PdfExtractor.py
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PdfExtractor.py
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			from abc import ABC, abstractclassmethod


			class PdfExtractor(ABC):
			"""Abstract class of a extractor of FCCC meetings participant lists that
			converts the PDFs to txt files.
			"""

			@staticmethod
			def getPDFpath(label, part=0):
			""" Returns the path to the data file (pdf)

			Args:
			label (str): label of the meeting
			part (int, optional): Which part of the list to take if there are
			several. 0 takes the file that contains the whole list.
			Defaults to 0.

			Returns:
			str: the path
			"""
			prefix = ""
			if "cop" in label:
			prefix = "../data/COP/"
			elif "sb" in label:
			prefix = "../data/SB/"
			else:
			prefix = "../data/"

			if part == 0:
			return prefix + "participants-" + label + ".pdf"
			else:
			return (prefix + "participants-" + label +
			"-" + str(part) + ".pdf")

			def extract_text(self):
			""" Extracts the raw text from the PDF file

			Returns:
			boolean: True if text was extracted correctly
			"""
			pass