Merge branch 'thread-safe-hcs-fields' into 'main'

fixed issue with thread-safety of local fields in the HeadlineClassificationService

See merge request fforesight/layout-parser!167

.gitattributes

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.pdf filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

.gitignore

@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ gradlew.bat
 gradlew
 gradle.properties
 gradle/
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store/

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+variables:
+  #  SONAR_PROJECT_KEY: 'fforesight_layout-parser_AYd5quv2mRkBOCG22hvF'
+  GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
+  GIT_SUBMODULE_FORCE_HTTPS: 'true'
 include:
   - project: 'gitlab/gitlab'
     ref: 'main'

.gitmodules

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[submodule "layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/test/resources/files/basf"]
+	path = layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/test/resources/files/basf
+	url = ssh://git@git.knecon.com:22222/fforesight/documents/basf.git
+	update = merge
+[submodule "layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/test/resources/files/syngenta"]
+	path = layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/test/resources/files/syngenta
+	url = ssh://git@git.knecon.com:22222/fforesight/documents/syngenta.git
+	update = merge

config/pmd/pmd.xml

@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@
     </description>
 
     <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml">
-        <exclude name="DataflowAnomalyAnalysis"/>
         <exclude name="MissingSerialVersionUID"/>
-        <exclude name="NullAssignment"/>
         <exclude name="AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition"/>
         <exclude name="AvoidDuplicateLiterals"/>
-        <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName"/>
+        <exclude name="NullAssignment"/>
+        <exclude name="AssignmentInOperand"/>
+        <exclude name="BeanMembersShouldSerialize"/>
     </rule>
 
-</ruleset>
+</ruleset>
+

config/pmd/test_pmd.xml

@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 
 
     <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml">
-        <exclude name="DataflowAnomalyAnalysis"/>
         <exclude name="MissingSerialVersionUID"/>
-        <exclude name="NullAssignment"/>
         <exclude name="AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition"/>
         <exclude name="AvoidDuplicateLiterals"/>
         <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName"/>
-        <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingTypeName"/>
+        <exclude name="NullAssignment"/>
+        <exclude name="AssignmentInOperand"/>
         <exclude name="TestClassWithoutTestCases"/>
+        <exclude name="BeanMembersShouldSerialize"/>
     </rule>
 
-</ruleset>
+</ruleset>

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-internal-api/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id("com.knecon.fforesight.java-conventions")
-    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.2.2"
+    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.4"
 }
 
 description = "layoutparser-service-internal-api"

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-internal-api/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/internal/api/data/redaction/DocumentData.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @FieldDefaults(makeFinal = true, level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
 @Schema(description = "Object containing the complete document layout parsing information. It is split into 4 categories, structure, text, positions and pages: " + "The document tree structure of SemanticNodes such as Section, Paragraph, Headline, etc. " + "The text, which is stored as separate blocks of data. " + "The text positions, which are also stored as separate blocks. The Blocks are equal to the text blocks in length and order. " + "The page information.")
-public class DocumentData {
+public class DocumentData implements Serializable {
 
     @Schema(description = "Contains information about the document's pages.")
     DocumentPage[] documentPages;

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-internal-api/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/internal/api/data/redaction/DocumentPage.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
 @Schema(description = "Object containing information about the document's pages.")
-public class DocumentPage {
+public class DocumentPage implements Serializable {
 
     @Schema(description = "The page number, starting with 1.")
     int number;

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-internal-api/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/internal/api/data/redaction/DocumentPositionData.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
 @Schema(description = "Object containing text positional information of a specific text block. A document is split into multiple text blocks, which are supposed to be read in order. Every text block can only occur on a single page.")
-public class DocumentPositionData {
+public class DocumentPositionData implements Serializable {
 
     @Schema(description = "Identifier of the text block.")
     Long id;

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-internal-api/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/internal/api/data/redaction/DocumentStructure.java

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction;
 
 import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
@@ -20,14 +22,13 @@ import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
 @Schema(description = "Object containing information about the parsed tree structure of the SemanticNodes, such as Section, Paragraph, Headline etc inside of the document.")
-public class DocumentStructure {
+public class DocumentStructure implements Serializable {
 
     @Schema(description = "The root EntryData represents the Document.")
     EntryData root;
 
-
     @Schema(description = "Object containing the extra field names, a table has in its properties field.")
-    public static class TableProperties {
+    public static class TableProperties implements Serializable {
 
         public static final String NUMBER_OF_ROWS = "numberOfRows";
         public static final String NUMBER_OF_COLS = "numberOfCols";
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public class DocumentStructure {
     }
 
     @Schema(description = "Object containing the extra field names, an Image has in its properties field.")
-    public static class ImageProperties {
+    public static class ImageProperties implements Serializable {
 
         public static final String TRANSPARENT = "transparent";
         public static final String IMAGE_TYPE = "imageType";
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public class DocumentStructure {
     }
 
     @Schema(description = "Object containing the extra field names, a table cell has in its properties field.")
-    public static class TableCellProperties {
+    public static class TableCellProperties implements Serializable {
 
         public static final String B_BOX = "bBox";
         public static final String ROW = "row";
@@ -54,8 +55,16 @@ public class DocumentStructure {
 
     }
 
+    @Schema(description = "Object containing the extra field names, a duplicate paragraph has in its properties field.")
+    public static class DuplicateParagraphProperties implements Serializable {
+
+        public static final String UNSORTED_TEXTBLOCK_ID = "utbid";
+
+    }
+
     public static final String RECTANGLE_DELIMITER = ";";
 
+
     public static Rectangle2D parseRectangle2D(String bBox) {
 
         List<Float> floats = Arrays.stream(bBox.split(RECTANGLE_DELIMITER)).map(Float::parseFloat).toList();
@@ -100,7 +109,7 @@ public class DocumentStructure {
     @AllArgsConstructor
     @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
     @Schema(description = "Object containing information of a SemanticNode and also structuring the layout with children.")
-    public static class EntryData {
+    public static class EntryData implements Serializable {
 
         @Schema(description = "Type of the semantic node.", allowableValues = {"DOCUMENT", "SECTION", "PARAGRAPH", "HEADLINE", "TABLE", "TABLE_CELL", "HEADER", "FOOTER", "IMAGE"})
         NodeType type;
@@ -114,6 +123,8 @@ public class DocumentStructure {
         Map<String, String> properties;
         @Schema(description = "All child Entries of this Entry.", example = "[1, 2, 3]")
         List<EntryData> children;
+        @Schema(description = "Describes the origin of the semantic node", example = "[ALGORITHM]")
+        Set<LayoutEngine> engines;
 
 
         @Override

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-internal-api/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/internal/api/data/redaction/DocumentTextData.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
 @Schema(description = "Object containing text information of a specific text block. A document is split into multiple text blocks, which are supposed to be read in order. Every text block can only occur on a single page.")
-public class DocumentTextData {
+public class DocumentTextData implements Serializable {
 
     @Schema(description = "Identifier of the text block.")
     Long id;

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-internal-api/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/internal/api/data/redaction/LayoutEngine.java

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction;
+
+public enum LayoutEngine {
+    ALGORITHM,
+    AI,
+    OUTLINE
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-internal-api/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/internal/api/data/redaction/NodeType.java

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-public enum NodeType {
+public enum NodeType implements Serializable {
     DOCUMENT,
     SECTION,
+    SUPER_SECTION,
     HEADLINE,
     PARAGRAPH,
     TABLE,

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-internal-api/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/internal/api/queue/LayoutParsingQueueNames.java

@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.queue;
 public class LayoutParsingQueueNames {
 
     public static final String LAYOUT_PARSING_REQUEST_QUEUE = "layout_parsing_request_queue";
-    public static final String LAYOUT_PARSING_DLQ = "layout_parsing_dead_letter_queue";
     public static final String LAYOUT_PARSING_FINISHED_EVENT_QUEUE = "layout_parsing_response_queue";
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-internal-api/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/internal/api/queue/LayoutParsingRequest.java

@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ public record LayoutParsingRequest(
 
         @Schema(description = "Path to the original PDF file.")//
         @NonNull String originFileStorageId,//
+
+
         @Schema(description = "Optional Path to the table extraction file.")//
         Optional<String> tablesFileStorageId,//
         @Schema(description = "Optional Path to the image classification file.")//
         Optional<String> imagesFileStorageId,//
 
+        @Schema(description = "Optional Path to the the visual layout parsing service file") Optional<String> visualLayoutParsingFileId,//
+
         @Schema(description = "Path where the Document Structure File will be stored.")//
         @NonNull String structureFileStorageId,//
         @Schema(description = "Path where the Research Data File will be stored.")//

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-internal-api/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/internal/api/queue/LayoutParsingType.java

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.queue;
 
 public enum LayoutParsingType {
     REDACT_MANAGER,
-    TAAS,
-    DOCUMINE
+    REDACT_MANAGER_OLD,
+    REDACT_MANAGER_PARAGRAPH_DEBUG,
+    REDACT_MANAGER_WITHOUT_DUPLICATE_PARAGRAPH,
+    DOCUMINE,
+    DOCUMINE_OLD,
+    CLARIFYND,
+    CLARIFYND_PARAGRAPH_DEBUG
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id("com.knecon.fforesight.java-conventions")
-    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.2.2"
+    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.4"
 }
 
 description = "layoutparser-service-processor"
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ val pdfBoxVersion = "3.0.0"
 
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":layoutparser-service-internal-api"))
+    implementation(project(":viewer-doc-processor"))
 
     implementation("com.iqser.red.service:persistence-service-shared-api-v1:2.144.0") {
         exclude("org.springframework.boot", "spring-boot-starter-security")
         exclude("org.springframework.boot", "spring-boot-starter-validation")
     }
-    implementation("com.knecon.fforesight:tenant-commons:0.19.0")
+    implementation("com.knecon.fforesight:tenant-commons:0.21.0")
     implementation("com.iqser.red.commons:storage-commons:2.45.0")
 
     implementation("org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:${pdfBoxVersion}")
@@ -23,4 +24,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-afterburner:${jacksonVersion}")
     implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:${jacksonVersion}")
     implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:3.1.3")
+    implementation("org.jgrapht:jgrapht-core:1.5.2")
+    implementation("org.tinspin:tinspin-indexes:2.1.3")
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/LayoutParsingPipeline.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor;
 
