/// <summary>
/// Extracts the tables in the page.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="page">The page where to extract the tables.</param>
public List <Table> Extract(PageArea page)
{
List <TextElement> textElements = page.GetText();
if (textElements.Count == 0)
{
return(new Table[] { Table.EMPTY }.ToList());
}
List <TextChunk> textChunks = this.verticalRulings == null?TextElement.MergeWords(page.GetText()) : TextElement.MergeWords(page.GetText(), this.verticalRulings);
List <TableLine> lines = TextChunk.GroupByLines(textChunks);
List <double> columns;
if (this.verticalRulings != null)
{
// added by bobld: clipping verticalRulings because testExtractColumnsCorrectly2() fails
var clippedVerticalRulings = Ruling.CropRulingsToArea(this.verticalRulings, page.BoundingBox);
clippedVerticalRulings.Sort(new VerticalRulingComparer());
columns = new List <double>(clippedVerticalRulings.Count);
foreach (Ruling vr in clippedVerticalRulings)
{
columns.Add(vr.Left);
}
/*
* this.verticalRulings.Sort(new VerticalRulingComparer());
* columns = new List<double>(this.verticalRulings.Count);
* foreach (Ruling vr in this.verticalRulings)
* {
* columns.Add(vr.getLeft());
* }
*/
}
else
{
columns = ColumnPositions(lines);
}
// added by bobld: remove duplicates because testExtractColumnsCorrectly2() fails,
// why do we need it here and not in the java version??
columns = columns.Distinct().ToList();
Table table = new Table(this);
table.SetRect(page.BoundingBox);
for (int i = 0; i < lines.Count; i++)
{
TableLine line = lines[i];
List <TextChunk> elements = line.TextElements.ToList();
elements.Sort(new TextChunkComparer());
foreach (TextChunk tc in elements)
{
if (tc.IsSameChar(TableLine.WHITE_SPACE_CHARS))
{
continue;
}
int j = 0;
bool found = false;
for (; j < columns.Count; j++)
{
if (tc.Left <= columns[j])
{
found = true;
break;
}
}
table.Add(new Cell(tc), i, found ? j : columns.Count);
}
}
return(new Table[] { table }.ToList());
}
/// <summary>
/// Detects the tables in the page.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="page"></param>
public List <TableRectangle> Detect(PageArea page)
{
// get horizontal & vertical lines
// we get these from an image of the PDF and not the PDF itself because sometimes there are invisible PDF
// instructions that are interpreted incorrectly as visible elements - we really want to capture what a
// person sees when they look at the PDF
// BobLd: hack here, we don't convert to an image
var pageRulings = page.GetRulings();
List <Ruling> horizontalRulings = this.getHorizontalRulings(pageRulings);
List <Ruling> verticalRulings = this.getVerticalRulings(pageRulings);
// end hack here
List <Ruling> allEdges = new List <Ruling>(horizontalRulings);
allEdges.AddRange(verticalRulings);
List <TableRectangle> tableAreas = new List <TableRectangle>();
// if we found some edges, try to find some tables based on them
if (allEdges.Count > 0)
{
// now we need to snap edge endpoints to a grid
Utils.SnapPoints(allEdges, POINT_SNAP_DISTANCE_THRESHOLD, POINT_SNAP_DISTANCE_THRESHOLD);
// normalize the rulings to make sure snapping didn't create any wacky non-horizontal/vertical rulings
foreach (List <Ruling> rulings in new[] { horizontalRulings, verticalRulings }) //Arrays.asList(horizontalRulings, verticalRulings))
{
//for (Iterator<Ruling> iterator = rulings.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();)
foreach (var ruling in rulings.ToList()) // use ToList to be able to remove
{
ruling.Normalize();
if (ruling.IsOblique)
{
rulings.Remove(ruling);
}
}
}
// merge the edge lines into rulings - this makes finding edges between crossing points in the next step easier
// we use a larger pixel expansion than the normal spreadsheet extraction method to cover gaps in the
// edge detection/pixel snapping steps
horizontalRulings = Ruling.CollapseOrientedRulings(horizontalRulings, 5);
verticalRulings = Ruling.CollapseOrientedRulings(verticalRulings, 5);
// use the rulings and points to find cells
List <TableRectangle> cells = SpreadsheetExtractionAlgorithm.FindCells(horizontalRulings, verticalRulings).Cast <TableRectangle>().ToList();
// then use those cells to make table areas
tableAreas = getTableAreasFromCells(cells);
}
// next find any vertical rulings that intersect tables - sometimes these won't have completely been captured as
// cells if there are missing horizontal lines (which there often are)
// let's assume though that these lines should be part of the table
foreach (Ruling verticalRuling in verticalRulings) // Line2D.Float
{
foreach (TableRectangle tableArea in tableAreas)
{
if (verticalRuling.Intersects(tableArea) &&
