Package org.apache.pdfbox.tools

Class ExtractText

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.tools.ExtractText

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.concurrent.Callable<java.lang.Integer>

public final class ExtractText
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.concurrent.Callable<java.lang.Integer>

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

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private boolean	addFileName
private boolean	alwaysNext
private boolean	append
private boolean	debug
private java.lang.String	encoding
private int	endPage
private boolean	ignoreBeads
private java.io.File	infile
private static org.apache.commons.logging.Log	LOG
private java.io.File	outfile
private java.lang.String	password
private boolean	rotationMagic
private boolean	sort
private int	startPage
private static java.lang.String	STD_ENCODING
private java.io.PrintStream	SYSERR
private java.io.PrintStream	SYSOUT
private boolean	toConsole
private boolean	toHTML
private boolean	toMD

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ExtractText()	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.Integer	call()	Starts the text extraction.
private java.io.Writer	createOutputWriter()
private void	extractPages(int startPage, int endPage, PDFTextStripper stripper, PDDocument document, java.io.Writer output, boolean rotationMagic, boolean alwaysNext)
(package private) static int	getAngle(TextPosition text)
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)	Infamous main method.
private long	startProcessing(java.lang.String message)
private void	stopProcessing(java.lang.String message, long startTime)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

LOG

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

STD_ENCODING

private static final java.lang.String STD_ENCODING

See Also:

Constant Field Values

SYSOUT

private final java.io.PrintStream SYSOUT

SYSERR

private final java.io.PrintStream SYSERR

alwaysNext

private boolean alwaysNext

toConsole

private boolean toConsole

debug

private boolean debug

encoding

private java.lang.String encoding

endPage

private int endPage

toHTML

private boolean toHTML

toMD

private boolean toMD

ignoreBeads

private boolean ignoreBeads

password

private java.lang.String password

rotationMagic

private boolean rotationMagic

sort

private boolean sort

startPage

private int startPage

infile

private java.io.File infile

outfile

private java.io.File outfile

addFileName

private boolean addFileName

append

private boolean append

Constructor Detail

ExtractText

public ExtractText()

Constructor.

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Infamous main method.

Parameters:

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

call

public java.lang.Integer call()

Starts the text extraction.

Specified by:

call in interface java.util.concurrent.Callable<java.lang.Integer>

createOutputWriter

private java.io.Writer createOutputWriter()
                                   throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

extractPages

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

Throws:

java.io.IOException

startProcessing

private long startProcessing(java.lang.String message)

stopProcessing

private void stopProcessing(java.lang.String message,
                            long startTime)

getAngle

static int getAngle(TextPosition text)