com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.canvas.parser.listener

Class LocationTextExtractionStrategy

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.canvas.parser.listener.LocationTextExtractionStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

IEventListener, ITextExtractionStrategy

public class LocationTextExtractionStrategy
extends Object
implements ITextExtractionStrategy

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static interface	LocationTextExtractionStrategy.ITextChunkLocationStrategy

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LocationTextExtractionStrategy() Creates a new text extraction renderer.
LocationTextExtractionStrategy(LocationTextExtractionStrategy.ITextChunkLocationStrategy strat) Creates a new text extraction renderer, with a custom strategy for creating new TextChunkLocation objects based on the input of the TextRenderInfo.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	eventOccurred(IEventData data, EventType type) Called when some event occurs during parsing a content stream.
String	getResultantText() Returns the text that has been processed so far.
Set<EventType>	getSupportedEvents() Provides the set of event types this listener supports.
protected boolean	isChunkAtWordBoundary(TextChunk chunk, TextChunk previousChunk) Determines if a space character should be inserted between a previous chunk and the current chunk.
boolean	isUseActualText() Gets the value of the property which determines if /ActualText will be used when extracting the text
LocationTextExtractionStrategy	setRightToLeftRunDirection(boolean rightToLeftRunDirection) Sets if text flows from left to right or from right to left.
LocationTextExtractionStrategy	setUseActualText(boolean useActualText) Changes the behavior of text extraction so that if the parameter is set to true, /ActualText marked content property will be used instead of raw decoded bytes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LocationTextExtractionStrategy

public LocationTextExtractionStrategy()

Creates a new text extraction renderer.

LocationTextExtractionStrategy

public LocationTextExtractionStrategy(LocationTextExtractionStrategy.ITextChunkLocationStrategy strat)

Creates a new text extraction renderer, with a custom strategy for creating new TextChunkLocation objects based on the input of the TextRenderInfo.

Parameters:

strat - the custom strategy

Method Detail

setUseActualText

public LocationTextExtractionStrategy setUseActualText(boolean useActualText)

Changes the behavior of text extraction so that if the parameter is set to true, /ActualText marked content property will be used instead of raw decoded bytes. Beware: the logic is not stable yet.

Parameters:

useActualText - true to use /ActualText, false otherwise

Returns:

this object

setRightToLeftRunDirection

public LocationTextExtractionStrategy setRightToLeftRunDirection(boolean rightToLeftRunDirection)

Sets if text flows from left to right or from right to left. Call this method with true argument for extracting Arabic, Hebrew or other text with right-to-left writing direction.

Parameters:

rightToLeftRunDirection - value specifying whether the direction should be right to left

Returns:

this object

isUseActualText

public boolean isUseActualText()

Gets the value of the property which determines if /ActualText will be used when extracting the text

Returns:

true if /ActualText value is used, false otherwise

eventOccurred

public void eventOccurred(IEventData data,
                          EventType type)

Description copied from interface: IEventListener

Called when some event occurs during parsing a content stream.

Specified by:

eventOccurred in interface IEventListener

Parameters:

data - Combines the data required for processing corresponding event type.

type - Event type.

getSupportedEvents

public Set<EventType> getSupportedEvents()

Description copied from interface: IEventListener

Provides the set of event types this listener supports. Returns null if all possible event types are supported.

Specified by:

getSupportedEvents in interface IEventListener

Returns:

Set of event types supported by this listener or null if all possible event types are supported.

getResultantText

public String getResultantText()

Description copied from interface: ITextExtractionStrategy

Returns the text that has been processed so far.

Specified by:

getResultantText in interface ITextExtractionStrategy

Returns:

String instance with the current resultant text

isChunkAtWordBoundary

protected boolean isChunkAtWordBoundary(TextChunk chunk,
                                        TextChunk previousChunk)

Determines if a space character should be inserted between a previous chunk and the current chunk. This method is exposed as a callback so subclasses can fine time the algorithm for determining whether a space should be inserted or not. By default, this method will insert a space if the there is a gap of more than half the font space character width between the end of the previous chunk and the beginning of the current chunk. It will also indicate that a space is needed if the starting point of the new chunk appears *before* the end of the previous chunk (i.e. overlapping text).

Parameters:

chunk - the new chunk being evaluated

previousChunk - the chunk that appeared immediately before the current chunk

Returns:

true if the two chunks represent different words (i.e. should have a space between them). False otherwise.