com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser

Class PdfTextExtractor

public class PdfTextExtractor extends Object

Extracts text from a PDF file.

Since: 2.1.4

Field Summary
SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentStreamProcessor	extractionProcessor The processor that will extract the text.
PdfReader	reader The PdfReader that holds the PDF file.

Constructor Summary
	PdfTextExtractor(PdfReader reader) Creates a new Text Extractor object.

Method Summary
byte[]	getContentBytesForPage(int pageNum) Gets the content stream of a page.
String	getTextFromPage(int page) Gets the text from a page.

Field Detail

The processor that will extract the text.

private final PdfReader reader

The PdfReader that holds the PDF file.

public PdfTextExtractor(PdfReader reader)

Creates a new Text Extractor object.

Parameters: reader the reader with the PDF

private byte[] getContentBytesForPage(int pageNum)

Gets the content stream of a page.

Parameters: pageNum the page number of page you want get the content stream from

Returns: a byte array with the content stream of a page

Throws: IOException

public String getTextFromPage(int page)

Gets the text from a page.

Parameters: page the page number of the page

Returns: a String with the content as plain text (without PDF syntax)

Throws: IOException