com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser
Class PdfTextExtractor

java.lang.Object
  com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.PdfTextExtractor

public class PdfTextExtractor
extends Object

Extracts text from a PDF file.

Since:

2.1.4

Field Summary

private SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentStreamProcessor	extractionProcessor The processor that will extract the text.
private PdfReader	reader The PdfReader that holds the PDF file.

Constructor Summary

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

Method Summary

private byte[]	getContentBytesForPage(int pageNum) Gets the content stream of a page.
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 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:

IOException

getTextFromPage

public String getTextFromPage(int page)
                       throws 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:

IOException