org.apache.pdfbox.examples.util
Class PrintTextLocations

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFStreamEngine
      org.apache.pdfbox.util.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. Usage: java org.apache.pdfbox.examples.util.PrintTextLocations <input-pdf>

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

Ben Litchfield

Field Summary

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

charactersByArticle, document, lineSeparator, output, outputEncoding

Constructor Summary

PrintTextLocations()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

static void	main(String[] args) This will print the documents data.
protected void	processTextPosition(TextPosition text) A method provided as an event interface to allow a subclass to perform some specific functionality when text needs to be processed.

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

endArticle, endDocument, endPage, getAverageCharTolerance, getCharactersByArticle, getCurrentPageNo, getEndBookmark, getEndPage, getLineSeparator, getOutput, getPageSeparator, getSpacingTolerance, getStartBookmark, getStartPage, getText, getText, getWordSeparator, inspectFontEncoding, processPage, processPages, resetEngine, setAverageCharTolerance, setEndBookmark, setEndPage, setLineSeparator, setPageSeparator, setShouldSeparateByBeads, setSortByPosition, setSpacingTolerance, setStartBookmark, setStartPage, setSuppressDuplicateOverlappingText, setWordSeparator, shouldSeparateByBeads, shouldSortByPosition, shouldSuppressDuplicateOverlappingText, startArticle, startArticle, startDocument, startPage, writeCharacters, writeLineSeparator, writePage, writePageSeperator, writeString, writeText, writeText, writeWordSeparator

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

getColorSpaces, getCurrentPage, getFonts, getGraphicsStack, getGraphicsState, getGraphicsStates, getResources, getTextLineMatrix, getTextMatrix, getTotalCharCnt, getValidCharCnt, getXObjects, processEncodedText, processOperator, processOperator, processStream, processSubStream, registerOperatorProcessor, setColorSpaces, setFonts, setGraphicsStack, setGraphicsState, setGraphicsStates, setTextLineMatrix, setTextMatrix

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PrintTextLocations

public PrintTextLocations()
                   throws IOException

Default constructor.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error loading text stripper properties.

Method Detail

main

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

This will print the documents data.

Parameters:

args - The command line arguments.

Throws:

Exception - If there is an error parsing the document.

processTextPosition

protected void processTextPosition(TextPosition text)

A method provided as an event interface to allow a subclass to perform some specific functionality when text needs to be processed.

Overrides:

processTextPosition in class PDFTextStripper

Parameters:

text - The text to be processed