Package org.apache.pdfbox.tools

Class ExtractText

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.tools.ExtractText

public final class ExtractText
extends Object

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 static final String	ALWAYSNEXT
private static final String	CONSOLE
private static final String	DEBUG
private boolean	debugOutput
private static final String	ENCODING
private static final String	END_PAGE
private static final String	HTML
private static final String	IGNORE_BEADS
private static final org.apache.commons.logging.Log	LOG
private static final String	PASSWORD
private static final String	ROTATION_MAGIC
private static final String	SORT
private static final String	START_PAGE
private static final String	STD_ENCODING

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	ExtractText()	private constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
private void	extractPages(int startPage, int endPage, PDFTextStripper stripper, PDDocument document, Writer output, boolean rotationMagic, boolean alwaysNext)
(package private) static int	getAngle(TextPosition text)
static void	main(String[] args)	Infamous main method.
void	startExtraction(String[] args)	Starts the text extraction.
private long	startProcessing(String message)
private void	stopProcessing(String message, long startTime)
private static void	usage()	This will print the usage requirements and exit.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

LOG

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

PASSWORD

private static final String PASSWORD

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ENCODING

private static final String ENCODING

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CONSOLE

private static final String CONSOLE

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START_PAGE

private static final String START_PAGE

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END_PAGE

private static final String END_PAGE

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SORT

private static final String SORT

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IGNORE_BEADS

private static final String IGNORE_BEADS

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DEBUG

private static final String DEBUG

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HTML

private static final String HTML

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ALWAYSNEXT

private static final String ALWAYSNEXT

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ROTATION_MAGIC

private static final String ROTATION_MAGIC

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STD_ENCODING

private static final String STD_ENCODING

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debugOutput

private boolean debugOutput

Constructor Details

ExtractText

private ExtractText()

private constructor.

Method Details

main

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

Infamous main method.

Parameters:

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

Throws:

IOException - if there is an error reading the document or extracting the text.

startExtraction

public void startExtraction(String[] args)
                     throws IOException

Starts the text extraction.

Parameters:

args - the commandline arguments.

Throws:

IOException - if there is an error reading the document or extracting the text.

extractPages

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

Throws:

IOException

startProcessing

private long startProcessing(String message)

stopProcessing

private void stopProcessing(String message,
 long startTime)

getAngle

static int getAngle(TextPosition text)

usage

private static void usage()

This will print the usage requirements and exit.