Re: [iText-questions] PdfContentStreamProcessor and changes in graphics state

2012-02-21 Thread Peter Schwalm
Hello Kevin, Yes, I considered using it. But when I did, I was already happy being successful with a new instance for each page, which I think is not a very costly operation in the context it is used in. I only think a hint to the cumulative effects of processContent() in api doc and/or "the b

Re: [iText-questions] PdfContentStreamProcessor and changes in graphics state

2012-02-20 Thread Kevin Day
Sure, I'd be happy to add a note to to the processContent() method. Did you happen to note the reset() method? -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/PdfContentStreamProcessor-and-changes-in-graphics-state-tp4403123p4405492.html Sent from the iText - General

Re: [iText-questions] PdfContentStreamProcessor and changes in graphics state

2012-02-20 Thread Peter Schwalm
Hi Kevin, thank you for your answer. Perhaps it would be nice, if this could be mentioned at a promiment place in the api docs and / or in the itext book. The examples I have found tend to look as if ProcessContent() was something like a "per page action" that begins with a tabula rasa at each

Re: [iText-questions] PdfContentStreamProcessor and changes in graphics state

2012-02-20 Thread Kevin Day
This is intentional and by design. PdfContentStreamParser is stateful - create a new one for each page. -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/PdfContentStreamProcessor-and-changes-in-graphics-state-tp4403123p4404506.html Sent from the iText - General mailing

[iText-questions] PdfContentStreamProcessor and changes in graphics state

2012-02-19 Thread Peter Schwalm
Hello, I use PdfContentStreamProcessor and a listener to extract text from certain rectangles on pdf pages, for instance a customer number always appearing at the same position on the pages of a file. I assumed I could use a single PdfContentStreamProcessor object and call ProcessContent() wit