org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor

Class WordExtractor

java.lang.Object

org.apache.poi.extractor.POITextExtractor

org.apache.poi.extractor.POIOLE2TextExtractor

org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor.WordExtractor

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.lang.AutoCloseable

public final class WordExtractor
extends POIOLE2TextExtractor

Class to extract the text from a Word Document. You should use either getParagraphText() or getText() unless you have a strong reason otherwise.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.poi.extractor.POIOLE2TextExtractor

document

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
WordExtractor(DirectoryNode dir)
WordExtractor(HWPFDocument doc) Create a new Word Extractor
WordExtractor(java.io.InputStream is) Create a new Word Extractor
WordExtractor(POIFSFileSystem fs) Create a new Word Extractor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String[]	getCommentsText()
java.lang.String[]	getEndnoteText()
java.lang.String	getFooterText() Deprecated. 3.8 beta 4
java.lang.String[]	getFootnoteText()
java.lang.String	getHeaderText() Deprecated. 3.8 beta 4
java.lang.String[]	getMainTextboxText()
java.lang.String[]	getParagraphText() Get the text from the word file, as an array with one String per paragraph
protected static java.lang.String[]	getParagraphText(Range r)
java.lang.String	getText() Grab the text, based on the WordToTextConverter.
java.lang.String	getTextFromPieces() Grab the text out of the text pieces.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Command line extractor, so people will stop moaning that they can't just run this.
static java.lang.String	stripFields(java.lang.String text) Removes any fields (eg macros, page markers etc) from the string.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.poi.extractor.POIOLE2TextExtractor

getDocSummaryInformation, getDocument, getMetadataTextExtractor, getRoot, getSummaryInformation

Methods inherited from class org.apache.poi.extractor.POITextExtractor

close, setFilesystem

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WordExtractor

public WordExtractor(java.io.InputStream is)
              throws java.io.IOException

Create a new Word Extractor

Parameters:

is - InputStream containing the word file

Throws:

java.io.IOException

WordExtractor

public WordExtractor(POIFSFileSystem fs)
              throws java.io.IOException

Create a new Word Extractor

Parameters:

fs - POIFSFileSystem containing the word file

Throws:

java.io.IOException

WordExtractor

public WordExtractor(DirectoryNode dir)
              throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

WordExtractor

public WordExtractor(HWPFDocument doc)

Create a new Word Extractor

Parameters:

doc - The HWPFDocument to extract from

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Command line extractor, so people will stop moaning that they can't just run this.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getParagraphText

public java.lang.String[] getParagraphText()

Get the text from the word file, as an array with one String per paragraph

getFootnoteText

public java.lang.String[] getFootnoteText()

getMainTextboxText

public java.lang.String[] getMainTextboxText()

getEndnoteText

public java.lang.String[] getEndnoteText()

getCommentsText

public java.lang.String[] getCommentsText()

getParagraphText

protected static java.lang.String[] getParagraphText(Range r)

getHeaderText

@Deprecated
public java.lang.String getHeaderText()

Deprecated. 3.8 beta 4

Grab the text from the headers

getFooterText

@Deprecated
public java.lang.String getFooterText()

Deprecated. 3.8 beta 4

Grab the text from the footers

getTextFromPieces

public java.lang.String getTextFromPieces()

Grab the text out of the text pieces. Might also include various bits of crud, but will work in cases where the text piece -> paragraph mapping is broken. Fast too.

getText

public java.lang.String getText()

Grab the text, based on the WordToTextConverter. Shouldn't include any crud, but slower than getTextFromPieces().

Specified by:

getText in class POITextExtractor

stripFields

public static java.lang.String stripFields(java.lang.String text)

Removes any fields (eg macros, page markers etc) from the string.