org.pdfbox.util
Class PDFHighlighter

java.lang.Object
  org.pdfbox.util.PDFStreamEngine
      org.pdfbox.util.PDFTextStripper
          org.pdfbox.util.PDFHighlighter

public class PDFHighlighter

extends PDFTextStripper

Highlighting of words in a PDF document with an XML file.

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

slagraulet (slagraulet@cardiweb.com), Ben Litchfield

See Also:

Adobe Highlight File Format

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.pdfbox.util.PDFTextStripper

charactersByArticle, output

Constructor Summary

PDFHighlighter()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

protected void	endPage(PDPage pdPage) End a page. Default implementation is to do nothing. Subclasses may provide additional information.
void	generateXMLHighlight(PDDocument pdDocument, String[] sWords, Writer xmlOutput) Generate an XML highlight string based on the PDF.
void	generateXMLHighlight(PDDocument pdDocument, String highlightWord, Writer xmlOutput) Generate an XML highlight string based on the PDF.
static void	main(String[] args) Command line application.

Methods inherited from class org.pdfbox.util.PDFTextStripper

endDocument, 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, showCharacter, 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

PDFHighlighter

public PDFHighlighter()
               throws IOException

Default constructor.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error constructing this class.

Method Detail

generateXMLHighlight

public void generateXMLHighlight(PDDocument pdDocument,
                                 String highlightWord,
                                 Writer xmlOutput)
                          throws IOException

Generate an XML highlight string based on the PDF.

Parameters:

pdDocument - The PDF to find words in.

highlightWord - The word to search for.

xmlOutput - The resulting output xml file.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error reading from the PDF, or writing to the XML.

generateXMLHighlight

public void generateXMLHighlight(PDDocument pdDocument,
                                 String[] sWords,
                                 Writer xmlOutput)
                          throws IOException

Generate an XML highlight string based on the PDF.

Parameters:

pdDocument - The PDF to find words in.

sWords - The words to search for.

xmlOutput - The resulting output xml file.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error reading from the PDF, or writing to the XML.

endPage

protected void endPage(PDPage pdPage)
                throws IOException

End a page. Default implementation is to do nothing. Subclasses may provide additional information.

Overrides:

endPage in class PDFTextStripper

Parameters:

pdPage - The page we are about to process.

Throws:

IOException - If there is any error writing to the stream.

main

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

Command line application.

Parameters:

args - The command line arguments to the application.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error generating the highlight file.