Class PdfTextExtractor

java.lang.Object

com.aowagie.text.pdf.parser.PdfTextExtractor

class PdfTextExtractor
extends Object

Extracts text from a PDF file.

Since:

2.1.4

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private final SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentStreamProcessor	extractionProcessor	The processor that will extract the text.
private final 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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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 Object

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

Field Details

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 Details

PdfTextExtractor

public PdfTextExtractor(PdfReader reader)

Creates a new Text Extractor object.

Parameters:

reader - the reader with the PDF

Method Details

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