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 
+import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
 import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -27,32 +28,46 @@ import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.AbstractPageBl
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.ClassificationDocument;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.ClassificationPage;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes.Document;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes.ImageType;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.image.ClassifiedImage;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline.OutlineExtractorService;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline.OutlineObject;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline.OutlineValidationService;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline.TOCEnrichmentService;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline.TableOfContents;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.Cell;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.CleanRulings;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPageBlock;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPositionSequence;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.adapter.CvTableParsingAdapter;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.adapter.ImageServiceResponseAdapter;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.adapter.VisualLayoutParsingAdapter;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.image.ImageServiceResponse;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table.TableCells;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table.TableServiceResponse;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table.VisualLayoutParsingResponse;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.BodyTextFrameService;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.RulingCleaningService;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.SectionsBuilderService;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.SimplifiedSectionTextService;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.TableExtractionService;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.TextRulingsClassifier;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.blockification.BlockificationPostprocessingService;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.blockification.DocstrumBlockificationService;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.blockification.DocuMineBlockificationService;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.blockification.RedactManagerBlockificationService;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.blockification.TaasBlockificationService;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.classification.ClarifyndClassificationService;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.classification.DocuMineClassificationService;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.classification.RedactManagerClassificationService;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.classification.TaasClassificationService;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.factory.DocumentGraphFactory;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.graphics.Box;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.graphics.GraphicExtractorService;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.mapper.DocumentDataMapper;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.mapper.TaasDocumentDataMapper;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.parsing.PDFLinesTextStripper;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.visualization.ViewerDocumentService;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.visualization.LayoutGridService;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.MarkedContentUtils;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.PageInformation;
 
 import io.micrometer.observation.Observation;
 import io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry;
@@ -74,18 +89,25 @@ public class LayoutParsingPipeline {
     CvTableParsingAdapter cvTableParsingAdapter;
     LayoutParsingStorageService layoutParsingStorageService;
     SectionsBuilderService sectionsBuilderService;
-    TaasClassificationService taasClassificationService;
     RedactManagerClassificationService redactManagerClassificationService;
     DocuMineClassificationService docuMineClassificationService;
     SimplifiedSectionTextService simplifiedSectionTextService;
     BodyTextFrameService bodyTextFrameService;
     RulingCleaningService rulingCleaningService;
     TableExtractionService tableExtractionService;
-    TaasBlockificationService taasBlockificationService;
     DocuMineBlockificationService docuMineBlockificationService;
     RedactManagerBlockificationService redactManagerBlockificationService;
-    ViewerDocumentService viewerDocumentService;
+    BlockificationPostprocessingService blockificationPostprocessingService;
+    DocstrumBlockificationService docstrumBlockificationService;
+    LayoutGridService layoutGridService;
     ObservationRegistry observationRegistry;
+    VisualLayoutParsingAdapter visualLayoutParsingAdapter;
+    ClarifyndClassificationService clarifyndClassificationService;
+    GraphicExtractorService graphicExtractorService;
+    OutlineExtractorService outlineExtractorService;
+    OutlineValidationService outlineValidationService;
+    TOCEnrichmentService tocEnrichmentService;
+    LayoutparserSettings settings;
 
 
     public LayoutParsingFinishedEvent parseLayoutAndSaveFilesToStorage(LayoutParsingRequest layoutParsingRequest) throws IOException {
@@ -94,79 +116,100 @@ public class LayoutParsingPipeline {
         log.info("Starting layout parsing for {}", layoutParsingRequest.identifier());
 
         File originFile = layoutParsingStorageService.getOriginFile(layoutParsingRequest.originFileStorageId());
-        File viewerDocumentFile = File.createTempFile("viewer_document", ".pdf");
+//        File viewerDocumentFile = layoutParsingStorageService.getViewerDocFile(layoutParsingRequest.viewerDocumentStorageId()).orElse(originFile);
+        File viewerDocumentFile = originFile;
+
+        VisualLayoutParsingResponse visualLayoutParsingResponse = new VisualLayoutParsingResponse();
+        if (layoutParsingRequest.visualLayoutParsingFileId()
+                .isPresent()) {
+            visualLayoutParsingResponse = layoutParsingStorageService.getVisualLayoutParsingFile(layoutParsingRequest.visualLayoutParsingFileId()
+                                                                                                         .get());
+        }
 
         ImageServiceResponse imageServiceResponse = new ImageServiceResponse();
-        if (layoutParsingRequest.imagesFileStorageId().isPresent()) {
-            imageServiceResponse = layoutParsingStorageService.getImagesFile(layoutParsingRequest.imagesFileStorageId().get());
+        if (layoutParsingRequest.imagesFileStorageId()
+                .isPresent()) {
+            imageServiceResponse = layoutParsingStorageService.getImagesFile(layoutParsingRequest.imagesFileStorageId()
+                                                                                     .get());
         }
 
         TableServiceResponse tableServiceResponse = new TableServiceResponse();
-        if (layoutParsingRequest.tablesFileStorageId().isPresent()) {
-            tableServiceResponse = layoutParsingStorageService.getTablesFile(layoutParsingRequest.tablesFileStorageId().get());
+        if (layoutParsingRequest.tablesFileStorageId()
+                .isPresent()) {
+            tableServiceResponse = layoutParsingStorageService.getTablesFile(layoutParsingRequest.tablesFileStorageId()
+                                                                                     .get());
         }
 
-        ClassificationDocument classificationDocument = parseLayout(layoutParsingRequest.layoutParsingType(),
-                originFile,
-                imageServiceResponse,
-                tableServiceResponse,
-                layoutParsingRequest.identifier().toString());
+        ClassificationDocument classificationDocument = parseLayout(settings.getLayoutParsingTypeOverride() == null //
+                                                                            ? layoutParsingRequest.layoutParsingType() : settings.getLayoutParsingTypeOverride(),
+                                                                    originFile,
+                                                                    imageServiceResponse,
+                                                                    tableServiceResponse,
+                                                                    visualLayoutParsingResponse,
+                                                                    layoutParsingRequest.identifier());
+
         log.info("Building document graph for {}", layoutParsingRequest.identifier());
 
-        Document documentGraph = observeBuildDocumentGraph(classificationDocument);
-
-        log.info("Storing resulting files for {}", layoutParsingRequest.identifier());
-        layoutParsingStorageService.storeDocumentData(layoutParsingRequest, DocumentDataMapper.toDocumentData(documentGraph));
-        layoutParsingStorageService.storeSimplifiedText(layoutParsingRequest, simplifiedSectionTextService.toSimplifiedText(documentGraph));
+        Document documentGraph = observeBuildDocumentGraph(settings.getLayoutParsingTypeOverride() == null //
+                                                                   ? layoutParsingRequest.layoutParsingType() : settings.getLayoutParsingTypeOverride(), classificationDocument);
 
         log.info("Creating viewer document for {}", layoutParsingRequest.identifier());
-        viewerDocumentService.createViewerDocument(originFile, documentGraph, viewerDocumentFile, false);
+
+        layoutGridService.addLayoutGrid(viewerDocumentFile, documentGraph, viewerDocumentFile, false, layoutParsingRequest.visualLayoutParsingFileId().isPresent());
+
+        log.info("Storing resulting files for {}", layoutParsingRequest.identifier());
+
+        layoutParsingStorageService.storeDocumentData(layoutParsingRequest, DocumentDataMapper.toDocumentData(documentGraph));
+        layoutParsingStorageService.storeSimplifiedText(layoutParsingRequest, simplifiedSectionTextService.toSimplifiedText(documentGraph));
         layoutParsingStorageService.storeViewerDocument(layoutParsingRequest, viewerDocumentFile);
-        if (layoutParsingRequest.layoutParsingType().equals(LayoutParsingType.TAAS)) {
+
+        if (layoutParsingRequest.layoutParsingType().equals(LayoutParsingType.CLARIFYND)) {
             log.info("Building research document data for {}", layoutParsingRequest.identifier());
             var researchDocumentData = TaasDocumentDataMapper.fromDocument(documentGraph);
             layoutParsingStorageService.storeResearchDocumentData(layoutParsingRequest, researchDocumentData);
         }
 
+        if (!viewerDocumentFile.equals(originFile)) {
+            viewerDocumentFile.delete();
+        }
         originFile.delete();
-        viewerDocumentFile.delete();
 
         return LayoutParsingFinishedEvent.builder()
                 .identifier(layoutParsingRequest.identifier())
                 .numberOfPages(documentGraph.getNumberOfPages())
                 .duration(System.currentTimeMillis() - start)
                 .message(format("""
-                                Layout parsing has finished in %.02f s.
-                                identifiers: %s
-                                %s
-                                Files have been saved with Ids:
-                                Structure: %s
-                                Text: %s
-                                Positions: %s
-                                PageData: %s
-                                Simplified Text: %s
-                                Viewer Doc: %s""",
-                        ((float) (System.currentTimeMillis() - start)) / 1000,
-                        layoutParsingRequest.identifier(),
-                        buildSemanticNodeCountMessage(documentGraph.getNumberOfPages(), documentGraph.buildSemanticNodeCounts()),
-                        layoutParsingRequest.structureFileStorageId(),
-                        layoutParsingRequest.textBlockFileStorageId(),
-                        layoutParsingRequest.positionBlockFileStorageId(),
-                        layoutParsingRequest.pageFileStorageId(),
-                        layoutParsingRequest.simplifiedTextStorageId(),
-                        layoutParsingRequest.viewerDocumentStorageId()))
+                                        Layout parsing has finished in %.02f s.
+                                        identifiers: %s
+                                        %s
+                                        Files have been saved with Ids:
+                                        Structure: %s
+                                        Text: %s
+                                        Positions: %s
+                                        PageData: %s
+                                        Simplified Text: %s
+                                        Viewer Doc: %s""",
+                                ((float) (System.currentTimeMillis() - start)) / 1000,
+                                layoutParsingRequest.identifier(),
+                                buildSemanticNodeCountMessage(documentGraph.getNumberOfPages(), documentGraph.buildSemanticNodeCounts()),
+                                layoutParsingRequest.structureFileStorageId(),
+                                layoutParsingRequest.textBlockFileStorageId(),
+                                layoutParsingRequest.positionBlockFileStorageId(),
+                                layoutParsingRequest.pageFileStorageId(),
+                                layoutParsingRequest.simplifiedTextStorageId(),
+                                layoutParsingRequest.viewerDocumentStorageId()))
                 .build();
 
     }
 
 
-    private Document observeBuildDocumentGraph(ClassificationDocument classificationDocument) {
+    private Document observeBuildDocumentGraph(LayoutParsingType layoutParsingType, ClassificationDocument classificationDocument) {
 
         AtomicReference<Document> documentReference = new AtomicReference<>();
 
-        Observation.createNotStarted("LayoutParsingPipeline", observationRegistry).contextualName("build-document-graph").observe(() -> {
-            documentReference.set(DocumentGraphFactory.buildDocumentGraph(classificationDocument));
-        });
+        Observation.createNotStarted("LayoutParsingPipeline", observationRegistry)
+                .contextualName("build-document-graph")
+                .observe(() -> documentReference.set(DocumentGraphFactory.buildDocumentGraph(layoutParsingType, classificationDocument)));
 
         return documentReference.get();
     }
@@ -174,15 +217,15 @@ public class LayoutParsingPipeline {
 
     private String buildSemanticNodeCountMessage(int numberOfPages, Map<NodeType, Long> semanticNodeCounts) {
 
-        return String.format("%d pages with %d sections, %d headlines, %d paragraphs, %d tables with %d cells, %d headers, and %d footers parsed",
-                numberOfPages,
-                semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.SECTION) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.SECTION),
-                semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.HEADLINE) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.HEADLINE),
-                semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.PARAGRAPH) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.PARAGRAPH),
-                semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.TABLE) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.TABLE),
-                semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.TABLE_CELL) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.TABLE_CELL),
-                semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.HEADER) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.HEADER),
-                semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.FOOTER) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.FOOTER));
+        return format("%d pages with %d sections, %d headlines, %d paragraphs, %d tables with %d cells, %d headers, and %d footers parsed",
+                      numberOfPages,
+                      semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.SECTION) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.SECTION),
+                      semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.HEADLINE) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.HEADLINE),
+                      semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.PARAGRAPH) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.PARAGRAPH),
+                      semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.TABLE) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.TABLE),
+                      semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.TABLE_CELL) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.TABLE_CELL),
+                      semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.HEADER) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.HEADER),
+                      semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.FOOTER) == null ? 0 : semanticNodeCounts.get(NodeType.FOOTER));
     }
 
 
@@ -192,15 +235,28 @@ public class LayoutParsingPipeline {
                                               File originFile,
                                               ImageServiceResponse imageServiceResponse,
                                               TableServiceResponse tableServiceResponse,
-                                              String identifier) {
+                                              VisualLayoutParsingResponse visualLayoutParsingResponse,
+                                              Map<String, String> identifier) {
 
