org.apache.pdfbox.text

Class TextPositionComparator

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.text.TextPositionComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<TextPosition>

public class TextPositionComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<TextPosition>

This class is a comparator for TextPosition operators. It handles pages with text in different directions by grouping the text based on direction and sorting in that direction. This allows continuous text in a given direction to be more easily grouped together.

Author:

Ben Litchfield

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TextPositionComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compare(TextPosition pos1, TextPosition pos2)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

comparing, comparing, comparingDouble, comparingInt, comparingLong, equals, naturalOrder, nullsFirst, nullsLast, reversed, reverseOrder, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Constructor Detail

TextPositionComparator

public TextPositionComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(TextPosition pos1,
                   TextPosition pos2)

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<TextPosition>