## com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser
Class PdfTextExtractor

    java.lang.Object
      com.lowagie.text.pdf.parser.PdfTextExtractor

    public class PdfTextExtractor

extends java.lang.Object

Extracts text from a PDF file.

Since:
  2.1.4

Field Summary
`private PdfReader` `reader` The PdfReader that holds the PDF file.
`private TextProvidingRenderListener` `renderListener` The `TextProvidingRenderListener` that will receive render notifications and provide resultant text

Constructor Summary
`PdfTextExtractor(PdfReader reader)` Creates a new Text Extractor object, using a `SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentRenderListener` as the render listener
`PdfTextExtractor(PdfReader reader, TextProvidingRenderListener renderListener)` Creates a new Text Extractor object.

Method Summary
`private byte[]` `getContentBytesForPage(int pageNum)` Gets the content bytes of a page.
`private byte[]` `getContentBytesFromContentObject(PdfObject contentObject)` Gets the content bytes from a content object, which may be a reference a stream or an array.
`java.lang.String` `getTextFromPage(int page)` Gets the text from a page.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### reader

    private final PdfReader reader

  The PdfReader that holds the PDF file.

### renderListener

    private final TextProvidingRenderListener renderListener

  The `TextProvidingRenderListener` that will receive render notifications and provide resultant text

Constructor Detail

### PdfTextExtractor

    public PdfTextExtractor(PdfReader reader)

  Creates a new Text Extractor object, using a `SimpleTextExtractingPdfContentRenderListener` as the render listener

  Parameters:
    `reader` - the reader with the PDF

### PdfTextExtractor

    public PdfTextExtractor(PdfReader reader,
                            TextProvidingRenderListener renderListener)

  Creates a new Text Extractor object.

  Parameters:
    `reader` - the reader with the PDF
    `renderListener` - the render listener that will be used to analyze renderText operations and provide resultant text

Method Detail

### getContentBytesForPage

    private byte[] getContentBytesForPage(int pageNum)
                                   throws java.io.IOException

  Gets the content bytes of a page.

  Parameters:
    `pageNum` - the page number of page you want get the content stream from
  Returns:
    a byte array with the effective content stream of a page
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException`

### getContentBytesFromContentObject

    private byte[] getContentBytesFromContentObject(PdfObject contentObject)
                                             throws java.io.IOException

  Gets the content bytes from a content object, which may be a reference a stream or an array.

  Parameters:
    `contentObject` - the object to read bytes from
  Returns:
    the content bytes
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException`

### getTextFromPage

    public java.lang.String getTextFromPage(int page)
                                     throws java.io.IOException

  Gets the text from a page.

  Parameters:
    `page` - the page number of the page
  Returns:
    a String with the content as plain text (without PDF syntax)
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException`

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