        c = Prawn::FlexibleTable::CellBlock.new(@document)
+
+        rowspan_cells.each_value { |v|    v[:rowspan] -= 1 }
+        rowspan_cells.delete_if  { |k, v| v[:rowspan] == 0 }
+
+        col_index = 0
+        row.each do |e|
+          align = case C(:align)
+            when Hash
+              C(:align)[ col_index ]
+            else
+              C(:align)
+          end
+          align ||= e.to_s =~ NUMBER_PATTERN ? :right : :left
+
+          while rowspan_cells[ col_index ] do
+            c << rowspan_cells[ col_index ][:cell_fake]
+            col_index += rowspan_cells[ col_index ][:colspan]
+          end
+
+          colspan = e.colspan
+          rowspan = e.rowspan
+
+          width = @column_widths.
+            slice( col_index, colspan ).
+            inject { |sum, width|  sum + width }
+
+          e.width              = width
+          e.horizontal_padding = C(:horizontal_padding)
+          e.vertical_padding   = C(:vertical_padding)
+          e.border_width       = C(:border_width)
+          e.align            ||= align
+
+          if rowspan > 1
+            cell_fake = Prawn::FlexibleTable::CellFake.new( :width => width )
+            rowspan_cells[ col_index ] = {
+              :rowspan   => rowspan,
+              :colspan   => colspan,
+              :cell_fake => cell_fake
+            }
+          end
+          c << e
+          col_index += colspan
+        end # row.each do |e|
+
+        bbox = @parent_bounds.stretchy? ? @document.margin_box : @parent_bounds
+        fit_in_current_page = c.height <= y_pos - bbox.absolute_bottom
+        if ! fit_in_current_page then
+          if C(:headers) && page_contents.length == 1
+            @document.start_new_page
+            y_pos = @document.y
+          else
+            draw_page(page_contents)
+            @document.start_new_page
+            if C(:headers) && page_contents.any?
+              page_contents = [page_contents[0]]
+              y_pos = @document.y - page_contents[0].height
+            else
+              page_contents = []
+              y_pos = @document.y
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        page_contents << c
+
+        y_pos -= c.height
+
+        if index == renderable_data.length - 1
+          draw_page(page_contents)
+        end
+
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def draw_page(contents)
+    return if contents.empty?
+
+    if C(:border_style) == :underline_header
+      contents.each { |e| e.border_style = :none }
+      contents.first.border_style = :bottom_only if C(:headers)
+    elsif C(:border_style) == :grid || contents.length == 1
+      contents.each { |e| e.border_style = :all }
+    else
+      contents.first.border_style = C(:headers) ? :all : :no_bottom
+      contents.last.border_style = :no_top
+    end
+
+    if C(:headers)
+      contents.first.cells.each_with_index do |e,i|
+        if C(:align_headers)
+          case C(:align_headers)
+            when Hash
+              align = C(:align_headers)[i]
+            else
+              align = C(:align_headers)
+            end
+        end
+        e.align = align if align
+        e.text_color = C(:header_text_color) if C(:header_text_color)
+        e.background_color = C(:header_color) if C(:header_color)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # modified the height of the cells with rowspan attribute
+    contents.each_with_index do |x, i|
+      x.cells.each do |cell|
+        if cell.rowspan > 1
+          heights_per_row ||= contents.map { |x| x.height }
+          cell.height = heights_per_row.
+              slice( i, cell.rowspan ).inject(0){ |sum, h| sum + h }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    contents.each do |x|
+      unless x.background_color
+        x.background_color = next_row_color if C(:row_colors)
+      end
+      x.border_color = C(:border_color) if C(:border_color)
+
+      x.draw
+    end
+
+    reset_row_colors
+  end
+
+
+  def next_row_color
+    color = C(:row_colors).shift
+    C(:row_colors).push(color)
+    color
+  end
+
+  def reset_row_colors
+    C(:row_colors => C(:original_row_colors).dup) if C(:row_colors)
+  end
+
+end