org.apache.pdfbox

Class ExtractText

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.ExtractText

public class ExtractText
extends Object

This is the main program that simply parses the pdf document and transforms it into text.

Version:

$Revision: 1.14 $

Author:

Ben Litchfield

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(String[] args) Infamous main method.
void	startExtraction(String[] args) Starts the text extraction.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

main

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

Infamous main method.

Parameters:

args - Command line arguments, should be one and a reference to a file.

Throws:

Exception - If there is an error parsing the document.

startExtraction

public void startExtraction(String[] args)
                     throws Exception

Starts the text extraction.

Parameters:

args - the commandline arguments.

Throws:

Exception - if something went wrong.