Example usage for com.itextpdf.text ExceptionConverter getMessage

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In this page you can find the example usage for com.itextpdf.text ExceptionConverter getMessage.

Prototype

public String getMessage() 

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We print the message of the checked exception

Usage

From source file:uk.bl.dpt.qa.flint.wrappers.iTextWrapper.java

License:Apache License

/**
 * Extracts text from a PDF.//from www.  jav  a  2s .  co m
 * @param pFile input file
 * @param pOutput output file
 * @param pOverwrite whether or not to overwrite an existing output file
 * @return true if converted ok, otherwise false
 */
public boolean extractTextFromPDF(File pFile, File pOutput, boolean pOverwrite) {
    if (pOutput.exists() & (!pOverwrite))
        return false;

    boolean ret = true;

    PrintWriter pw = null;
    PdfReader reader = null;

    try {
        pw = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(pOutput));
        reader = new PdfReader(pFile.getAbsolutePath());
        PdfReaderContentParser parser = new PdfReaderContentParser(reader);
        TextExtractionStrategy strategy;
        for (int i = 0; i < reader.getNumberOfPages(); i++) {
            try {
                //page numbers start at 1
                strategy = parser.processContent((i + 1), new SimpleTextExtractionStrategy());
                //write text out to file
                pw.println(strategy.getResultantText());
            } catch (ExceptionConverter e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                ret = false;
                pw.println("iText Exception: Page " + (i + 1) + ": " + e.getClass().getName() + ": "
                        + e.getMessage());
            }
        }
    } catch (IOException e) {
        ret = false;
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        if (pw != null)
            pw.close();
        if (reader != null)
            reader.close();
    }

    return ret;
}

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