itext: Set the first number in the ordered list

List class provides setFirst method which sets the number that has to come first in the list.

public void setFirst(final int first)

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.util.Arrays;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.List;
import com.itextpdf.text.ListItem;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class ListEx {
 private static java.util.List<String> countries = Arrays.asList("Afghanistan", "Armenia", "Azerbaijan", "Bahrain",
   "Bangladesh", "Bhutan", "Brunei", "Cambodia", "China", "Cyprus", "Georgia", "India", "Indonesia", "Iran",
   "Iraq", "Israel", "Japan", "Jordan", "Kazakhstan", "Kuwait", "Kyrgyzstan", "Laos", "Lebanon", "Malaysia",
   "Maldives", "Mongolia", "Myanmar (Burma)", "Nepal", "North Korea", "Oman", "Pakistan", "Palestine",
   "Philippines", "Qatar", "Russia", "Saudi Arabia", "Singapore", "South Korea", "Sri Lanka", "Syria",
   "Taiwan", "Tajikistan", "Thailand", "Timor-Leste", "Turkey", "Turkmenistan", "United Arab Emirates (UAE)",
   "Uzbekistan", "Vietnam", "Yemen");

 public static void main(String args[]) throws FileNotFoundException, DocumentException {
  Document document = new Document();

  PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("countries.pdf"));

  List list = new List(List.ORDERED);
  list.setFirst(11);

  Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph("List Of Countries in Asia");

  for (String country : countries) {
   ListItem item = new ListItem(country);
   list.add(item);
  }

  document.open();
  document.add(paragraph);
  document.add(list);
  document.close();

 }
}

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