         PDDocument originDocument = openDocument(originFile);
         addNumberOfPagesToTrace(originDocument.getNumberOfPages(), Files.size(originFile.toPath()));
+
         Map<Integer, List<TableCells>> pdfTableCells = cvTableParsingAdapter.buildCvParsedTablesPerPage(tableServiceResponse);
         Map<Integer, List<ClassifiedImage>> pdfImages = imageServiceResponseAdapter.buildClassifiedImagesPerPage(imageServiceResponse);
-
+        Map<Integer, List<ClassifiedImage>> signatures = visualLayoutParsingAdapter.buildExtractedSignaturesPerPage(visualLayoutParsingResponse);
         ClassificationDocument classificationDocument = new ClassificationDocument();
+
+        if (settings.isDebug() || identifier.containsKey("debug")) {
+            classificationDocument.getVisualizations().setActive(true);
+        }
+
         List<ClassificationPage> classificationPages = new ArrayList<>();
+        OutlineObject lastProcessedOutlineObject = null;
+
+        // parsing the structure elements could be useful as well
+        if(layoutParsingType != LayoutParsingType.REDACT_MANAGER_OLD && layoutParsingType != LayoutParsingType.DOCUMINE_OLD) {
+            classificationDocument.setOutlineObjectTree(outlineExtractorService.getOutlineObjectTree(originDocument));
+        }
 
         long pageCount = originDocument.getNumberOfPages();
 
@@ -224,10 +280,12 @@ public class LayoutParsingPipeline {
             stripper.setStartPage(pageNumber);
             stripper.setEndPage(pageNumber);
             stripper.setPdpage(pdPage);
-            if (layoutParsingType.equals(LayoutParsingType.DOCUMINE)) {
+            if (layoutParsingType.equals(LayoutParsingType.DOCUMINE_OLD)) {
                 stripper.setSortByPosition(true);
             }
             stripper.getText(originDocument);
+            List<TextPositionSequence> words = stripper.getTextPositionSequences();
+            classificationDocument.getVisualizations().addTextVisualizations(words, pageNumber);
 
             PDRectangle pdr = pdPage.getMediaBox();
 
@@ -235,13 +293,44 @@ public class LayoutParsingPipeline {
             boolean isLandscape = pdr.getWidth() > pdr.getHeight() && (rotation == 0 || rotation == 180) || pdr.getHeight() > pdr.getWidth() && (rotation == 90 || rotation == 270);
 
             PDRectangle cropbox = pdPage.getCropBox();
-            CleanRulings cleanRulings = rulingCleaningService.getCleanRulings(pdfTableCells.get(pageNumber), stripper.getRulings());
+            classificationDocument.getVisualizations().addRulingVisualization(stripper.getRulings(), pageNumber);
+            CleanRulings cleanRulings = rulingCleaningService.deduplicateAndStraightenRulings(pdfTableCells.get(pageNumber), stripper.getRulings());
+
+            PageInformation pageInformation = PageInformation.fromPDPage(pageNumber, pdPage);
+            List<Cell> emptyTableCells = TableExtractionService.findCells(cleanRulings.getHorizontals(), cleanRulings.getVerticals(), pageInformation);
+            classificationDocument.getVisualizations().addCellVisualizations(emptyTableCells, pageNumber);
+
+            TextRulingsClassifier.classifyUnderlinedAndStrikethroughText(words, cleanRulings);
+
+            List<Box> graphics = graphicExtractorService.extractPathElementGraphics(originDocument,
+                                                                              pdPage,
+                                                                              pageNumber,
+                                                                              cleanRulings,
+                                                                              stripper.getTextPositionSequences(),
+
+                                                                              false);
+
+            pdfImages.computeIfAbsent(pageNumber, x -> new ArrayList<>())
+                    .addAll(graphics.stream()
+                                    .map(g -> new ClassifiedImage(new Rectangle2D.Double(g.x1, g.y1, g.width(), g.height()), ImageType.GRAPHIC, false, stripper.getPageNumber()))
+                                    .toList());
 
             ClassificationPage classificationPage = switch (layoutParsingType) {
-                case REDACT_MANAGER -> redactManagerBlockificationService.blockify(stripper.getTextPositionSequences(), cleanRulings.getHorizontal(), cleanRulings.getVertical());
-                case TAAS -> taasBlockificationService.blockify(stripper.getTextPositionSequences(), cleanRulings.getHorizontal(), cleanRulings.getVertical());
-                case DOCUMINE -> docuMineBlockificationService.blockify(stripper.getTextPositionSequences(), cleanRulings.getHorizontal(), cleanRulings.getVertical());
+                case REDACT_MANAGER_OLD ->
+                        redactManagerBlockificationService.blockify(stripper.getTextPositionSequences(), cleanRulings, classificationDocument.getVisualizations());
+                case DOCUMINE_OLD -> docuMineBlockificationService.blockify(words, cleanRulings);
+                case DOCUMINE, REDACT_MANAGER, REDACT_MANAGER_PARAGRAPH_DEBUG, REDACT_MANAGER_WITHOUT_DUPLICATE_PARAGRAPH -> docstrumBlockificationService.blockify(words,
+                                                                                                                                                                    cleanRulings,
+                                                                                                                                                                    true,
+                                                                                                                                                                    classificationDocument.getVisualizations(),
+                                                                                                                                                                    layoutParsingType);
+                case CLARIFYND, CLARIFYND_PARAGRAPH_DEBUG -> docstrumBlockificationService.blockify(words,
+                                                                                                    cleanRulings,
+                                                                                                    false,
+                                                                                                    classificationDocument.getVisualizations(),
+                                                                                                    layoutParsingType);
             };
+
             classificationPage.setCleanRulings(cleanRulings);
             classificationPage.setRotation(rotation);
             classificationPage.setLandscape(isLandscape);
@@ -249,16 +338,39 @@ public class LayoutParsingPipeline {
             classificationPage.setPageWidth(cropbox.getWidth());
             classificationPage.setPageHeight(cropbox.getHeight());
 
+            if(layoutParsingType != LayoutParsingType.REDACT_MANAGER_OLD && layoutParsingType != LayoutParsingType.DOCUMINE_OLD) {
+                List<OutlineObject> outlineObjects = classificationDocument.getOutlineObjectTree().getOutlineObjectsPerPage().getOrDefault(pageNumber - 1, new ArrayList<>());
+
+                OutlineObject notFoundOutlineObject = null;
+                if (lastProcessedOutlineObject != null && !lastProcessedOutlineObject.isFound()) {
+                    lastProcessedOutlineObject.setPoint(new Point2D.Float(0, cropbox.getHeight()));
+                    notFoundOutlineObject = lastProcessedOutlineObject;
+                }
+                if (!outlineObjects.isEmpty()) {
+                    classificationPage.setOutlineObjects(outlineObjects);
+                    lastProcessedOutlineObject = blockificationPostprocessingService.sanitizeOutlineBlocks(classificationPage, notFoundOutlineObject);
+                }
+            }
+
+            classificationDocument.getVisualizations().addMarkedContentVisualizations(stripper.getMarkedContents(), pageNumber);
             // MarkedContent needs to be converted at this point, otherwise it leads to GC Problems in Pdfbox.
             classificationPage.setMarkedContentBboxPerType(convertMarkedContents(stripper.getMarkedContents()));
 
             // If images is ocr needs to be calculated before textBlocks are moved into tables, otherwise findOcr algorithm needs to be adopted.
-            if (pdfImages != null && pdfImages.containsKey(pageNumber)) {
+            if (pdfImages.containsKey(pageNumber)) {
                 classificationPage.setImages(pdfImages.get(pageNumber));
                 imageServiceResponseAdapter.findOcr(classificationPage);
             }
 
-            tableExtractionService.extractTables(cleanRulings, classificationPage);
+            if (signatures.containsKey(pageNumber)) {
+                if (classificationPage.getImages() == null || classificationPage.getImages().isEmpty()) {
+                    classificationPage.setImages(signatures.get(pageNumber));
+                } else {
+                    classificationPage.getImages().addAll(signatures.get(pageNumber));
+                }
+            }
+
+            tableExtractionService.extractTables(emptyTableCells, classificationPage);
 
             buildPageStatistics(classificationPage);
             increaseDocumentStatistics(classificationPage, classificationDocument);
@@ -270,16 +382,34 @@ public class LayoutParsingPipeline {
 
         log.info("Calculating BodyTextFrame for {}", identifier);
         bodyTextFrameService.setBodyTextFrames(classificationDocument, layoutParsingType);
+        for (ClassificationPage page : classificationDocument.getPages()) {
+            classificationDocument.getVisualizations().addCleanRulingVisualization(page.getCleanRulings(), page.getPageNumber());
+        }
         log.info("Classify TextBlocks for {}", identifier);
         switch (layoutParsingType) {
-            case TAAS -> taasClassificationService.classifyDocument(classificationDocument);
-            case DOCUMINE -> docuMineClassificationService.classifyDocument(classificationDocument);
-            case REDACT_MANAGER -> redactManagerClassificationService.classifyDocument(classificationDocument);
+            case REDACT_MANAGER, REDACT_MANAGER_PARAGRAPH_DEBUG, REDACT_MANAGER_OLD, CLARIFYND_PARAGRAPH_DEBUG, REDACT_MANAGER_WITHOUT_DUPLICATE_PARAGRAPH -> redactManagerClassificationService.classifyDocument(
+                    classificationDocument);
+            case DOCUMINE_OLD, DOCUMINE -> docuMineClassificationService.classifyDocument(classificationDocument);
+            case CLARIFYND -> clarifyndClassificationService.classifyDocument(classificationDocument);
         }
 
+        List<TextPageBlock> headlines = classificationDocument.getPages()
+                .stream()
+                .flatMap(classificationPage -> classificationPage.getTextBlocks()
+                        .stream()
+                        .filter(tb -> tb instanceof TextPageBlock && tb.getClassification() != null && tb.getClassification().isHeadline())
+                        .map(tb -> (TextPageBlock) tb))
+                .toList();
+        TableOfContents tableOfContents = outlineValidationService.createToC(headlines);
+        classificationDocument.setTableOfContents(tableOfContents);
+
         log.info("Building Sections for {}", identifier);
-        sectionsBuilderService.buildSections(classificationDocument);
-        sectionsBuilderService.addImagesToSections(classificationDocument);
+
+        switch (layoutParsingType) {
+            case CLARIFYND_PARAGRAPH_DEBUG, REDACT_MANAGER_PARAGRAPH_DEBUG -> sectionsBuilderService.buildParagraphDebugSections(classificationDocument);
+            default -> tocEnrichmentService.assignSectionBlocksAndImages(classificationDocument);
+        }
+
         return classificationDocument;
     }
 
@@ -313,9 +443,7 @@ public class LayoutParsingPipeline {
 
     private void increaseDocumentStatistics(ClassificationPage classificationPage, ClassificationDocument document) {
 
-        if (!classificationPage.isLandscape()) {
-            document.getFontSizeCounter().addAll(classificationPage.getFontSizeCounter().getCountPerValue());
-        }
+        document.getFontSizeCounter().addAll(classificationPage.getFontSizeCounter().getCountPerValue());
         document.getFontCounter().addAll(classificationPage.getFontCounter().getCountPerValue());
         document.getTextHeightCounter().addAll(classificationPage.getTextHeightCounter().getCountPerValue());
         document.getFontStyleCounter().addAll(classificationPage.getFontStyleCounter().getCountPerValue());

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/LayoutParsingServiceProcessorConfiguration.java

@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.viewerdoc.service.ViewerDocumentService;
+
+import io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry;
+
 @Configuration
 @ComponentScan
 public class LayoutParsingServiceProcessorConfiguration {
 
+
+    @Bean
+    @Autowired
+    public ViewerDocumentService viewerDocumentService(ObservationRegistry registry) {
+
+        return new ViewerDocumentService(registry);
+    }
+
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/LayoutParsingStorageService.java

