PdfTextExtractor

java.lang.Object
- com.aowagie.text.pdf.parser.PdfTextExtractor

class PdfTextExtractor
extends java.lang.Object

Extracts text from a PDF file.

Since:: 2.1.4

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	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 Description

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

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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