PDFTron pdfnet-node

Class: STree

PDFNet. STree

new STree()

STree is the root of the structure tree, which is a central repository for information related to a PDF document's logical structure. There is at most one structure tree in each document.

Methods

<static> create(struct_dict)

Initialize a STree using an existing low-level Cos/SDF object.
Parameters:
Name Type Description
struct_dict PDFNet.Obj a low-level (SDF/Cos) dictionary representing the . Note: This constructor does not copy any data, but is instead the logical equivalent of a type cast.
Returns:
A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.STree"
Type
Promise.<PDFNet.STree>

<static> createFromPDFDoc(doc)

Create a structure tree if it is missing, else return the existing structure tree
Parameters:
Name Type Description
doc PDFNet.PDFDoc | PDFNet.SDFDoc | PDFNet.FDFDoc the document in which to create or get the structure tree from
Returns:
A promise that resolves to structure tree of the document
Type
Promise.<PDFNet.STree>

copy()

Copy Constructor
Returns:
A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.STree"
Type
Promise.<PDFNet.STree>

getClassMap()

Returns:
A promise that resolves to the ClassMap object from the structure tree root.
Type
Promise.<PDFNet.ClassMap>

getKid(index)

Parameters:
Name Type Description
index number The index of the kid to obtain.
Returns:
A promise that resolves to the kid at an array index in the structure tree root.
Type
Promise.<PDFNet.SElement>

getNumKids()

Returns:
A promise that resolves to the number of kids of the structure tree root.
Type
Promise.<number>

getRoleMap()

Returns:
A promise that resolves to the RoleMap object from the structure tree root.
Type
Promise.<PDFNet.RoleMap>

getSDFObj()

Returns:
A promise that resolves to pointer to the underlying SDF/Cos object.
Type
Promise.<PDFNet.Obj>

insert(kid, insert_before)

Inserts the specified kid element after the given position as a kid of the specified structure tree root.
Parameters:
Name Type Description
kid PDFNet.SElement The kid element to insert.
insert_before number The position after which the kid is inserted. If element currently has no kids, insert_before is ignored.
Returns:
Type
Promise.<void>

isValid()

Returns:
A promise that resolves to true if this is a valid STree object, false otherwise.
Type
Promise.<boolean>