Package org.apache.pdfbox.tools

Class ExtractText

java.lang.Object
org.apache.pdfbox.tools.ExtractText
All Implemented Interfaces:
Callable<Integer>
public final class ExtractText extends Object implements Callable<Integer>
This is the main program that simply parses the pdf document and transforms it into text.

  • Field Details

    • LOG

      private static final org.apache.commons.logging.Log LOG

    • STD_ENCODING

      private static final String STD_ENCODING
      See Also:

    • SYSOUT

      private final PrintStream SYSOUT

    • SYSERR

      private final PrintStream SYSERR

    • alwaysNext

      private boolean alwaysNext

    • toConsole

      private boolean toConsole

    • debug

      private boolean debug

    • encoding

      private String encoding

    • endPage

      private int endPage

    • toHTML

      private boolean toHTML

    • toMD

      private boolean toMD

    • ignoreBeads

      private boolean ignoreBeads

    • password

      private String password

    • rotationMagic

      private boolean rotationMagic

    • sort

      private boolean sort

    • startPage

      private int startPage

    • infile

      private File infile

    • outfile

      private File outfile

    • addFileName

      private boolean addFileName

    • append

      private boolean append

  • Constructor Details

    • ExtractText

      public ExtractText()
      Constructor.

  • Method Details

    • main

      public static void main(String[] args)
      Infamous main method.
      Parameters:
      args - Command line arguments, should be one and a reference to a file.

    • call

      public Integer call()
      Starts the text extraction.
      Specified by:
      call in interface Callable<Integer>

    • createOutputWriter

      private Writer createOutputWriter() throws IOException
      Throws:
      IOException

    • extractPages

      private void extractPages(int startPage, int endPage, PDFTextStripper stripper, PDDocument document, Writer output, boolean rotationMagic, boolean alwaysNext) throws IOException
      Throws:
      IOException

    • startProcessing

      private long startProcessing(String message)

    • stopProcessing

      private void stopProcessing(String message, long startTime)

    • getAngle

      static int getAngle(TextPosition text)