com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser
Class SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentStreamProcessor

java.lang.Object
  com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.PdfContentStreamProcessor
      com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentStreamProcessor

public class SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentStreamProcessor
extends PdfContentStreamProcessor

A simple text extraction processor.

Since:

2.1.4

Field Summary

(package private) Matrix	lastEndingTextMatrix keeps track of a text matrix.
(package private) Matrix	lastTextLineMatrix keeps track of a text matrix.
(package private) StringBuffer	result The StringBuffer used to write the resulting String.

Constructor Summary

SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentStreamProcessor()
Creates a new text extraction processor.

Method Summary

void	displayText(String text, Matrix endingTextMatrix) Writes text to the result.
String	getResultantText() Returns the result so far.
void	reset() Resets the graphics state stack, matrices and resources.

Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.PdfContentStreamProcessor

displayPdfString, getCurrentTextLineMatrix, getCurrentTextMatrix, getStringWidth, gs, invokeOperator, processContent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

lastTextLineMatrix

Matrix lastTextLineMatrix

keeps track of a text matrix.

lastEndingTextMatrix

Matrix lastEndingTextMatrix

keeps track of a text matrix.

result

StringBuffer result

The StringBuffer used to write the resulting String.

Constructor Detail

SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentStreamProcessor

public SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentStreamProcessor()

Creates a new text extraction processor.

Method Detail

reset

public void reset()

Description copied from class: PdfContentStreamProcessor

Resets the graphics state stack, matrices and resources.

Overrides:

reset in class PdfContentStreamProcessor

getResultantText

public String getResultantText()

Returns the result so far.

Returns:

a String with the resulting text.

displayText

public void displayText(String text,
                        Matrix endingTextMatrix)

Writes text to the result.

Specified by:

displayText in class PdfContentStreamProcessor

Parameters:

text - The text that needs to be displayed

endingTextMatrix - a text matrix

See Also:

PdfContentStreamProcessor.displayText(java.lang.String, com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.Matrix)