Package org.apache.pdfbox.tools

Class PDFText2Markdown

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine

org.apache.pdfbox.text.LegacyPDFStreamEngine

org.apache.pdfbox.text.PDFTextStripper

org.apache.pdfbox.tools.PDFText2Markdown

public class PDFText2Markdown
extends PDFTextStripper

Convert PDF text to Markdown format. Each line in the PDF is converted to a corresponding Markdown paragraph. Bold and italic formatting is also applied based on font properties.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
private static class	PDFText2Markdown.FontState	A helper class to maintain the current font state.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private final PDFText2Markdown.FontState	fontState

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

charactersByArticle, document, LINE_SEPARATOR, output

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PDFText2Markdown()	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
private static void	appendEscaped(StringBuilder builder, char character)
protected void	endArticle()	Write out the article separator.
private static String	escape(String chars)	Escape some Markdown characters.
protected void	startArticle(boolean isLTR)	Write out the article separator with proper text direction information.
protected void	writeParagraphEnd()	Writes the Markdown paragraph end to the output.
protected void	writeString(String chars)	Write a string to the output stream and escape some Markdown characters.
protected void	writeString(String text, List<TextPosition> textPositions)	Write a string to the output stream, maintain font state, and escape some Markdown characters.

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

endDocument, endPage, getAddMoreFormatting, getArticleEnd, getArticleStart, getAverageCharTolerance, getCharactersByArticle, getCurrentPageNo, getDropThreshold, getEndBookmark, getEndPage, 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, setIndentThreshold, setLineSeparator, setListItemPatterns, setPageEnd, setPageStart, setParagraphEnd, setParagraphStart, setShouldSeparateByBeads, setSortByPosition, setSpacingTolerance, setStartBookmark, setStartPage, setSuppressDuplicateOverlappingText, setWordSeparator, startArticle, startDocument, startPage, writeCharacters, writeLineSeparator, writePage, writePageEnd, writePageStart, writeParagraphSeparator, writeParagraphStart, writeText, writeWordSeparator

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

computeFontHeight, showGlyph

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

addOperator, applyTextAdjustment, beginMarkedContentSequence, beginText, decreaseLevel, endMarkedContentSequence, endText, getAppearance, getCurrentPage, getGraphicsStackSize, getGraphicsState, getInitialMatrix, getLevel, getResources, getTextLineMatrix, getTextMatrix, increaseLevel, 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

Field Details

fontState

private final PDFText2Markdown.FontState fontState

Constructor Details

PDFText2Markdown

public PDFText2Markdown()

Constructor.

Method Details

escape

private static String escape(String chars)

Escape some Markdown characters.

Parameters:

chars - String to be escaped

Returns:

returns escaped String.

appendEscaped

private static void appendEscaped(StringBuilder builder,
 char character)

startArticle

protected void startArticle(boolean isLTR)
                     throws IOException

Write out the article separator with proper text direction information.

Overrides:

startArticle in class PDFTextStripper

Parameters:

isLTR - true if direction of text is left to right

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error writing to the stream.

endArticle

protected void endArticle()
                   throws IOException

Write out the article separator.

Overrides:

endArticle in class PDFTextStripper

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error writing to the stream.

writeString

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

Write a string to the output stream, maintain font state, and escape some Markdown characters. The font state is only preserved per word.

Overrides:

writeString in class PDFTextStripper

Parameters:

text - The text to write to the stream.

textPositions - The corresponding text positions.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error writing to the stream.

writeString

protected void writeString(String chars)
                    throws IOException

Write a string to the output stream and escape some Markdown characters.

Overrides:

writeString in class PDFTextStripper

Parameters:

chars - String to be written to the stream.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error writing to the stream.

writeParagraphEnd

protected void writeParagraphEnd()
                          throws IOException

Writes the Markdown paragraph end to the output. Furthermore, it will also clear the font state.

Write something (if defined) at the end of a paragraph.

Overrides:

writeParagraphEnd in class PDFTextStripper

Throws:

IOException - if something went wrong