Package org.apache.pdfbox.examples.util

Class PrintTextLocations

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine

org.apache.pdfbox.text.LegacyPDFStreamEngine

org.apache.pdfbox.text.PDFTextStripper

org.apache.pdfbox.examples.util.PrintTextLocations

public class PrintTextLocations
extends PDFTextStripper

This is an example on how to get some x/y coordinates of text.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.text.PDFTextStripper

charactersByArticle, document, LINE_SEPARATOR, output

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PrintTextLocations()	Instantiate a new PDFTextStripper object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	main(String[] args)	This will print the documents data.
private static void	usage()	This will print the usage for this document.
protected void	writeString(String string, List<TextPosition> textPositions)	Override the default functionality of PDFTextStripper.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.text.PDFTextStripper

beginMarkedContentSequence, endArticle, endDocument, endMarkedContentSequence, endPage, getAddMoreFormatting, getArticleEnd, getArticleStart, getAverageCharTolerance, getCharactersByArticle, getCurrentPageNo, getDropThreshold, getEndBookmark, getEndPage, getIgnoreContentStreamSpaceGlyphs, getIndentThreshold, getLineSeparator, getListItemPatterns, getOutput, getPageEnd, getPageStart, getParagraphEnd, getParagraphStart, getSeparateByBeads, getSortByPosition, getSpacingTolerance, getStartBookmark, getStartPage, getSuppressDuplicateOverlappingText, getText, getWordSeparator, matchPattern, processPage, processPages, processTextPosition, setAddMoreFormatting, setArticleEnd, setArticleStart, setAverageCharTolerance, setDropThreshold, setEndBookmark, setEndPage, setIgnoreContentStreamSpaceGlyphs, setIndentThreshold, setLineSeparator, setListItemPatterns, setPageEnd, setPageStart, setParagraphEnd, setParagraphStart, setShouldSeparateByBeads, setSortByPosition, setSpacingTolerance, setStartBookmark, setStartPage, setSuppressDuplicateOverlappingText, setWordSeparator, startArticle, startArticle, startDocument, startPage, writeCharacters, writeLineSeparator, writePage, writePageEnd, writePageStart, writeParagraphEnd, writeParagraphSeparator, writeParagraphStart, writeString, writeText, writeWordSeparator

Methods inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.text.LegacyPDFStreamEngine

computeFontHeight, showGlyph

Methods inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine

addOperator, applyTextAdjustment, beginText, decreaseLevel, endText, getAppearance, getCurrentPage, getGraphicsStackSize, getGraphicsState, getInitialMatrix, getLevel, getResources, getTextLineMatrix, getTextMatrix, increaseLevel, isShouldProcessColorOperators, markedContentPoint, operatorException, processAnnotation, processChildStream, processOperator, processOperator, processSoftMask, processTilingPattern, processTilingPattern, processTransparencyGroup, processType3Stream, restoreGraphicsStack, restoreGraphicsState, saveGraphicsStack, saveGraphicsState, setLineDashPattern, setTextLineMatrix, setTextMatrix, showAnnotation, showFontGlyph, showForm, showText, showTextString, showTextStrings, showTransparencyGroup, showType3Glyph, transformedPoint, transformWidth, unsupportedOperator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PrintTextLocations

public PrintTextLocations()
                   throws IOException

Instantiate a new PDFTextStripper object.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error loading the properties.

Method Details

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException

This will print the documents data.

Parameters:

args - The command line arguments.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error parsing the document.

writeString

protected void writeString(String string,
 List<TextPosition> textPositions)
                    throws IOException

Override the default functionality of PDFTextStripper.

Overrides:

writeString in class PDFTextStripper

Parameters:

string - The text to write to the stream.

textPositions - The TextPositions belonging to the text.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error when writing the text.

usage

private static void usage()

This will print the usage for this document.