org.apache.pdfbox.examples.util

Class PDFHighlighter

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine

org.apache.pdfbox.text.PDFTextStripper

org.apache.pdfbox.examples.util.PDFHighlighter

public class PDFHighlighter
extends org.apache.pdfbox.text.PDFTextStripper

Highlighting of words in a PDF document with an XML file.

Author:

slagraulet (slagraulet@cardiweb.com), Ben Litchfield

See Also:

Adobe Highlight File Format

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.text.PDFTextStripper

charactersByArticle, document, LINE_SEPARATOR, output

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PDFHighlighter() Default constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	endPage(org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage pdPage)
void	generateXMLHighlight(org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument pdDocument, String[] sWords, Writer xmlOutput) Generate an XML highlight string based on the PDF.
void	generateXMLHighlight(org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument pdDocument, String highlightWord, Writer xmlOutput) Generate an XML highlight string based on the PDF.
static void	main(String[] args) Command line application.
protected void	showGlyph(org.apache.pdfbox.util.Matrix arg0, org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont arg1, int arg2, String arg3, org.apache.pdfbox.util.Vector arg4)

Methods inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.text.PDFTextStripper

endArticle, endDocument, getAddMoreFormatting, getArticleEnd, getArticleStart, getAverageCharTolerance, getCharactersByArticle, getCurrentPageNo, getDropThreshold, getEndBookmark, getEndPage, getIndentThreshold, getLineSeparator, getListItemPatterns, getOutput, getPageEnd, getPageStart, getParagraphEnd, getParagraphStart, getSeparateByBeads, getSortByPosition, getSpacingTolerance, getStartBookmark, getStartPage, getSuppressDuplicateOverlappingText, getText, getWordSeparator, matchPattern, processPage, processPages, processTextPosition, setAddMoreFormatting, setArticleEnd, setArticleStart, setAverageCharTolerance, setDropThreshold, setEndBookmark, setEndPage, setIndentThreshold, setLineSeparator, setListItemPatterns, setPageEnd, setPageStart, setParagraphEnd, setParagraphStart, setShouldSeparateByBeads, setSortByPosition, setSpacingTolerance, setStartBookmark, setStartPage, setSuppressDuplicateOverlappingText, setWordSeparator, startArticle, startArticle, startDocument, startPage, writeCharacters, writeLineSeparator, writePage, writePageEnd, writePageStart, writeParagraphEnd, writeParagraphSeparator, writeParagraphStart, writeString, writeString, writeText, writeWordSeparator

Methods inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine

addOperator, applyTextAdjustment, beginText, endText, getAppearance, getCurrentPage, getGraphicsStackSize, getGraphicsState, getInitialMatrix, getResources, getTextLineMatrix, getTextMatrix, operatorException, processAnnotation, processChildStream, processOperator, processOperator, processSoftMask, processTilingPattern, processTilingPattern, processTransparencyGroup, processType3Stream, registerOperatorProcessor, restoreGraphicsStack, restoreGraphicsState, saveGraphicsStack, saveGraphicsState, setLineDashPattern, setTextLineMatrix, setTextMatrix, showAnnotation, showFontGlyph, showForm, showText, showTextString, showTextStrings, showTransparencyGroup, showType3Glyph, transformedPoint, transformWidth, unsupportedOperator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PDFHighlighter

public PDFHighlighter()
               throws IOException

Default constructor.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error constructing this class.

Method Detail

generateXMLHighlight

public void generateXMLHighlight(org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument pdDocument,
                                 String highlightWord,
                                 Writer xmlOutput)
                          throws IOException

Generate an XML highlight string based on the PDF.

Parameters:

pdDocument - The PDF to find words in.

highlightWord - The word to search for.

xmlOutput - The resulting output xml file.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error reading from the PDF, or writing to the XML.

generateXMLHighlight

public void generateXMLHighlight(org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument pdDocument,
                                 String[] sWords,
                                 Writer xmlOutput)
                          throws IOException

Generate an XML highlight string based on the PDF.

Parameters:

pdDocument - The PDF to find words in.

sWords - The words to search for.

xmlOutput - The resulting output xml file.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error reading from the PDF, or writing to the XML.

endPage

protected void endPage(org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage pdPage)
                throws IOException

Overrides:

endPage in class org.apache.pdfbox.text.PDFTextStripper

Throws:

IOException

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException

Command line application.

Parameters:

args - The command line arguments to the application.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error generating the highlight file.

showGlyph

protected void showGlyph(org.apache.pdfbox.util.Matrix arg0,
                         org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont arg1,
                         int arg2,
                         String arg3,
                         org.apache.pdfbox.util.Vector arg4)
                  throws IOException

Overrides:

showGlyph in class org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine

Throws:

IOException