org.sejda.impl.sambox.component

Class PdfTextExtractorByArea

java.lang.Object

org.sejda.impl.sambox.component.PdfTextExtractorByArea

public class PdfTextExtractorByArea
extends Object

Stateless component responsible for extracting text from a given area of a document page

Author:

Andrea Vacondio

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PdfTextExtractorByArea()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	extractAddedText(org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.PDPage page, Point2D position)
String	extractFooterText(org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.PDPage page)
String	extractHeaderText(org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.PDPage page)
String	extractTextFromArea(org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.PDPage page, Rectangle2D area) Extracts the text found in a specific page bound to a specific rectangle area Eg: extract footer text from a certain page
List<String>	extractTextFromAreas(org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.PDPage page, List<Rectangle> areas)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PdfTextExtractorByArea

public PdfTextExtractorByArea()

Method Detail

extractFooterText

public String extractFooterText(org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.PDPage page)
                         throws TaskIOException

Parameters:

page -

Returns:

the extracted text from the footer of the document, assuming a footer height of 50

Throws:

TaskIOException

extractHeaderText

public String extractHeaderText(org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.PDPage page)
                         throws TaskIOException

Throws:

TaskIOException

extractAddedText

public String extractAddedText(org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.PDPage page,
                               Point2D position)
                        throws TaskIOException

Throws:

TaskIOException

extractTextFromArea

public String extractTextFromArea(org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.PDPage page,
                                  Rectangle2D area)
                           throws TaskIOException

Extracts the text found in a specific page bound to a specific rectangle area Eg: extract footer text from a certain page

Parameters:

page - the page to extract the text from

area - the rectangular area to extract

Returns:

the extracted text

Throws:

TaskIOException

extractTextFromAreas

public List<String> extractTextFromAreas(org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.PDPage page,
                                         List<Rectangle> areas)
                                  throws TaskIOException

Throws:

TaskIOException