ExtractText

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.pdfbox.tools.ExtractText

```
public final class ExtractText
extends java.lang.Object
```
This is the main program that simply parses the pdf document and transforms it into text.

Author:

Ben Litchfield, Tilman Hausherr

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static void`	`main(java.lang.String[] args)`	Infamous main method.
`void`	`startExtraction(java.lang.String[] args)`	Starts the text extraction.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - main
```
public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Infamous main method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    args - Command line arguments, should be one and a reference to a file.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is an error reading the document or extracting the text.
  - startExtraction
```
public void startExtraction(java.lang.String[] args)
                     throws java.io.IOException
```
    Starts the text extraction.
    
    Parameters:
    
    args - the commandline arguments.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is an error reading the document or extracting the text.