com.qoppa.pdfProcess.content

Class TextContent

java.lang.Object

com.qoppa.pdfProcess.content.TextContent

public class TextContent
extends Object

This class contains the text of the PDFPage. It can be used to group page text into Spans based on text attributes or lines. Currently, text fill color is the only supported attribute.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TextContent(PDFPage page) Create a new TextContent object from a PDFPage.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T extends Span> List<T>	getSpans(Class<T> groupBy) Gets a list of Spans that each share a common attribute.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TextContent

public TextContent(PDFPage page)
            throws PDFException

Create a new TextContent object from a PDFPage.

Parameters:

page - The page that contains the text.

Throws:

PDFException - if there is an error getting page content.

Method Detail

getSpans

public <T extends Span> List<T> getSpans(Class<T> groupBy)

Gets a list of Spans that each share a common attribute. There is at least one Span per line of text on the page.

Parameters:

groupBy - The type of span to group by. Must be a subclass of Span
FillColorSpan.class will group text into Spans of text based on text fill color.
LineSpan.class will group text into lines as they appear on the page.

Returns:

a list of Spans that each share a common attribute.