PDFloader (Dr. Inventor Text Mining Library (UPF) 4.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

GROBIDloaderImpl, PDFEXTloaderImpl, PDFXloaderImpl
```
public interface PDFloader
```
Interface to access the PDF importing methods of Dr. Inventor.

To get an instance of a PDFloader by the PDFloader interface, always use the Factory method getPDFloader().

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Document`	`parsePDF(byte[] PDFbyteArray, String PDFfileName)`	Convert a PDF file to a `Document`
`Document`	`parsePDF(File file)`	Convert a PDF file to a `Document`
`Document`	`parsePDF(String absoluteFilePath)`	Convert a PDF file to a `Document`
`Document`	`parsePDF(URL url)`	Convert a PDF file to a `Document`

- Method Detail
  - parsePDF
```
Document parsePDF(byte[] PDFbyteArray,
                  String PDFfileName)
           throws DRIexception
```
    Convert a PDF file to a Document
    
    Parameters:
    
    PDFbyteArray - the byte array of the PDF file
    
    PDFfileName - considered if not null or empty
    
    Returns:
    
    Throws:
    
    DRIexception
  - parsePDF
```
Document parsePDF(String absoluteFilePath)
           throws DRIexception
```
    Convert a PDF file to a Document
    
    Parameters:
    
    absoluteFilePath - the absolute path of the PDF file to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    Throws:
    
    DRIexception
  - parsePDF
```
Document parsePDF(File file)
           throws DRIexception
```
    Convert a PDF file to a Document
    
    Parameters:
    
    file - the PDF file to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    Throws:
    
    DRIexception
  - parsePDF
```
Document parsePDF(URL url)
           throws DRIexception
```
    Convert a PDF file to a Document
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - the URL of the file to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    Throws:
    
    DRIexception