Package org.apache.pdfbox.util

Class TextPositionComparator

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.util.TextPositionComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator

public class TextPositionComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator

This class is a comparator for TextPosition operators. It handles pages with text in different directions by grouping the text based on direction and sorting in that direction. This allows continuous text in a given direction to be more easily grouped together.

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

Ben Litchfield

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TextPositionComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compare(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2)

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TextPositionComparator

public TextPositionComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object o1,
                   java.lang.Object o2)

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator