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A Cell must be added to a Table. The Table will place the Cell in a Row.

Example:

 Table table = new Table(3);
 table.setBorderWidth(1);
 table.setBorderColor(new Color(0, 0, 255));
 table.setCellpadding(5);
 table.setCellspacing(5);
 Cell cell = new Cell("header");
 cell.setHeader(true);
 cell.setColspan(3);
 table.addCell(cell);
 cell = new Cell("example cell with colspan 1 and rowspan 2");
 cell.setRowspan(2);
 cell.setBorderColor(new Color(255, 0, 0));
 table.addCell(cell);
 table.addCell("1.1");
 table.addCell("2.1");
 table.addCell("1.2");
 table.addCell("2.2");
 

The String will be converted into a Paragraph.

if the element is a ListItem, Row or Cell, an exception will be thrown.

The String will be converted into a Paragraph.
Parameters:
  content - a String

if the element is a ListItem, Row or Cell, an exception will be thrown.
Parameters:
  element - the element
throws:
  BadElementException - when the creator was called with a ListItem, Row or Cell

Remark: you can't add ListItems, Rows, Cells, JPEGs, GIFs or PNGs to a Cell.
Parameters:
  element - The Element to add
throws:
  BadElementException - if the method was called with a ListItem, Row or Cell