com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser

Interface TextAssembler

All Known Implementing Classes:

MarkedUpTextAssembler

public interface TextAssembler

process a series of objects and text fragments, assembling them into a one final text object representing the whole content.

Author:

dgd

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
FinalText	endParsingContext(String containingElementName)
String	getWordId() assembler can calculate an identifier for each word on a page, for use in markup.
void	process(FinalText completed, String contextName)
void	process(ParsedText parsed, String contextName)
void	process(Word completed, String contextName)
void	renderText(FinalText completed)
void	renderText(ParsedTextImpl parsed)
void	reset()
void	setPage(int page)

Method Detail

process

void process(FinalText completed,
             String contextName)

Parameters:

completed - process a complete chunk -- just add this subsection into the proper place.

contextName - Name of the element context we are in. Null value if it's an Artifact.

process

void process(Word completed,
             String contextName)

Parameters:

completed - process a complete chunk -- just add this subsection into the proper place.

contextName - Name of the element context we are in. Null value if it's an Artifact.

process

void process(ParsedText parsed,
             String contextName)

Parameters:

parsed - process one of a number of raw pdf text chunks, with placement, font, etc.

contextName - Name of the element context we are in. Null value if it's an Artifact.

renderText

void renderText(FinalText completed)

Parameters:

completed - process a complete chunk -- just add this subsection into the proper place.

renderText

void renderText(ParsedTextImpl parsed)

Parameters:

parsed - process one of a number of raw pdf text chunks, with placement, font, etc.

endParsingContext

FinalText endParsingContext(String containingElementName)

Parameters:

containingElementName - This is an element name to surround the extracted text

Returns:

the final text for the set of fragments and fully parsed items we were passed during processing.

getWordId

String getWordId()

assembler can calculate an identifier for each word on a page, for use in markup.

Returns:

the new unique id.

setPage

void setPage(int page)

Parameters:

page - number of the page we are assembling

reset

void reset()