org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor
Class WordExtractor

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.poi.POITextExtractor
      org.apache.poi.POIOLE2TextExtractor
          org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor.WordExtractor

public 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.

Author:

Nick Burch (nick at torchbox dot com)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.poi.POITextExtractor

document

Constructor Summary

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

java.lang.String[]	getParagraphText() Get the text from the word file, as an array with one String per paragraph
java.lang.String	getText() Grab the text, based on the paragraphs.
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.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.poi.POIOLE2TextExtractor

getDocSummaryInformation, getSummaryInformation

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(HWPFDocument doc)
              throws java.io.IOException

Create a new Word Extractor

Parameters:

doc - The HWPFDocument to extract from

Throws:

java.io.IOException

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

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 paragraphs. Shouldn't include any crud, but slightly slower than getTextFromPieces().

Specified by:

getText in class POITextExtractor

Returns:

All the text from the document