Find text

The example shows you how to find text in an OpenDocument text document. Find returns a FindResult object for every occurrence, which tells you the matched text, its position, the paragraph or the heading it belongs to, the spans it covers and the part of the document it was found in.

import java.util.List;

import com.independentsoft.office.odf.FindResult;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.TextDocument;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument("c:\\test\\input.odt");

            List<FindResult> results = doc.find("Independentsoft");

            System.out.println(results.size() + " occurrences found.");

            for (FindResult result : results)
            {
                System.out.println(result.getText() + " at position " + result.getStart() + " in " + result.getStory());

                if (result.getHeading() != null)
                {
                    System.out.println("found in a heading");
                }
                else if (result.getParagraph() != null)
                {
                    System.out.println("found in a paragraph");
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

import com.independentsoft.office.odf.FindResult;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.TextDocument;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument("c:\\test\\input.odt");

            FindResult result = doc.findFirst("Independentsoft");

            if (result != null)
            {
                //replace the first occurrence only, the style of the text is preserved
                result.replace("Independentsoft GmbH");

                doc.save("c:\\test\\output.odt");
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

import java.util.List;

import com.independentsoft.office.odf.drawing.Image;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.Table;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.TextDocument;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument("c:\\test\\input.odt");

            List<Table> tables = doc.findElements(Table.class);
            List<Image> images = doc.findElements(Image.class);

            System.out.println(tables.size() + " tables, " + images.size() + " images");
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

JODF > Tutorial > Find text

Need help? Ask our developers: