com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser

Class PdfTextExtractor

java.lang.Object

com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.PdfTextExtractor

public class PdfTextExtractor
extends java.lang.Object

Extracts text from a PDF file.

Since:

2.1.4

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentStreamProcessor	extractionProcessor The processor that will extract the text.
private PdfReader	reader The PdfReader that holds the PDF file.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PdfTextExtractor(PdfReader reader) Creates a new Text Extractor object.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
private byte[]	getContentBytesForPage(int pageNum) Gets the content stream of a page.
java.lang.String	getTextFromPage(int page) Gets the text from a page.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

reader

private final PdfReader reader

The PdfReader that holds the PDF file.

extractionProcessor

private final SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentStreamProcessor extractionProcessor

The processor that will extract the text.

Constructor Detail

PdfTextExtractor

public PdfTextExtractor(PdfReader reader)

Creates a new Text Extractor object.

Parameters:

reader - the reader with the PDF

Method Detail

getContentBytesForPage

private byte[] getContentBytesForPage(int pageNum)
                               throws java.io.IOException

Gets the content stream of a page.

Parameters:

pageNum - the page number of page you want get the content stream from

Returns:

a byte array with the content stream of a page

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getTextFromPage

public java.lang.String getTextFromPage(int page)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Gets the text from a page.

Parameters:

page - the page number of the page

Returns:

a String with the content as plain text (without PDF syntax)

Throws:

java.io.IOException