@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
-import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.taas.Researc
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.queue.LayoutParsingRequest;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.image.ImageServiceResponse;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table.TableServiceResponse;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table.VisualLayoutParsingResponse;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.tenantcommons.TenantContext;
 
 import io.micrometer.observation.annotation.Observed;
@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@ public class LayoutParsingStorageService {
     private final StorageService storageService;
     private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
 
-
-    public PDDocument getOriginDocument(String storageId) throws IOException {
-
-        return Loader.loadPDF(getOriginFile(storageId));
-    }
-
-
     @Observed(name = "LayoutParsingStorageService", contextualName = "get-origin-file")
     public File getOriginFile(String storageId) throws IOException {
 
@@ -52,6 +45,18 @@ public class LayoutParsingStorageService {
     }
 
 
+    @Observed(name = "LayoutParsingStorageService", contextualName = "get-viewer-doc-file")
+    public Optional<File> getViewerDocFile(String storageId) throws IOException {
+
+        if (!storageService.objectExists(TenantContext.getTenantId(), storageId)) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        File tempFile = createTempFile("viewerDocument", ".pdf");
+        storageService.downloadTo(TenantContext.getTenantId(), storageId, tempFile);
+        return Optional.of(tempFile);
+    }
+
+
     public ImageServiceResponse getImagesFile(String storageId) throws IOException {
 
         try (InputStream inputStream = getObject(storageId)) {
@@ -73,6 +78,14 @@ public class LayoutParsingStorageService {
         }
     }
 
+    public VisualLayoutParsingResponse getVisualLayoutParsingFile(String storageId) throws IOException {
+
+        try (InputStream inputStream = getObject(storageId)) {
+            VisualLayoutParsingResponse visualLayoutParsingResponse = objectMapper.readValue(inputStream, VisualLayoutParsingResponse.class);
+            return visualLayoutParsingResponse;
+        }
+    }
+
 
     @Observed(name = "LayoutParsingStorageService", contextualName = "store-document-data")
     public void storeDocumentData(LayoutParsingRequest layoutParsingRequest, DocumentData documentData) {
@@ -137,7 +150,6 @@ public class LayoutParsingStorageService {
     public void storeViewerDocument(LayoutParsingRequest layoutParsingRequest, File out) {
 
         try (var in = new FileInputStream(out)) {
-
             storageService.storeObject(TenantContext.getTenantId(), layoutParsingRequest.viewerDocumentStorageId(), in);
         }
     }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/LayoutparserSettings.java

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.queue.LayoutParsingType;
+
+import lombok.AccessLevel;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
+
+@Data
+@Configuration
+@ConfigurationProperties("layoutparser")
+@FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
+public class LayoutparserSettings {
+
+    boolean debug;
+    LayoutParsingType layoutParsingTypeOverride;
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/DocstrumSegmentationService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Character;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Line;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Zone;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.service.LineBuilderService;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.service.NearestNeighbourService;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.service.ReadingOrderService;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.service.SpacingService;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.service.ZoneBuilderService;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.CleanRulings;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.RedTextPosition;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextDirection;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPositionSequence;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.visualization.LayoutparsingVisualizations;
+
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+
+@Service
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class DocstrumSegmentationService {
+
+    private final NearestNeighbourService nearestNeighbourService;
+    private final SpacingService spacingService;
+    private final LineBuilderService lineBuilderService;
+    private final ZoneBuilderService zoneBuilderService;
+    private final ReadingOrderService readingOrderService;
+
+
+    public List<Zone> segmentPage(List<TextPositionSequence> textPositions, boolean xyOrder, CleanRulings usedRulings, LayoutparsingVisualizations visualizations) {
+
+        List<Zone> zones = new ArrayList<>();
+        zones.addAll(computeZones(textPositions, usedRulings, visualizations, TextDirection.ZERO));
+        zones.addAll(computeZones(textPositions, usedRulings, visualizations, TextDirection.QUARTER_CIRCLE));
+        zones.addAll(computeZones(textPositions, usedRulings, visualizations, TextDirection.HALF_CIRCLE));
+        zones.addAll(computeZones(textPositions, usedRulings, visualizations, TextDirection.THREE_QUARTER_CIRCLE));
+
+        return readingOrderService.resolve(zones, xyOrder);
+    }
+
+
+    private List<Zone> computeZones(List<TextPositionSequence> textPositions, CleanRulings rulings, LayoutparsingVisualizations visualizations, TextDirection direction) {
+
+        List<RedTextPosition> positions = textPositions.stream()
+                .filter(t -> t.getDir() == direction)
+                .map(TextPositionSequence::getTextPositions)
+                .flatMap(List::stream)
+                .toList();
+
+        List<Character> characters = positions.stream()
+                .map(Character::new)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        nearestNeighbourService.findNearestNeighbors(characters);
+
+        double characterSpacing = spacingService.computeCharacterSpacing(characters);
+        double lineSpacing = Math.min(spacingService.computeLineSpacing(characters), 20);
+
+        List<Line> lines = lineBuilderService.buildLines(characters, characterSpacing, lineSpacing, rulings);
+        return zoneBuilderService.buildZones(lines, characterSpacing, lineSpacing, rulings);
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/model/AngleFilter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model;
+
+public class AngleFilter {
+
+    protected double lowerAngle;
+    protected double upperAngle;
+
+
+    public AngleFilter(double lowerAngle, double upperAngle) {
+
+        this.lowerAngle = lowerAngle < -Math.PI / 2 ? lowerAngle + Math.PI : lowerAngle;
+        this.upperAngle = upperAngle >= Math.PI / 2 ? upperAngle - Math.PI : upperAngle;
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean matches(Neighbor neighbor) {
+
+        if (lowerAngle <= upperAngle) {
+            return lowerAngle <= neighbor.getAngle() && neighbor.getAngle() < upperAngle;
+        } else {
+            return lowerAngle <= neighbor.getAngle() || neighbor.getAngle() < upperAngle;
+        }
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/model/BoundingBox.java

@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model;
+
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.RectangleTransformations;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+public abstract class BoundingBox {
+
+    // Java coordinate system: (0, 0) is always upper left, x is increasing left to right and y is increasing from top to bottom.
+    // should be used when determining reading order or other tasks which require coordinates in a harmonized system.
+    protected Rectangle2D bBox; // I would not trust this coordinate when comparing rulings and text, due to the text positions being slightly off.
+
+    // PDF coordinate system: depends on page rotation, (0, 0) is lower left corner, x is increasing left to right and y from bottom to top.
+    // This rotates completely in 90 degree steps with page rotation.
+    // Needs to be used when writing to a PDF.
+    // Also, these are definitely correct and should be used whenever possible.
+    protected Rectangle2D bBoxInitialUserSpace;
+
+    protected static final float VERTICAL_COMPARISON_THRESHOLD = 0.4f;
+
+
+    public double getX() {
+
+        return bBox.getX();
+    }
+
+
+    public double getY() {
+
+        return bBox.getY();
+    }
+
+
+    public double getMinX() {
+
+        return bBox.getMinX();
+    }
+
+
+    public double getMinY() {
+
+        return bBox.getMinY();
+    }
+
+
+    public double getPdfMinX() {
+
+        return bBoxInitialUserSpace.getMinX();
+    }
+
+
+    public double getPdfMaxX() {
+
+        return bBoxInitialUserSpace.getMaxX();
+    }
+
+
+    public double getPdfMinY() {
+
+        return bBoxInitialUserSpace.getMinY();
+    }
+
+
+    public double getPdfMaxY() {
+
+        return bBoxInitialUserSpace.getMaxY();
+    }
+
+
+    public double getWidth() {
+
+        return bBox.getWidth();
+    }
+
+
+    public double getHeight() {
+
+        return bBox.getHeight();
+    }
+
+
+    public double getMaxX() {
+
+        return bBox.getMaxX();
+    }
+
+
+    public double getMaxY() {
+
+        return bBox.getMaxY();
+    }
+
+
+    public double getArea() {
+
+        return (bBox.getHeight() * bBox.getWidth());
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean contains(BoundingBox contained) {
+
+        return contains(contained, 0);
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean contains(BoundingBox contained, double tolerance) {
+
+        return getPdfMinX() <= contained.getPdfMinX() + tolerance
+               && getPdfMinY() <= contained.getPdfMinY() + tolerance
+               && getPdfMaxX() >= contained.getPdfMaxX() - tolerance
+               && getPdfMaxY() >= contained.getPdfMaxY() - tolerance;
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean intersects(BoundingBox other) {
+
+        return this.intersectsX(other) && this.intersectsY(other);
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean intersects(BoundingBox other, float yThreshold, float xThreshold) {
+
+        return this.intersectsX(other, xThreshold) && this.intersectsY(other, yThreshold);
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean intersectsY(BoundingBox other) {
+
+        return this.getPdfMinY() <= other.getPdfMaxY() && this.getPdfMaxY() >= other.getPdfMinY();
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean intersectsYJava(BoundingBox other) {
+
+        return this.getY() <= other.getMaxY() && this.getMaxY() >= other.getY();
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean intersectsY(BoundingBox other, float threshold) {
+
+        return this.getPdfMinY() - threshold <= other.getPdfMaxY() && this.getPdfMaxY() + threshold >= other.getPdfMinY();
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean intersectsX(BoundingBox other) {
+
+        return this.getPdfMinX() <= other.getPdfMaxX() && this.getPdfMaxX() >= other.getPdfMinX();
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean intersectsXJava(BoundingBox other) {
+
+        return this.getX() <= other.getMaxX() && this.getMaxX() >= other.getMinX();
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean intersectsX(BoundingBox other, float threshold) {
+
+        return this.getPdfMinX() - threshold <= other.getMaxX() && this.getMaxX() + threshold >= other.getPdfMinX();
+    }
+
+
+    public void setToBBoxOfComponents(List<? extends BoundingBox> components) {
+
+        this.bBox = components.stream()
+                .map(BoundingBox::getBBox)
+                .collect(RectangleTransformations.collectBBox());
+        this.bBoxInitialUserSpace = components.stream()
+                .map(BoundingBox::getBBoxInitialUserSpace)
+                .collect(RectangleTransformations.collectBBox());
+    }
+
+
+    public double verticalOverlap(BoundingBox other) {
+
+        return Math.max(0, Math.min(this.getPdfMaxY(), other.getPdfMaxY()) - Math.max(this.getPdfMinY(), other.getPdfMinY()));
+    }
+
+
+    public static final Comparator<BoundingBox> ILL_DEFINED_ORDER = (o1, o2) -> {
+
+        if (o1.equals(o2)) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        if (o1.verticalOverlap(o2) > VERTICAL_COMPARISON_THRESHOLD * ((o1.getHeight() + o2.getHeight()) / 2)) {
+            return Double.compare(o1.getPdfMinX(), o2.getPdfMinX());
+        } else {
+            return Double.compare(o1.getPdfMaxY(), o2.getPdfMaxY());
+        }
+    };
+
+
+    public double horizontalDistance(BoundingBox other) {
+
+        Rectangle2D left;
+        Rectangle2D right;
+        if (this.leftOf(other)) {
+            left = this.getBBox();
+            right = other.getBBox();
+        } else {
+            left = other.getBBox();
+            right = this.getBBox();
+        }
+
+        return Math.max(0, right.getMinX() - left.getMaxX());
+    }
+
+
+    public double verticalDistance(BoundingBox other) {
+
+        Rectangle2D bottom;
+        Rectangle2D top;
+        if (this.isAbove(other)) {
+            top = this.getBBox();
+            bottom = other.getBBox();
+        } else {
+            bottom = this.getBBox();
+            top = other.getBBox();
+        }
+
+        return Math.max(0, bottom.getMinY() - top.getMaxY());
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean rightOf(BoundingBox other) {
+
+        return this.intersectsYJava(other) && other.getMaxX() <= this.getMinX();
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean leftOf(BoundingBox other) {
+
+        return this.intersectsYJava(other) && other.getMinX() >= this.getMaxX();
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean isAbove(BoundingBox other) {
+
+        return this.intersectsXJava(other) && other.getMinY() >= this.getMaxY();
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean isBelow(BoundingBox other) {
+
+        return this.intersectsXJava(other) && this.getMinY() >= other.getMaxY();
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/model/Character.java

