PDFlib Text Extraction Toolkit (TET) Manual

A TET Library Quick Reference
The following tables contain an overview of all TET API functions. The prefix (C) denotes
C prototypes of functions which are not available in the Java language binding.
General Functions
Function prototype
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(C) TET *TET_new(void) 123
void delete( ) 123
(C) const char *TET_utf8_to_utf16(TET *tet, const char *utf8string, const char *ordering, int *size) 123
(C) const char *TET_utf16_to_utf8(TET *tet, const char *utf16string, int len, int *size) 124
(C) const char *TET_utf32_to_utf16(TET *tet, const char *utf32string, int len, const char *ordering, int *size) 124
void create_pvf(String filename, byte[] data, String optlist) 125
int delete_pvf(String filename) 126
Exception Handling Functions
Function prototype
page
String get_apiname( ) 127
String get_errmsg( ) 127
int get_errnum( ) 127
Document Functions
Function prototype
page
int open_document(String filename, String optlist) 129
(C) int TET_open_document_callback(TET *tet, void *opaque, size_t filesize, size_t (*readproc)(void
*opaque, void *buffer, size_t size), int (*seekproc)(void *opaque, long offset), const char *optlist) 133
void close_document(int doc) 133
Page Functions
Function prototype
page
int open_page(int doc, int pagenumber, String optlist) 134
void close_page(int page) 140
Text and Metrics Retrieval Functions
Function prototype
page
String get_text(int page) 142
int get_char_info(int page) 143
Appendix A: TET Library Quick Reference 157