PDF Textstream

textstream.rb

def self.file_path_to_text(path)
    # TODO: exception handling
    pdfParser = PDFParser.new(RandomAccessFile.new(Java::JavaIo::File.new(path), "r"))
    pdfParser.parse()
    pdDocument = PDDocument.new(pdfParser.getDocument());
    pdfTextStripper = PDFLayoutTextStripper.new
    string = pdfTextStripper.getText(pdDocument);
    return string
  end