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+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.utils.FastAtan2;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.RedTextPosition;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+@Data
+@EqualsAndHashCode(onlyExplicitlyIncluded = true)
+public class Character {
+
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Include
+    private final double x;
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Include
+    private final double y;
+    private final RedTextPosition textPosition;
+
+    @Setter
+    private List<Neighbor> neighbors = new ArrayList<>();
+
+
+    public Character(RedTextPosition chunk) {
+
+        this.x = chunk.getBBoxDirAdj().getCenterX();
+        this.y = chunk.getBBoxDirAdj().getCenterY();
+        this.textPosition = chunk;
+    }
+
+
+    public double getHeight() {
+
+        return textPosition.getHeightDir();
+    }
+
+
+    public double distance(Character character) {
+
+        double dx = getX() - character.getX();
+        double dy = getY() - character.getY();
+        return Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);
+    }
+
+
+    public double horizontalDistance(Character character) {
+
+        return Math.abs(getX() - character.getX());
+    }
+
+
+    public double verticalDistance(Character character) {
+
+        return Math.abs(getY() - character.getY());
+    }
+
+
+    public double overlappingDistance(Character other) {
+
+        double[] xs = new double[4];
+        double s = Math.sin(-0);
+        double c = Math.cos(-0);
+        xs[0] = c * x - s * y;
+        xs[1] = c * (x + textPosition.getWidthDirAdj()) - s * (y + textPosition.getHeightDir());
+        xs[2] = c * other.x - s * other.y;
+        xs[3] = c * (other.x + other.textPosition.getWidthDirAdj()) - s * (other.y + other.textPosition.getHeightDir());
+        boolean overlapping = xs[1] >= xs[2] && xs[3] >= xs[0];
+        Arrays.sort(xs);
+        return Math.abs(xs[2] - xs[1]) * (overlapping ? 1 : -1);
+    }
+
+
+    public double angle(Character character) {
+
+        if (getX() > character.getX()) {
+            return FastAtan2.fastAtan2(getY() - character.getY(), getX() - character.getX());
+        } else {
+            return FastAtan2.fastAtan2(character.getY() - getY(), character.getX() - getX());
+        }
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/model/ColumnDetector.java

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+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+
+/*
+WIP, mostly working, needs to be tested a bit more
+ */
+public class ColumnDetector {
+
+    public static final double MAX_VALUE_THRESHOLD = 0.5;
+    final static int bins_num = 512;
+    final static int globalStartIdx = 0; // ignore outer parts completely, we don't expect columns there
+    final static int globalEndIdx = bins_num; // i chose 7, since thirds seems a likely split for columns, therefore divided by 6 would eliminate those.
+    public static final double DERIVATIVE_ZERO_THRESHOLD = 1e-10;
+    public static final double MINIMUM_THRESHOLD_FOR_COLUMNS = 0.05;
+    public static final double NEAR_GLOBAL_THRESHOLD = 0.5;
+    double minY;
+    double maxY;
+    double midY;
+    double[] histogram;
+    double min;
+    double max;
+    double resolution;
+    double sum;
+    int N;
+
+
+    public ColumnDetector(double min, double max, double minY, double maxY) {
+
+        this.min = min;
+        this.max = max;
+        this.minY = minY;
+        this.maxY = maxY;
+        this.midY = maxY - minY;
+        this.resolution = (max - min) / bins_num;
+        this.histogram = new double[bins_num];
+    }
+
+
+    public void add(BoundingBox zone) {
+
+        N++;
+        double weight = computeWeight(zone);
+        int start = (int) ((zone.getMinX() - min) / resolution);
+        int end = (int) ((zone.getMaxX() - min) / resolution);
+        for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
+            histogram[i] += weight;
+            sum += histogram[i];
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private double computeWeight(BoundingBox zone) {
+
+        double areaWeight = zone.getBBox().getHeight();
+
+        double relativeDistance = relativeDistanceToMiddle(zone.getBBox().getCenterY());
+
+        double distanceWeight;
+        if (relativeDistance < 0.6) {
+            distanceWeight = 1;
+        } else if (relativeDistance < 0.8) {
+            distanceWeight = 0.8;
+        } else {
+            distanceWeight = 0.1;
+        }
+
+        return areaWeight * distanceWeight;
+    }
+
+
+    private double relativeDistanceToMiddle(double y) {
+
+        double range = (maxY - minY) / 2;
+        double mid = minY + range;
+
+        return Math.abs(y - mid) / range;
+    }
+
+
+    public double[] computeDerivative() {
+
+        int length = histogram.length;
+        double[] derivative = new double[length];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+            if (i == 0) {
+                derivative[i] = (histogram[i + 1] - histogram[i]) / resolution;
+            } else if (i == length - 1) {
+                derivative[i] = (histogram[i] - histogram[i - 1]) / resolution;
+            } else {
+                derivative[i] = (histogram[i + 1] - histogram[i - 1]) / (2 * resolution);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return derivative;
+    }
+
+
+    public double calcMean(double[] arr, int start, int end) {
+
+        if (start == end) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        double sum = 0;
+        for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
+            sum += arr[i];
+        }
+        return sum / (end - start);
+    }
+
+
+    /*
+    Find columns, by finding all local maxima/minima of the derivative. Filtering them for the ones with the biggest values.
+    For each found minima, we will step to the right until we hit a 0 in the derivative, this indicates a minimum in the main histogram. If this minimum is below a threshold, it is deemed a column divider.
+    Same goes for maxima, but stepping to the left now, since minima in the function will always be to the left of a maximum in its derivative.
+     */
+    public List<Double> determineColumnsWithDerivative(double[] derivative) {
+
+        assert derivative.length == histogram.length;
+
+        Set<Integer> columnIndices = new HashSet<>();
+        double mean = calcMean(histogram, 0, histogram.length);
+        double maxDvValue = calcMax(derivative);
+        double minDvValue = calcMin(derivative);
+
+        if (maxDvValue - minDvValue < mean * MAX_VALUE_THRESHOLD) {
+            Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+
+        Extrema derivativeExtrema = calculateNearGlobalExtrema(derivative, maxDvValue, minDvValue);
+
+        List<Integer> columnsRightOfMinima = findZerosToTheRightOfMinima(derivative, derivativeExtrema.minima(), mean);
+        columnIndices.addAll(columnsRightOfMinima);
+
+        List<Integer> columnsLeftOfMaxima = findZerosToTheLeftOfMaxima(derivative, derivativeExtrema.maxima(), mean);
+        columnIndices.addAll(columnsLeftOfMaxima);
+
+        return columnIndices.stream()
+                .sorted(Comparator.naturalOrder())
+                .map(this::calculateXCoordinateFromIdx)
+                .toList();
+    }
+
+
+    private List<Integer> findZerosToTheLeftOfMaxima(double[] derivative, List<Integer> derivativeMaxima, double mean) {
+
+        List<Integer> columnsLeftOfMaxima = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < derivativeMaxima.size(); i++) {
+            List<Integer> consecutiveZeroes = new LinkedList<>();
+            boolean maximumFound = false;
+            int maximaIdx = derivativeMaxima.get(i) - 1; // the highest derivative will always be at least one step away from the lowest value.
+            int endIdx = (int) Math.max(globalStartIdx,
+                                        Math.min(maximaIdx - 1,
+                                                 maximaIdx - 0.1 * bins_num)); // search through 10% of array to the right, but at least one step and at most to the left edge;
+
+            for (int j = maximaIdx; j >= endIdx; j--) {
+                if (derivative[j] < DERIVATIVE_ZERO_THRESHOLD) {
+                    maximumFound = true;
+                    consecutiveZeroes.add(j);
+                } else if (maximumFound) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (maximumFound) {
+                int midIdx = consecutiveZeroes.size() / 2;
+                int middleMinimumIdx = consecutiveZeroes.get(midIdx);
+                if (histogram[middleMinimumIdx] < mean * MINIMUM_THRESHOLD_FOR_COLUMNS) {
+                    columnsLeftOfMaxima.add(middleMinimumIdx);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return columnsLeftOfMaxima;
+    }
+
+
+    private List<Integer> findZerosToTheRightOfMinima(double[] derivative, List<Integer> derivativeMinima, double mean) {
+
+        List<Integer> columnIndixes = new LinkedList<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < derivativeMinima.size(); i++) {
+            List<Integer> consecutiveZeroes = new LinkedList<>();
+            boolean minimumFound = false;
+            int minimaIdx = derivativeMinima.get(i) + 1; // the highest derivative will always be at least one step earlier than the lowest value.
+            int endIdx = (int) Math.min(globalEndIdx,
+                                        Math.max(minimaIdx + 1,
+                                                 minimaIdx + 0.1 * bins_num)); // search through 10% of array to the right, but at least one step and at most to the right edge;
+
+            for (int j = minimaIdx; j < endIdx; j++) {
+                if (derivative[j] < DERIVATIVE_ZERO_THRESHOLD) {
+                    minimumFound = true;
+                    consecutiveZeroes.add(j);
+                } else if (minimumFound) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (minimumFound) {
+                int midIdx = consecutiveZeroes.size() / 2;
+                int middleMinimumIdx = consecutiveZeroes.get(midIdx);
+                if (histogram[middleMinimumIdx] < mean * MINIMUM_THRESHOLD_FOR_COLUMNS) {
+                    columnIndixes.add(middleMinimumIdx);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return columnIndixes;
+    }
+
+
+    private double calcMax(double[] array) {
+
+        double max = Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (array[i] > max) {
+                max = array[i];
+            }
+        }
+        return max;
+    }
+
+
+    private double calcMin(double[] array) {
+
+        double min = Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (array[i] < min) {
+                min = array[i];
+            }
+        }
+        return min;
+    }
+
+
+    private Extrema calculateNearGlobalExtrema(double[] derivative, double maxDvValue, double minDvValue) {
+
+        List<Integer> nearGlobalDvMaximaIdx = new LinkedList<>();
+        List<Integer> nearGlobalDvMinimaIdx = new LinkedList<>();
+        for (int i = globalStartIdx; i < globalEndIdx; i++) {
+            if (derivative[i] <= minDvValue * NEAR_GLOBAL_THRESHOLD) {
+                nearGlobalDvMinimaIdx.add(i);
+            }
+            if (derivative[i] >= maxDvValue * NEAR_GLOBAL_THRESHOLD) {
+                nearGlobalDvMaximaIdx.add(i);
+            }
+        }
+
+        nearGlobalDvMinimaIdx = removeConsecutive(nearGlobalDvMinimaIdx);
+        nearGlobalDvMaximaIdx = removeConsecutive(nearGlobalDvMaximaIdx);
+
+        return new Extrema(nearGlobalDvMaximaIdx, nearGlobalDvMinimaIdx);
+    }
+
+
+    private record Extrema(List<Integer> maxima, List<Integer> minima) {
+
+    }
+
+
+    private Double calculateXCoordinateFromIdx(int globalMinIdx) {
+
+        return min + ((globalMinIdx + 1) * resolution);
+    }
+
+
+    public static List<Integer> removeConsecutive(List<Integer> numbers) {
+
+        List<Integer> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (numbers == null || numbers.isEmpty()) {
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        result.add(numbers.get(0)); // Add the first number
+
+        for (int i = 1; i < numbers.size(); i++) {
+            if (numbers.get(i) != numbers.get(i - 1) + 1) {
+                result.add(numbers.get(i)); // Add non-consecutive numbers
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+
+    public void kernelSmooth(double[] kernel) {
+
+        double[] newFrequencies = new double[histogram.length];
+        int shift = (kernel.length - 1) / 2;
+        for (int i = 0; i < kernel.length; i++) {
+            int jStart = Math.max(0, i - shift);
+            int jEnd = Math.min(histogram.length, histogram.length + i - shift);
+            for (int j = jStart; j < jEnd; j++) {
+                newFrequencies[j - i + shift] += kernel[i] * histogram[j];
+            }
+        }
+        histogram = newFrequencies;
+    }
+
+
+    public double[] createGaussianKernel(int length, double stdDeviation) {
+
+        int r = length / 2;
+
+        int size = 2 * r + 1;
+        double[] kernel = new double[size];
+        double sum = 0;
+        double b = 2 * (stdDeviation) * (stdDeviation);
+        double a = 1 / Math.sqrt(Math.PI * b);
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            kernel[i] = a * Math.exp(-(i - r) * (i - r) / b);
+            sum += kernel[i];
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            kernel[i] /= sum;
+        }
+        return kernel;
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/model/Histogram.java

