pages/blocks
Create a list of all blocks contained on the pages of a PDF document and show their name, type and dimensions.
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/*
* Create a list of all blocks contained on the pages of a PDF document and show
* their name, type and dimensions.
*
* Required software: pCOS interface 8 (PDFlib+PDI/PPS 9, TET 4.1, PLOP 5.0)
* Required data: PDF document
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pcos.pages;
import com.pdflib.IpCOS;
import com.pdflib.cookbook.pcos.pcos_cookbook_example;
public class blocks extends pcos_cookbook_example {
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
private final static String SEARCH_PATH = "../input";
public void example_code(IpCOS p, int doc) throws Exception {
System.out.println("File name: " + p.pcos_get_string(doc, "filename"));
int pagecount = (int) p.pcos_get_number(doc, "length:pages");
for (int page = 0; page < pagecount; page++) {
String objtype = p.pcos_get_string(doc, "type:pages[" + page
+ "]/blocks");
if (objtype.equals("null"))
continue;
int blockcount = (int) p.pcos_get_number(doc, "length:pages["
+ page + "]/blocks");
if (blockcount == 0)
continue;
else
System.out.println("Blocks on page " + (page + 1) + ":");
for (int b = 0; b < blockcount; b++) {
String val = p.pcos_get_string(doc, "pages[" + page + "]"
+ "/blocks[" + b + "]/Subtype");
System.out.print(val + " Block ");
val = p.pcos_get_string(doc, "pages[" + page + "]"
+ "/blocks[" + b + "]/Name");
System.out.println("'" + val + "':");
for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
System.out.print(p.pcos_get_number(doc, "pages[" + page + "]"
+ "/blocks[" + b + "]/Rect[" + j + "]")
+ " ");
}
System.out.println();
}
}
}
public blocks(String[] argv, String readable_name, String search_path) {
super(argv, readable_name, search_path);
}
public static void main(String argv[]) {
blocks example = new blocks(argv, "PDFlib Blocks", SEARCH_PATH);
example.execute();
}
}