org.jpedal.examples.text
Class ExtractTextInRectangle

java.lang.Object
  org.jpedal.examples.text.ExtractTextInRectangle

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExtractDate, ExtractHeadlines, ExtractSection

public class ExtractTextInRectangle
extends java.lang.Object

Description:Sample code showing how jpedal library can be used with pdf files to extract text from a specified Rectangle. Debugging tip: Set verbose=true in LogWriter to see what is going on.

Field Summary

static boolean	isTest used as part of test to limit pages to first 10
static boolean	showMessages flag to show if we display messages

Constructor Summary

ExtractTextInRectangle()

ExtractTextInRectangle(java.lang.String file_name)
example method to open a file and extract the raw text

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getExtractedText() return text extracted with last extraction
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) main routine which checks for any files passed and runs the demo

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

isTest

public static boolean isTest

used as part of test to limit pages to first 10

showMessages

public static boolean showMessages

flag to show if we display messages

Constructor Detail

ExtractTextInRectangle

public ExtractTextInRectangle()

ExtractTextInRectangle

public ExtractTextInRectangle(java.lang.String file_name)

example method to open a file and extract the raw text

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

main routine which checks for any files passed and runs the demo

getExtractedText

public java.lang.String getExtractedText()

return text extracted with last extraction