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+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model;
+
+public class Histogram {
+
+    private static final double EPSILON = 1.0e-6;
+    private final double min;
+    private final double resolution;
+    private double[] frequencies;
+
+
+    public Histogram(double minValue, double maxValue, double resolution) {
+
+        this.min = minValue - EPSILON;
+        double delta = maxValue - minValue + 2 * EPSILON;
+        int size = Math.max(1, (int) Math.round((maxValue - minValue) / resolution));
+        this.resolution = delta / size;
+        this.frequencies = new double[size];
+    }
+
+
+    public void kernelSmooth(double[] kernel) {
+
+        double[] newFrequencies = new double[frequencies.length];
+        int shift = (kernel.length - 1) / 2;
+        for (int i = 0; i < kernel.length; i++) {
+            int jStart = Math.max(0, i - shift);
+            int jEnd = Math.min(frequencies.length, frequencies.length + i - shift);
+            for (int j = jStart; j < jEnd; j++) {
+                newFrequencies[j - i + shift] += kernel[i] * frequencies[j];
+            }
+        }
+        frequencies = newFrequencies;
+    }
+
+
+    public double[] createGaussianKernel(double length, double stdDeviation) {
+
+        int r = (int) Math.round(length / resolution) / 2;
+
+        int size = 2 * r + 1;
+        double[] kernel = new double[size];
+        double sum = 0;
+        double b = 2 * (stdDeviation / resolution) * (stdDeviation / resolution);
+        double a = 1 / Math.sqrt(Math.PI * b);
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            kernel[i] = a * Math.exp(-(i - r) * (i - r) / b);
+            sum += kernel[i];
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            kernel[i] /= sum;
+        }
+        return kernel;
+    }
+
+
+    public void gaussianSmooth(double windowLength, double stdDeviation) {
+
+        kernelSmooth(createGaussianKernel(windowLength, stdDeviation));
+    }
+
+
+    public void add(double value) {
+
+        frequencies[(int) ((value - min) / resolution)] += 1.0;
+    }
+
+
+    public int getSize() {
+
+        return frequencies.length;
+    }
+
+
+    public double getPeakValue() {
+
+        int peakIndex = 0;
+        for (int i = 1; i < frequencies.length; i++) {
+            if (frequencies[i] > frequencies[peakIndex]) {
+                peakIndex = i;
+            }
+        }
+        int peakEndIndex = peakIndex + 1;
+        final double EPS = 0.0001;
+        while (peakEndIndex < frequencies.length && Math.abs(frequencies[peakEndIndex] - frequencies[peakIndex]) < EPS) {
+            peakEndIndex++;
+        }
+        return ((double) peakIndex + peakEndIndex) / 2 * resolution + min;
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/model/Line.java

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+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.utils.FastAtan2;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPositionSequence;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+
+@Data
+@EqualsAndHashCode(onlyExplicitlyIncluded = true)
+public class Line extends BoundingBox {
+
+    private static final double WORD_DISTANCE_MULTIPLIER = 0.18;
+
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Include
+    private final double x0;
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Include
+    private final double y0;
+
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Include
+    private final double x1;
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Include
+    private final double y1;
+
+    private final double height;
+
+    private final List<Character> characters;
+    private final List<TextPositionSequence> words = new ArrayList<>();
+
+
+    public Line(List<Character> characters, double wordSpacing) {
+
+        this.characters = characters;
+
+        if (characters.size() >= 2) {
+            // linear regression
+            double sx = 0.0;
+            double sxx = 0.0;
+            double sxy = 0.0;
+            double sy = 0.0;
+            for (Character character : characters) {
+                sx += character.getX();
+                sxx += character.getX() * character.getX();
+                sxy += character.getX() * character.getY();
+                sy += character.getY();
+            }
+            double b = (characters.size() * sxy - sx * sy) / (characters.size() * sxx - sx * sx);
+            double a = (sy - b * sx) / characters.size();
+
+            this.x0 = characters.get(0).getX();
+            this.y0 = a + b * this.x0;
+            this.x1 = characters.get(characters.size() - 1).getX();
+            this.y1 = a + b * this.x1;
+        } else {
+            Character character = characters.get(0);
+            double dx = character.getTextPosition().getWidthDirAdj() / 3;
+            double dy = dx * Math.tan(0);
+            this.x0 = character.getX() - dx;
+            this.x1 = character.getX() + dx;
+            this.y0 = character.getY() - dy;
+            this.y1 = character.getY() + dy;
+        }
+        height = computeHeight();
+        computeWords(wordSpacing * WORD_DISTANCE_MULTIPLIER);
+        buildBBox();
+    }
+
+
+    public double getAngle() {
+
+        return FastAtan2.fastAtan2(y1 - y0, x1 - x0);
+    }
+
+
+    public double getLength() {
+
+        return Math.sqrt((x0 - x1) * (x0 - x1) + (y0 - y1) * (y0 - y1));
+    }
+
+
+    private double computeHeight() {
+
+        return characters.stream()
+                       .map(Character::getHeight)
+                       .reduce(0d, Double::sum) / characters.size();
+    }
+
+
+    public double angularDifference(Line j) {
+
+        double diff = Math.abs(getAngle() - j.getAngle());
+        if (diff <= Math.PI / 2) {
+            return diff;
+        } else {
+            return Math.PI - diff;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    public double horizontalDistance(Line other) {
+
+        double[] xs = new double[4];
+        xs[0] = x0;
+        xs[1] = x1;
+        xs[2] = other.x0;
+        xs[3] = other.x1;
+        boolean overlapping = xs[1] >= xs[2] && xs[3] >= xs[0];
+        Arrays.sort(xs);
+        return Math.abs(xs[2] - xs[1]) * (overlapping ? 1 : -1);
+    }
+
+
+    public double verticalDistance(Line other) {
+
+        double ym = (y0 + y1) / 2;
+        double yn = (other.y0 + other.y1) / 2;
+        return Math.abs(ym - yn);
+    }
+
+
+    private void computeWords(double wordSpacing) {
+
+        TextPositionSequence word = new TextPositionSequence();
+        Character previous = null;
+        for (Character current : characters) {
+            if (previous != null) {
+                double dist = current.getTextPosition().getXDirAdj() - previous.getTextPosition().getXDirAdj() - previous.getTextPosition().getWidthDirAdj();
+                if (dist > wordSpacing) {
+                    words.add(word);
+                    word = new TextPositionSequence();
+                }
+            }
+            word.getTextPositions().add(current.getTextPosition());
+            previous = current;
+        }
+        words.add(word);
+    }
+
+
+    private void buildBBox() {
+
+        this.setToBBoxOfComponents(characters.stream()
+                                       .map(Character::getTextPosition)
+                                       .toList());
+    }
+
+
+    public String toString() {
+
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        words.forEach(word -> sb.append(word.toString()).append(" "));
+        return sb.toString().trim();
+    }
+
+}
+

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/model/Neighbor.java

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+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
+
+public class Neighbor {
+
+    @Getter
+    private final double distance;
+    private Double angle;
+    private final Character originCharacter;
+    @Getter
+    private final Character character;
+
+
+    public Neighbor(Character neighbor, Character origin) {
+
+        this.distance = neighbor.distance(origin);
+        this.character = neighbor;
+        this.originCharacter = origin;
+    }
+
+
+    public double getHorizontalDistance() {
+
+        return character.horizontalDistance(originCharacter);
+    }
+
+
+    public double getVerticalDistance() {
+
+        return character.verticalDistance(originCharacter);
+    }
+
+
+    public double getAngle() {
+
+        if (angle != null) {
+            return angle;
+        }
+        return this.character.angle(this.originCharacter);
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/model/UnionFind.java

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+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class UnionFind<T> extends org.jgrapht.alg.util.UnionFind<T> {
+
+    public UnionFind(Set<T> elements) {
+
+        super(elements);
+    }
+
+
+    public Collection<Set<T>> getGroups() {
+
+        Map<T, Set<T>> setRep = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        for (T t : getParentMap().keySet()) {
+            T representative = find(t);
+            if (!setRep.containsKey(representative)) {
+                setRep.put(representative, new LinkedHashSet<>());
+            }
+            setRep.get(representative).add(t);
+        }
+
+        return setRep.values();
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/model/Zone.java

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+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.RectangleTransformations;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+public class Zone extends BoundingBox {
+
+    private List<Line> lines;
+
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("PMD.ConstructorCallsOverridableMethod")
+    public Zone(List<Line> lines) {
+
+        lines.sort(Comparator.comparingDouble(Line::getY0));
+        this.lines = lines;
+        setToBBoxOfComponents(lines);
+    }
+
+
+    public String toString() {
+
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        lines.forEach(line -> sb.append(line.toString()).append("\n"));
+        return sb.toString().trim();
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/service/LineBuilderService.java

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+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.service;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.AngleFilter;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Character;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Line;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.UnionFind;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.CleanRulings;
+
+@Service
+public class LineBuilderService {
+
+    private static final double CHARACTER_SPACING_DISTANCE_MULTIPLIER = 3.5;
+    private static final double LINE_SPACING_THRESHOLD_MULTIPLIER = 0.67;
+    private static final double ANGLE_TOLERANCE = Math.PI / 6;
+
+
+    public List<Line> buildLines(List<Character> characters, double characterSpacing, double lineSpacing, CleanRulings rulings) {
+
+        double maxHorizontalDistance = characterSpacing * CHARACTER_SPACING_DISTANCE_MULTIPLIER;
+        double maxVerticalDistance = lineSpacing * LINE_SPACING_THRESHOLD_MULTIPLIER;
+
+        UnionFind<Character> unionFind = new UnionFind<>(new HashSet<>(characters));
+
+        AngleFilter angleFilter = new AngleFilter(-ANGLE_TOLERANCE, ANGLE_TOLERANCE);
+
+        characters.forEach(character -> {
+            character.getNeighbors()
+                    .forEach(neighbor -> {
+                        double normalizedHorizontalDistance = neighbor.getHorizontalDistance() / maxHorizontalDistance;
+                        double normalizedVerticalDistance = neighbor.getVerticalDistance() / maxVerticalDistance;
+
+                        if (character.getTextPosition().getDir() != neighbor.getCharacter().getTextPosition().getDir() //
+                            || !angleFilter.matches(neighbor) //
+                            || Math.pow(normalizedHorizontalDistance, 2) + Math.pow(normalizedVerticalDistance, 2) > 1 //
+                            || rulings.lineBetween(character.getTextPosition(), neighbor.getCharacter().getTextPosition())) {
+                            return;
+                        }
+
+                        unionFind.union(character, neighbor.getCharacter());
+                    });
+        });
+
+        return unionFind.getGroups()
+                .stream()
+                .map(lineCharacters -> lineCharacters.stream()
+                        .sorted(Comparator.comparingDouble(Character::getX))
+                        .toList())
+                .map(lineCharacters -> new Line(lineCharacters, characterSpacing))
+                .toList();
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/service/NearestNeighbourService.java

