TextLine.java

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package org.opencastproject.textextractor.api;

import java.awt.Rectangle;

public interface TextLine {

  /**
   * Returns the text.
   *
   * @return the text
   */
  String getText();

  /**
   * Returns the text's bounding box, if one exists. Note that the box was calculated from the line of text that
   * contained this text, so while the vertical position as well as the height will be ok, the box will most probably be
   * much wider than this single text.
   *
   * @return the boundaries
   */
  Rectangle getBoundaries();

}