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<!DOCTYPE document PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD Documentation V1.3//EN" "./dtd/document-v13.dtd">
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<document>
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<header>
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<title>POI Text Extraction</title>
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<authors>
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<person id="NB" name="Nick Burch" email="nick@apache.org"/>
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</authors>
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</header>
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<body>
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<section><title>Overview</title>
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<p>POI provides text extraction for all the supported file
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formats. In addition, it provides access to the metadata
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associated with a given file, such as title and author.</p>
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<p>In addition to providing direct text extraction classes,
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POI works closely with the
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<link href="http://incubator.apache.org/tika/">Apache Tika</link>
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text extraction library. Users may wish to simply utilise
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the functionality provided by Tika.</p>
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</section>
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<section><title>Common functionality</title>
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<p>All of the POI text extractors extend from
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<em>org.apache.poi.POITextExtractor</em>. This provides a common
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method across all extractors, getText(). For many cases, the text
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returned will be all you need. However, many extractors do provide
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more targetted text extraction methods, so you may wish to use
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these in some cases.</p>
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<p>All POIFS / OLE 2 based text extractors also extend from
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<em>org.apache.poi.POIOLE2TextExtractor</em>. This additionally
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provides common methods to get at the <link href="hpfs/">HPFS
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document metadata</link>.</p>
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<p>All OOXML based text extractors (available in POI 3.5 and later)
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also extend from
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<em>org.apache.poi.POIOOXMLTextExtractor</em>. This additionally
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provides common methods to get at the OOXML metadata.</p>
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</section>
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<section><title>Text Extractor Factory - POI 3.5 or later</title>
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<p>A new class in POI 3.5,
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<em>org.apache.poi.extractor.ExtractorFactory</em> provides a
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similar function to WorkbookFactory. You simply pass it an
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InputStream, a file, a POIFSFileSystem or a OOXML Package. It
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figures out the correct text extractor for you, and returns it.</p>
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</section>
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<section><title>Excel</title>
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<p>For .xls files, there is
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<em>org.apache.poi.hssf.extractor.ExcelExtractor</em>, which will
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return text, optionally with formulas instead of their contents.
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Those using POI 3.5 can also use
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<em>org.apache.poi.xssf.extractor.XSSFExcelExtractor</em>, to perform
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a similar task for .xlsx files.</p>
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<p>In addition, there is a second text extractor for .xls files,
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<em>org.apache.poi.hssf.extractor.EventBasedExcelExtractor</em>. This
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is based on the streaming EventUserModel code, and will generally
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deliver a lower memory footprint for extraction. However, it will
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have problems correctly outputting more complex formulas, as it
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works with records as they pass, and so doesn't have access to all
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parts of complex and shared formulas.</p>
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</section>
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<section><title>Word</title>
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<p>For .doc files, in scratchpad there is
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<em>org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor.WordExtractor</em>, which will
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return text for your document. Those using POI 3.5 can also use
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<em>org.apache.poi.xwpf.extractor.XPFFWordExtractor</em>, to perform
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a similar task for .docx files.</p>
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</section>
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<section><title>PowerPoint</title>
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<p>For .ppt files, in scratchpad there is
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<em>org.apache.poi.hslf.extractor.PowerPointExtractor</em>, which
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will return text for your slideshow, optionally restricted to just
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slides text or notes text. Those using POI 3.5 can also use
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<em>org.apache.poi.xslf.extractor.XSLFPowerPointExtractor</em>, to
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perform a similar task for .pptx files.</p>
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</section>
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<section><title>Visio</title>
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<p>For .vsd files, in scratchpad there is
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<em>org.apache.poi.hdgf.extractor.VisioTextExtractor</em>, which
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will return text for your file.</p>
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</section>
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</body>
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<footer>
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<legal>
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Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, as applicable.
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$Revision: 639487 $ $Date: 2008-03-20 22:31:15 +0000 (Thu, 20 Mar 2008) $
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</footer>
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