!(tableArea.Contains(verticalRuling.P1) && tableArea.Contains(verticalRuling.P2)))
{
tableArea.SetTop(Math.Ceiling(Math.Max(tableArea.Top, verticalRuling.Y2))); // bobld: Floor and Min, Y1
tableArea.SetBottom(Math.Floor(Math.Min(tableArea.Bottom, verticalRuling.Y1))); // bobld: Ceiling and Max, Y2
break;
}
}
}
/* BobLd: not sure this is the case in tabula-sharp/PdfPig
* // the tabula Page coordinate space is half the size of the PDFBox image coordinate space
* // so halve the table area size before proceeding and add a bit of padding to make sure we capture everything
* foreach (TableRectangle area in tableAreas)
* {
* area.x = (float)Math.floor(area.x / 2) - TABLE_PADDING_AMOUNT;
* area.y = (float)Math.floor(area.y / 2) - TABLE_PADDING_AMOUNT;
* area.width = (float)Math.ceil(area.width / 2) + TABLE_PADDING_AMOUNT;
* area.height = (float)Math.ceil(area.height / 2) + TABLE_PADDING_AMOUNT;
* }
*
* // we're going to want halved horizontal lines later too
* foreach (Ruling ruling in horizontalRulings) // Line2D.Float
* {
* ruling.x1 = ruling.x1 / 2;
* ruling.y1 = ruling.y1 / 2;
* ruling.x2 = ruling.x2 / 2;
* ruling.y2 = ruling.y2 / 2;
* }
*/
// now look at text rows to help us find more tables and flesh out existing ones
List <TextChunk> textChunks = TextElement.MergeWords(page.GetText());
List <TableLine> lines = TextChunk.GroupByLines(textChunks);
// first look for text rows that intersect an existing table - those lines should probably be part of the table
foreach (TableLine textRow in lines)
{
foreach (TableRectangle tableArea in tableAreas)
{
if (!tableArea.Contains(textRow) && textRow.Intersects(tableArea))
{
tableArea.SetLeft(Math.Floor(Math.Min(textRow.Left, tableArea.Left)));
tableArea.SetRight(Math.Ceiling(Math.Max(textRow.Right, tableArea.Right)));
}
}
}
// get rid of tables that DO NOT intersect any text areas - these are likely graphs or some sort of graphic
//for (Iterator<Rectangle> iterator = tableAreas.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();)
foreach (TableRectangle table in tableAreas.ToList()) // use tolist to be able to remove
{
bool intersectsText = false;
foreach (TableLine textRow in lines)
{
if (table.Intersects(textRow))
{
intersectsText = true;
break;
}
}
if (!intersectsText)
{
tableAreas.Remove(table);
}
}
// lastly, there may be some tables that don't have any vertical rulings at all
// we'll use text edges we've found to try and guess which text rows are part of a table
// in his thesis nurminen goes through every row to try to assign a probability that the line is in a table
// we're going to try a general heuristic instead, trying to find what type of edge (left/right/mid) intersects
// the most text rows, and then use that magic number of "relevant" edges to decide what text rows should be
// part of a table.
bool foundTable;
do
{
foundTable = false;
// get rid of any text lines contained within existing tables, this allows us to find more tables
//for (Iterator<TableLine> iterator = lines.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();)
foreach (var textRow in lines.ToList())
{
foreach (TableRectangle table in tableAreas)
{
if (table.Contains(textRow))
{
lines.Remove(textRow);
break;
}
}
}
// get text edges from remaining lines in the document
TextEdges textEdges = getTextEdges(lines);
//List<TextEdge> leftTextEdges = textEdges[TextEdge.LEFT];
//List<TextEdge> midTextEdges = textEdges[TextEdge.MID];
//List<TextEdge> rightTextEdges = textEdges[TextEdge.RIGHT];
// find the relevant text edges (the ones we think define where a table is)
RelevantEdges relevantEdgeInfo = getRelevantEdges(textEdges, lines);
// we found something relevant so let's look for rows that fit our criteria
if (relevantEdgeInfo.edgeType != -1)
{
List <TextEdge> relevantEdges = null;
switch (relevantEdgeInfo.edgeType)
{
case TextEdge.LEFT:
relevantEdges = textEdges[TextEdge.LEFT]; // leftTextEdges;
break;
case TextEdge.MID:
relevantEdges = textEdges[TextEdge.MID]; // midTextEdges;
break;
case TextEdge.RIGHT:
relevantEdges = textEdges[TextEdge.RIGHT]; // rightTextEdges;
break;
}
TableRectangle table = getTableFromText(lines, relevantEdges, relevantEdgeInfo.edgeCount, horizontalRulings);
if (table != null)
{
foundTable = true;
tableAreas.Add(table);
}
}
} while (foundTable);
// create a set of our current tables that will eliminate duplicate tables
SortedSet <TableRectangle> tableSet = new SortedSet <TableRectangle>(new TreeSetComparer()); //Set<Rectangle> tableSet = new TreeSet<>(new Comparator<Rectangle>() {...
foreach (var table in tableAreas.OrderByDescending(t => t.Area))
{
tableSet.Add(table);
}
return(tableSet.ToList());
}