com.screenscraper.util.parsing.pdf.pdftohtml

Interface PdfBlockMergeChecker

public interface PdfBlockMergeChecker

Class used to determine if certain blocks that are next to each other should be merged (are really part of the same block of data). Also can perform some processing

Version:

7.0.5a

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	shouldMerge(org.jdom2.Element first, org.jdom2.Element second) Checks if two blocks should be merged into one.

Method Detail

shouldMerge

boolean shouldMerge(@NotNull
                    org.jdom2.Element first,
                    @NotNull
                    org.jdom2.Element second)

Checks if two blocks should be merged into one. If this method returns true, the second block will be appended to the first. Also, the next call will use the same first element (now included the second) and the second element will be the one that was after the previous second. For example, if blocks a and b are passed in for call 1 and true is returned, b will be appended onto a. The next call would then be a and c.

Parameters:

first - The first block

second - The second block

Returns:

True to merge the two blocks, false to keep them separate.