Remove Breaks in Jython

Aspose.Words - Remove Breaks

To Remove Page and Section Breaks using Aspose.Words Java for Jython. Here you can see sample code.

Jython Code

from aspose-words import Settings
from com.aspose.words import Document
from com.aspose.words import NodeType
from com.aspose.words import ControlChar
class RemoveBreaks:
    def __init__(self):
        dataDir = Settings.dataDir + 'programming_documents/'

        # Open the document.
        doc = Document(dataDir + "TestRemoveBreaks.doc")
    
        # Remove the page and section breaks from the document.
        # In Aspose.Words section breaks are represented as separate Section nodes in the document.
        # To remove these separate sections the sections are combined.
        self.remove_page_breaks(doc)
        self.remove_section_breaks(doc)
    
        # Save the document.
        doc.save(dataDir + "TestRemoveBreaks Out.doc")
    def remove_page_breaks(self, doc):
    
        # Retrieve all paragraphs in the document.
        paragraphs = doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.PARAGRAPH, True)
        paragraphs_count = paragraphs.getCount()
        i = 0
        while(i < paragraphs_count) :
            para = paragraphs.get(i)
            if (para.getParagraphFormat().getPageBreakBefore()):
                para.getParagraphFormat().setPageBreakBefore(False)
            runs = para.getRuns().toArray()
            for run in runs:
                if (run.getText() in ControlChar.PAGE_BREAK):
                    run.setText(run.getText().replace(ControlChar.PAGE_BREAK, ""))
            i = i + 1
    def remove_section_breaks(self, doc):
    
        # Loop through all sections starting from the section that precedes the last one
        # and moving to the first section.
        i = doc.getSections().getCount() - 2
        while ( i >= 0 ):
    
            # Copy the content of the current section to the beginning of the last section.
            doc.getLastSection().prependContent(doc.getSections().get(i))
    
            # Remove the copied section.
            doc.getSections().get(i).remove()
            i = i - 1
if __name__ == '__main__':        
    RemoveBreaks()

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