loci.poi

Class POITextExtractor

java.lang.Object

loci.poi.POITextExtractor

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExcelExtractor

public abstract class POITextExtractor
extends Object

Common Parent for Text Extractors of POI Documents. You will typically find the implementation of a given format's text extractor under loci.poi.[format].extractor .

See Also:

ExcelExtractor

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected POIDocument	document The POIDocument that's open

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
POITextExtractor(POIDocument document) Creates a new text extractor for the given document

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract String	getText() Retrieves all the text from the document.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

document

protected POIDocument document

The POIDocument that's open

Constructor Detail

POITextExtractor

public POITextExtractor(POIDocument document)

Creates a new text extractor for the given document

Method Detail

getText

public abstract String getText()

Retrieves all the text from the document. How cells, paragraphs etc are separated in the text is implementation specific - see the javadocs for a specific project for details.

Returns:

All the text from the document