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+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.service;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.tinspin.index.Index;
+import org.tinspin.index.kdtree.KDTree;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Character;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Neighbor;
+
+@Service
+public class NearestNeighbourService {
+
+    private static final int NUMBER_OF_NEIGHBOURS = 8;
+
+
+    public void findNearestNeighbors(List<Character> characters) {
+        KDTree<Character> kdTree = KDTree.create(2);
+        characters.forEach(c -> kdTree.insert(new double[]{c.getX(), c.getY()}, c));
+
+        for(Character c : characters) {
+            Index.PointIteratorKnn<Character> iterator = kdTree.queryKnn(new double[]{c.getX(), c.getY()}, NUMBER_OF_NEIGHBOURS + 1);
+            // skip the first as this is identity
+            if(iterator.hasNext()) {
+                iterator.next();
+            }
+            while(iterator.hasNext()) {
+                c.getNeighbors().add(new Neighbor(iterator.next().value(), c));
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
+

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/service/ReadingOrderService.java

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+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.service;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ListIterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.BoundingBox;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Zone;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.utils.DoubleUtils;
+
+@Service
+public class ReadingOrderService {
+
+    private static final double THRESHOLD = 5;
+    public static final double MULTI_COLUMN_DETECTION_THRESHOLD = 1.5;
+
+
+    public List<Zone> resolve(List<Zone> zones, boolean xyReadingOrder) {
+
+        if (zones.isEmpty() || zones.size() == 1) {
+            return zones;
+        }
+
+        if (xyReadingOrder) {
+            return resolveSingleColumnReadingOrder(zones);
+        }
+
+        Map<Long, Integer> histogram = new HashMap<>();
+        for (Zone zone : zones) {
+            long minY = Math.round(zone.getBBox().getMinY());
+            long maxY = Math.round(zone.getBBox().getMaxY());
+            for (long i = minY; i <= maxY; i++) {
+                histogram.put(i, histogram.getOrDefault(i, 0) + 1);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (histogram.values()
+                    .stream()
+                    .mapToInt(Integer::intValue).average()
+                    .orElse(1) < MULTI_COLUMN_DETECTION_THRESHOLD) {
+            return resolveSingleColumnReadingOrder(zones);
+        } else {
+
+            return resolveMultiColumnReadingOder(zones);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
+    private static List<Zone> resolveSingleColumnReadingOrder(List<Zone> zones) {
+
+        zones.sort(Comparator.comparing(BoundingBox::getY, (o1, o2) -> DoubleUtils.compareDouble(o1, o2, THRESHOLD))
+                           .thenComparing(BoundingBox::getX, (o1, o2) -> DoubleUtils.compareDouble(o1, o2, THRESHOLD)));
+        return zones;
+    }
+
+
+    private List<Zone> resolveMultiColumnReadingOder(List<Zone> zones) {
+
+        // Simple reading order resolver for multi column page layout as described here : https://pub.towardsai.net/advanced-rag-02-unveiling-pdf-parsing-b84ae866344e
+        // TODO implement a more fancy reading order resolver see https://github.com/BobLd/DocumentLayoutAnalysis/blob/master/README.md#reading-order
+
+        double minX = Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+        double maxX = Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+
+        for (Zone zone : zones) {
+            if (zone.getX() < minX) {
+                minX = zone.getX();
+            }
+            if (zone.getX() + zone.getWidth() > maxX) {
+                maxX = zone.getX() + zone.getWidth();
+            }
+        }
+
+        double midLineXCoordinate = (minX + maxX) / 2;
+
+        List<Zone> leftOf = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<Zone> rightOf = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<Zone> middle = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Zone zone : zones) {
+            if (zone.getX() < midLineXCoordinate && zone.getX() + zone.getWidth() < midLineXCoordinate) {
+                leftOf.add(zone);
+            } else if (zone.getX() > midLineXCoordinate && zone.getX() + zone.getWidth() > midLineXCoordinate) {
+                rightOf.add(zone);
+            } else {
+                middle.add(zone);
+            }
+        }
+
+        leftOf.sort(Comparator.comparing(BoundingBox::getY, (o1, o2) -> DoubleUtils.compareDouble(o1, o2, THRESHOLD))
+                            .thenComparing(BoundingBox::getX, (o1, o2) -> DoubleUtils.compareDouble(o1, o2, THRESHOLD)));
+
+        rightOf.sort(Comparator.comparing(BoundingBox::getY, (o1, o2) -> DoubleUtils.compareDouble(o1, o2, THRESHOLD))
+                             .thenComparing(BoundingBox::getX, (o1, o2) -> DoubleUtils.compareDouble(o1, o2, THRESHOLD)));
+
+        middle.sort(Comparator.comparing(BoundingBox::getY, (o1, o2) -> DoubleUtils.compareDouble(o1, o2, THRESHOLD))
+                            .thenComparing(BoundingBox::getX, (o1, o2) -> DoubleUtils.compareDouble(o1, o2, THRESHOLD)));
+/*
+        List<Zone> leftNotIntersecting = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Zone leftZone : leftOf) {
+            boolean intersects = false;
+            for (Zone rightZone : rightOf) {
+                if (leftZone.intersectsY(rightZone)) {
+                    intersects = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+                // early stopping
+                if (rightZone.getBBox().getMinY() > leftZone.getBBox().getMaxY()) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!intersects) {
+                leftNotIntersecting.add(leftZone);
+            }
+        }
+
+        List<Zone> rightNotIntersecting = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Zone rightZone : rightOf) {
+            boolean intersects = false;
+            for (Zone leftZone : leftOf) {
+                if (rightZone.intersectsY(leftZone)) {
+                    intersects = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+                // early stopping
+                if (leftZone.getBBox().getMinY() > rightZone.getBBox().getMaxY()) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!intersects) {
+                rightNotIntersecting.add(rightZone);
+            }
+        }
+
+        leftOf.removeAll(leftNotIntersecting);
+        rightOf.removeAll(rightNotIntersecting);
+
+        middle.addAll(leftNotIntersecting);
+        middle.addAll(rightNotIntersecting);
+*/
+        List<Zone> sortedZones = new ArrayList<>();
+        sortedZones.addAll(leftOf);
+        sortedZones.addAll(rightOf);
+
+        ListIterator<Zone> itty = middle.listIterator();
+
+        while (itty.hasNext()) {
+            Zone current = itty.next();
+            for (int i = 0; i < sortedZones.size(); i++) {
+                if (current.getY() < sortedZones.get(i).getY()) {
+                    sortedZones.add(i, current);
+                    itty.remove();
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        sortedZones.addAll(middle);
+
+        return sortedZones;
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/service/SpacingService.java

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+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.service;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.AngleFilter;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Character;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Histogram;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Neighbor;
+
+@Service
+public class SpacingService {
+
+    private static final double SPACING_HISTOGRAM_RESOLUTION = 0.5;
+    private static final double SPACING_HISTOGRAM_SMOOTHING_LENGTH = 2.5;
+    private static final double SPACING_HIST_SMOOTHING_STANDARD_DEVIATION = 0.5;
+    private static final double ANGLE_TOLERANCE = Math.PI / 6;
+
+
+    public double computeCharacterSpacing(List<Character> characters) {
+
+        return computeSpacing(characters, 0);
+    }
+
+
+    public double computeLineSpacing(List<Character> characters) {
+
+        return computeSpacing(characters, Math.PI / 2);
+    }
+
+
+    private double computeSpacing(List<Character> characters, double angle) {
+
+        double maxDistance = Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+
+        for (Character character : characters) {
+            for (Neighbor neighbor : character.getNeighbors()) {
+                maxDistance = Math.max(maxDistance, neighbor.getDistance());
+            }
+        }
+        Histogram histogram = new Histogram(0, maxDistance, SPACING_HISTOGRAM_RESOLUTION);
+        AngleFilter angleFilter = new AngleFilter(angle - ANGLE_TOLERANCE, angle + ANGLE_TOLERANCE);
+        for (Character character : characters) {
+            for (Neighbor neighbor : character.getNeighbors()) {
+                if (angleFilter.matches(neighbor)) {
+                    histogram.add(neighbor.getDistance());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        histogram.gaussianSmooth(SPACING_HISTOGRAM_SMOOTHING_LENGTH, SPACING_HIST_SMOOTHING_STANDARD_DEVIATION);
+        return histogram.getPeakValue();
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/service/ZoneBuilderService.java

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+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.service;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Character;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Line;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.UnionFind;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Zone;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.CleanRulings;
+
+@Service
+public class ZoneBuilderService {
+
+    private static final double MIN_HORIZONTAL_DISTANCE_MULTIPLIER = -0.5;
+    private static final double MAX_VERTICAL_DISTANCE_MULTIPLIER = 1.2;
+
+    private static final double MIN_HORIZONTAL_MERGE_DISTANCE_MULTIPLIER = -3.0;
+
+    private static final double MAX_VERTICAL_MERGE_DISTANCE_MULTIPLIER = 0.5;
+
+    private static final double MIN_LINE_SIZE_SCALE = 0.9;
+
+    private static final double MAX_LINE_SIZE_SCALE = 2.5;
+
+    private static final double ANGLE_TOLERANCE = Math.PI / 6;
+
+    private static final double MAX_VERTICAL_MERGE_DISTANCE = 0.5;
+
+
+    public List<Zone> buildZones(List<Line> lines, double characterSpacing, double lineSpacing, CleanRulings rulings) {
+
+        double minHorizontalDistance = characterSpacing * MIN_HORIZONTAL_DISTANCE_MULTIPLIER;
+        double maxVerticalDistance = lineSpacing * MAX_VERTICAL_DISTANCE_MULTIPLIER;
+        double minHorizontalMergeDistance = characterSpacing * MIN_HORIZONTAL_MERGE_DISTANCE_MULTIPLIER;
+        double maxVerticalMergeDistance = lineSpacing * MAX_VERTICAL_MERGE_DISTANCE_MULTIPLIER;
+
+        UnionFind<Line> unionFind = new UnionFind<>(new HashSet<>(lines));
+
+        double meanHeight = calculateMeanHeight(lines);
+
+        lines.forEach(outerLine -> {
+            lines.forEach(innerLine -> {
+
+                if (innerLine == outerLine //
+                    || unionFind.inSameSet(outerLine, innerLine)//
+                    || outerLine.angularDifference(innerLine) > ANGLE_TOLERANCE) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                double scale = Math.min(outerLine.getHeight(), innerLine.getHeight()) / meanHeight;
+                scale = Math.max(MIN_LINE_SIZE_SCALE, Math.min(scale, MAX_LINE_SIZE_SCALE));
+
+                double horizontalDistance = outerLine.horizontalDistance(innerLine) / scale;
+                double verticalDistance = outerLine.verticalDistance(innerLine) / scale;
+
+                if ((!(minHorizontalDistance <= horizontalDistance) || !(verticalDistance <= maxVerticalDistance)) //
+                    && (!(minHorizontalMergeDistance <= horizontalDistance) || !(verticalDistance <= maxVerticalMergeDistance))) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (rulings.lineBetween(outerLine, innerLine)) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                unionFind.union(outerLine, innerLine);
+
+            });
+        });
+
+        return unionFind.getGroups()
+                .stream()
+                .map(group -> mergeLinesInZone(new ArrayList<>(group), characterSpacing, lineSpacing))
+                .toList();
+    }
+
+
+    private double calculateMeanHeight(List<Line> lines) {
+
+        double meanHeight = 0.0;
+        double weights = 0.0;
+        for (Line line : lines) {
+            double weight = line.getLength();
+            meanHeight += line.getHeight() * weight;
+            weights += weight;
+        }
+        meanHeight /= weights;
+        return meanHeight;
+    }
+
+
+    private Zone mergeLinesInZone(List<Line> lines, double characterSpacing, double lineSpacing) {
+
+        double maxHorizontalDistance = 0;
+        double minVerticalDistance = 0;
+        double maxVerticalDistance = lineSpacing * MAX_VERTICAL_MERGE_DISTANCE;
+
+        UnionFind<Line> unionFind = new UnionFind<>(new HashSet<>(lines));
+
+        lines.forEach(outer -> {
+            lines.forEach(inner -> {
+                if (inner == outer) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                double horizontalDistance = outer.horizontalDistance(inner);
+                double verticalDistance = outer.verticalDistance(inner);
+
+                if (horizontalDistance <= maxHorizontalDistance && minVerticalDistance <= verticalDistance && verticalDistance <= maxVerticalDistance) {
+
+                    unionFind.union(outer, inner);
+
+                } else if (minVerticalDistance <= verticalDistance
+                           && verticalDistance <= maxVerticalDistance
+                           && Math.abs(horizontalDistance - Math.min(outer.getLength(), inner.getLength())) < 0.1) {
+
+                    boolean characterOverlap = false;
+                    int overlappingCount = 0;
+                    for (Character outerCharacter : outer.getCharacters()) {
+                        for (Character innerCharacter : inner.getCharacters()) {
+                            double characterOverlapDistance = outerCharacter.overlappingDistance(innerCharacter);
+                            if (characterOverlapDistance > 2) {
+                                characterOverlap = true;
+                            }
+                            if (characterOverlapDistance > 0) {
+                                overlappingCount++;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (!characterOverlap && overlappingCount <= 2) {
+                        unionFind.union(outer, inner);
+                    }
+                }
+
+            });
+        });
+
+        List<Line> outputZone = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Set<Line> group : unionFind.getGroups()) {
+            List<Character> characters = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (Line line : group) {
+                characters.addAll(line.getCharacters());
+            }
+            characters.sort(Comparator.comparingDouble(Character::getX));
+
+            outputZone.add(new Line(characters, characterSpacing));
+        }
+
+        return new Zone(outputZone.stream()
+                                .sorted(Comparator.comparing(Line::getY0))
+                                .collect(Collectors.toList()));
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/utils/DoubleUtils.java

