com.qoppa.pdf
Class TextPosition

java.lang.Object
  com.qoppa.pdf.TextPosition

public class TextPosition

extends Object

Object that holds information about the location of a text string in a PDF file. This information is returned by the library when text information is needed by the host application. The information includes the text position, its angle and its "quadrilateral", the four points that enclose the text on the display.

Author:

Qoppa Software

Constructor Summary

TextPosition(String text, Shape textShape, Point2D.Double[] quad, double angle)

Method Summary

double	getAngle() Returns the angle that this text is displayed at on the page.
Shape	getEnclosingShape() Returns a shape that encloses the text on the page.
Point2D.Double[]	getQuadrilateral() Returns a quadrilateral with the four corners for this text string.
String	getText() Returns the text string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TextPosition

public TextPosition(String text,
                    Shape textShape,
                    Point2D.Double[] quad,
                    double angle)

Method Detail

getEnclosingShape

public Shape getEnclosingShape()

Returns a shape that encloses the text on the page. The shape's coordinate system is in 'display' coordinates: The origin of the coordinates are page.getCropBox().getX() and page.getCropBox().getY().

Returns:

A Shape that holds the string.

getText

public String getText()

Returns the text string.

Returns:

The text.

getQuadrilateral

public Point2D.Double[] getQuadrilateral()

Returns a quadrilateral with the four corners for this text string. The coordinates of the quadrilaterals is in MediaBox space.

Returns:

An array of 4 Point2D object. The points in can be connected by lines in the array order to form the quadrilateral enclosing the text.

getAngle

public double getAngle()

Returns the angle that this text is displayed at on the page.

Returns:

The angle of the text