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Sample Swift code for using PDFTron SDK to traverse the page display list using ElementReader. Learn more about our Swift PDF Library and PDF Parsing & Content Extraction Library.
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//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Copyright (c) 2001-2019 by PDFTron Systems Inc. All Rights Reserved.
// Consult legal.txt regarding legal and license information.
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
import PDFNet
import Foundation
func ProcessReaderTestElements(reader: PTElementReader) {
while let element = reader.next() {
switch element.getType() {
case e_ptpath: // Process path data...
let data: PTPathData = element.getPathData()
let _ = data.getPoints() // points
case e_pttext_obj: // Process text strings...
let textData: Data = element.getTextData()
let text = String(data: textData, encoding: .utf8)
print("\(text ?? "")")
case e_ptform: // Process form XObjects
reader.formBegin()
ProcessReaderTestElements(reader: reader)
reader.end()
default:
break
}
}
}
func runElementReaderTest() -> Int {
return autoreleasepool {
var ret: Int = 0
do { // Extract text data from all pages in the document
try PTPDFNet.catchException {
print("__________________________________________________")
print("Sample 1 - Extract text data from all pages in the document.")
print("Opening the input pdf...")
let doc: PTPDFDoc = PTPDFDoc(filepath: Bundle.main.path(forResource: "newsletter", ofType: "pdf"))
doc.initSecurityHandler()
let page_reader: PTElementReader = PTElementReader()
let itr: PTPageIterator = doc.getPageIterator(1)
while itr.hasNext() { // Read every page
page_reader.begin(itr.current())
ProcessReaderTestElements(reader: page_reader)
page_reader.end()
itr.next()
}
print("Done.")
}
} catch let e as NSError {
print("Caught PDFNet exception: \(e)")
ret = 1
}
return ret
}
}