com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser

Class SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentRenderListener

java.lang.Object

com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentRenderListener

All Implemented Interfaces:

RenderListener, TextProvidingRenderListener

public class SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentRenderListener
extends java.lang.Object
implements TextProvidingRenderListener

A simple text extraction renderer. This renderer keeps track of the current Y position of each string. If it detects that the y position has changed, it inserts a line break into the output. If the PDF renders text in a non-top-to-bottom fashion, this will result in the text not being a true representation of how it appears in the PDF. This renderer also uses a simple strategy based on the font metrics to determine if a blank space should be inserted into the output.

Since:

2.1.5

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private Vector	lastEnd
private float	lastEndingXPos keeps track of the X position of the end of the last rendered text
private Vector	lastStart
private Matrix	lastTextLineMatrix
private float	lastYPos keeps track of the Y position of the last rendered text
private java.lang.StringBuffer	result used to store the resulting String.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentRenderListener() Creates a new text extraction renderer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getResultantText() Returns the result so far.
void	renderText(TextRenderInfo renderInfo) Captures text using a simplified algorithm for inserting hard returns and spaces
void	reset() Resets the internal state of the RenderListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

lastYPos

private float lastYPos

keeps track of the Y position of the last rendered text

lastEndingXPos

private float lastEndingXPos

keeps track of the X position of the end of the last rendered text

lastTextLineMatrix

private Matrix lastTextLineMatrix

lastStart

private Vector lastStart

lastEnd

private Vector lastEnd

result

private java.lang.StringBuffer result

used to store the resulting String.

Constructor Detail

SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentRenderListener

public SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentRenderListener()

Creates a new text extraction renderer.

Method Detail

reset

public void reset()

Description copied from interface: RenderListener

Resets the internal state of the RenderListener

Specified by:

reset in interface RenderListener

getResultantText

public java.lang.String getResultantText()

Returns the result so far.

Specified by:

getResultantText in interface TextProvidingRenderListener

Returns:

a String with the resulting text.

renderText

public void renderText(TextRenderInfo renderInfo)

Captures text using a simplified algorithm for inserting hard returns and spaces

Specified by:

renderText in interface RenderListener

Parameters:

renderInfo - information specifying what to render

See Also:

com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.AbstractRenderListener#renderText(java.lang.String, com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.GraphicsState, com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.Matrix, com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.Matrix)