org.pdfbox.examples.util
Class PrintTextLocations

java.lang.Object
  org.pdfbox.util.PDFStreamEngine
      org.pdfbox.util.PDFTextStripper
          org.pdfbox.examples.util.PrintTextLocations

public class PrintTextLocations

extends PDFTextStripper

This is an example on how to get some x/y coordinates of text. Usage: java org.pdfbox.examples.util.PrintTextLocations <input-pdf>

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $

Author:

Ben Litchfield

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.pdfbox.util.PDFTextStripper

charactersByArticle, output

Constructor Summary

PrintTextLocations()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

static void	main(String[] args) This will print the documents data.
protected void	showCharacter(TextPosition text) A method provided as an event interface to allow a subclass to perform some specific functionality when a character needs to be displayed.

Methods inherited from class org.pdfbox.util.PDFTextStripper

endDocument, endPage, endParagraph, flushText, getCharactersByArticle, getCurrentPageNo, getEndBookmark, getEndPage, getLineSeparator, getOutput, getPageSeparator, getStartBookmark, getStartPage, getText, getText, getWordSeparator, processPage, processPages, setEndBookmark, setEndPage, setLineSeparator, setPageSeparator, setShouldSeparateByBeads, setSortByPosition, setStartBookmark, setStartPage, setSuppressDuplicateOverlappingText, setWordSeparator, shouldSeparateByBeads, shouldSortByPosition, shouldSuppressDuplicateOverlappingText, startDocument, startPage, startParagraph, writeCharacters, writeText, writeText

Methods inherited from class org.pdfbox.util.PDFStreamEngine

getColorSpaces, getCurrentPage, getFonts, getGraphicsStack, getGraphicsState, getGraphicsStates, getResources, getTextLineMatrix, getTextMatrix, getXObjects, processOperator, processOperator, processStream, processSubStream, registerOperatorProcessor, resetEngine, setColorSpaces, setFonts, setGraphicsStack, setGraphicsState, setGraphicsStates, setTextLineMatrix, setTextMatrix, showString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PrintTextLocations

public PrintTextLocations()
                   throws IOException

Default constructor.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error loading text stripper properties.

Method Detail

main

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

This will print the documents data.

Parameters:

args - The command line arguments.

Throws:

Exception - If there is an error parsing the document.

showCharacter

protected void showCharacter(TextPosition text)

A method provided as an event interface to allow a subclass to perform some specific functionality when a character needs to be displayed.

Overrides:

showCharacter in class PDFTextStripper

Parameters:

text - The character to be displayed.