PDF doesn't have a concept of embedded shapes, other than line and curve path operations. You could certainly try to reconstruct shapes from those operations, but it may be a tough slog. If you are talking about embedded images (as opposed to shapes), then you have a different set of challenges (handling the multitude of compression algorithms, etc...).
This will involve some serious time reading the PDF spec (it's not hard to read or understand, but it does take some time and serious effort to really get into it). If you are up for it, the com.itextpdf.text.pdf.parser package has an abstract content stream parser that could be extended to handle draw operations (preferably by delegating to a DrawListener or some similar class). There is already rudimentary (very, very rudimentary) support for images included via the Do operator. Good luck! - K ChristinaD wrote: > > Hi, > Could you please tell the way to extract pdf embedded shapes using > iText library ? > Any pointers to implementation it would be helpful. > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Extract-PDF-shapes-using-iText.-tp26953479p26956942.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/