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.utils;
+
+public class DoubleUtils {
+
+    public static int compareDouble(double d1, double d2, double precision) {
+
+        if (Double.isNaN(d1) || Double.isNaN(d2)) {
+            return Double.compare(d1, d2);
+        }
+        long i1 = Math.round(d1 / (precision == 0 ? 1 : precision));
+        long i2 = Math.round(d2 / (precision == 0 ? 1 : precision));
+        return Long.compare(i1, i2);
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/docstrum/utils/FastAtan2.java

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.utils;
+
+public class FastAtan2 {
+
+    static final private int Size_Ac = 1000;
+    static final private int Size_Ar = Size_Ac + 1;
+    static final private double Pi = (float) Math.PI;
+    static final private double Pi_H = Pi / 2;
+
+    static final private double[] Atan2 = new double[Size_Ar];
+    static final private double[] Atan2_PM = new double[Size_Ar];
+    static final private double[] Atan2_MP = new double[Size_Ar];
+    static final private double[] Atan2_MM = new double[Size_Ar];
+
+    static final private double[] Atan2_R = new double[Size_Ar];
+    static final private double[] Atan2_RPM = new double[Size_Ar];
+    static final private double[] Atan2_RMP = new double[Size_Ar];
+    static final private double[] Atan2_RMM = new double[Size_Ar];
+
+    static {
+        for (int i = 0; i <= Size_Ac; i++) {
+            double d = (double) i / Size_Ac;
+            double x = 1;
+            double y = x * d;
+            double v = Math.atan2(y, x);
+            Atan2[i] = v;
+            Atan2_PM[i] = Pi - v;
+            Atan2_MP[i] = -v;
+            Atan2_MM[i] = -Pi + v;
+
+            Atan2_R[i] = Pi_H - v;
+            Atan2_RPM[i] = Pi_H + v;
+            Atan2_RMP[i] = -Pi_H + v;
+            Atan2_RMM[i] = -Pi_H - v;
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("ParameterAssignment")
+    static public double fastAtan2(double y, double x) {
+
+        if (y < 0) {
+            if (x < 0) {
+                //(y < x) because == (-y > -x)
+                if (y < x) {
+                    return Atan2_RMM[(int) (x / y * Size_Ac)];
+                } else {
+                    return Atan2_MM[(int) (y / x * Size_Ac)];
+                }
+            } else {
+                y = -y;
+                if (y > x) {
+                    return Atan2_RMP[(int) (x / y * Size_Ac)];
+                } else {
+                    return Atan2_MP[(int) (y / x * Size_Ac)];
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (x < 0) {
+                x = -x;
+                if (y > x) {
+                    return Atan2_RPM[(int) (x / y * Size_Ac)];
+                } else {
+                    return Atan2_PM[(int) (y / x * Size_Ac)];
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (y > x) {
+                    return Atan2_R[(int) (x / y * Size_Ac)];
+                } else {
+                    return Atan2[(int) (y / x * Size_Ac)];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/AbstractPageBlock.java

@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model;
 
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
-import com.iqser.red.service.persistence.service.v1.api.shared.model.redactionlog.Rectangle;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.LayoutEngine;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.BoundingBox;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPageBlock;
 
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 
 @Data
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @NoArgsConstructor
-public abstract class AbstractPageBlock {
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
+public abstract class AbstractPageBlock extends BoundingBox {
 
-    @JsonIgnore
-    protected float minX;
-    @JsonIgnore
-    protected float maxX;
-    @JsonIgnore
-    protected float minY;
-    @JsonIgnore
-    protected float maxY;
     @JsonIgnore
     protected PageBlockType classification;
+
+    Set<LayoutEngine> engines = new HashSet<>();
+
     @JsonIgnore
     protected int page;
 
@@ -39,63 +40,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractPageBlock {
     }
 
 
-    public boolean containsBlock(TextPageBlock other) {
-
-        return this.minX <= other.getPdfMinX() && this.maxX >= other.getPdfMaxX() && this.minY >= other.getPdfMinY() && this.maxY <= other.getPdfMaxY();
-    }
-
-
-    public boolean contains(AbstractPageBlock other) {
-
-        return this.minX <= other.minX && this.maxX >= other.maxX && this.minY >= other.minY && this.maxY <= other.maxY;
-    }
-
-
-    public boolean contains(Rectangle other) {
-
-        return page == other.getPage() && this.minX <= other.getTopLeft().getX() && this.maxX >= other.getTopLeft().getX() + other.getWidth() && this.minY <= other.getTopLeft()
-                .getY() && this.maxY >= other.getTopLeft().getY() + other.getHeight();
-    }
-
-
-    @JsonIgnore
-    public float getHeight() {
-
-        return maxY - minY;
-    }
-
-
-    @JsonIgnore
-    public float getWidth() {
-
-        return maxX - minX;
-    }
-
-
-    public boolean intersectsY(AbstractPageBlock apb) {
-
-        return this.minY <= apb.getMaxY() && this.maxY >= apb.getMinY();
-    }
-
-
-    public boolean almostIntersects(AbstractPageBlock apb, float yThreshold, float xThreshold) {
-
-        return this.almostIntersectsX(apb, xThreshold) && this.almostIntersectsY(apb, yThreshold);
-    }
-
-
-    private boolean almostIntersectsY(AbstractPageBlock apb, float threshold) {
-
-        return this.minY - threshold <= apb.getMaxY() && this.maxY + threshold >= apb.getMinY();
-    }
-
-
-    private boolean almostIntersectsX(AbstractPageBlock apb, float threshold) {
-
-        return this.minX - threshold <= apb.getMaxX() && this.maxX + threshold >= apb.getMinX();
-    }
-
-
     public abstract boolean isEmpty();
 
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/ClassificationDocument.java

@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline.OutlineObjectTree;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline.TableOfContents;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.StringFrequencyCounter;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.UnclassifiedText;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.visualization.LayoutparsingVisualizations;
 
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
@@ -22,8 +25,12 @@ public class ClassificationDocument {
     private FloatFrequencyCounter fontSizeCounter = new FloatFrequencyCounter();
     private StringFrequencyCounter fontCounter = new StringFrequencyCounter();
     private StringFrequencyCounter fontStyleCounter = new StringFrequencyCounter();
+    private LayoutparsingVisualizations visualizations = new LayoutparsingVisualizations();
     private boolean headlines;
 
     private long rulesVersion;
 
+    private OutlineObjectTree outlineObjectTree;
+    private TableOfContents tableOfContents;
+
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/ClassificationPage.java

@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.iqser.red.service.persistence.service.v1.api.shared.model.redactionlog.Rectangle;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.image.ClassifiedImage;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline.OutlineObject;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.CleanRulings;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.StringFrequencyCounter;
 
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.NonNull;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.documentinterchange.markedcontent.PDMarkedContent;
 
 @Data
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ public class ClassificationPage {
     @NonNull
     private List<AbstractPageBlock> textBlocks;
 
+    private List<OutlineObject> outlineObjects = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    private List<AbstractPageBlock> headlines  = new ArrayList<>();
+
     private List<ClassifiedImage> images = new ArrayList<>();
 
     private Rectangle bodyTextFrame;

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/ClassificationSection.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 
 @Data
 @NoArgsConstructor
+@Deprecated
 public class ClassificationSection {
 
     private List<AbstractPageBlock> pageBlocks = new ArrayList<>();

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/PageBlockType.java

@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@ public enum PageBlockType {
     }
 
 
+    public static int getHeadlineNumber(PageBlockType pageBlockType) {
+
+        return switch (pageBlockType) {
+            case H1 -> 1;
+            case H2 -> 2;
+            case H3 -> 3;
+            case H4 -> 4;
+            case H5 -> 5;
+            default -> 6;
+        };
+    }
+
+
     public boolean isHeadline() {
 
         return this.equals(H1) || this.equals(H2) || this.equals(H3) || this.equals(H4) || this.equals(H5) || this.equals(H6);

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/SectionIdentifier.java

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
 
 @AllArgsConstructor
@@ -16,13 +17,15 @@ public class SectionIdentifier {
 
     static Pattern numericalIdentifierPattern = Pattern.compile("^[\\s]?(\\d+)[\\s.,;]?(\\d+)?[\\s.,;]?(\\d+)?[\\s.,;]?(\\d+)?");
 
-    private enum Format {
+    public enum Format {
         EMPTY,
         NUMERICAL,
         DOCUMENT
     }
 
+    @Getter
     Format format;
+    @Getter
     String identifierString;
     List<Integer> identifiers;
     boolean asChild;

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/Boundary.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import lombok.Setter;
 
 @Setter
 @EqualsAndHashCode
+@SuppressWarnings("PMD.AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName")
 public class Boundary implements Comparable<Boundary> {
 
     private int start;

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/DocumentTree.java

@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ public class DocumentTree {
         if (treeId.isEmpty()) {
             return root;
         }
-        Entry entry = root.children.get(treeId.get(0));
-        for (int id : treeId.subList(1, treeId.size())) {
+        Entry entry = root;
+        for (int id : treeId) {
             entry = entry.children.get(id);
         }
         return entry;

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/AbstractSemanticNode.java

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes;
+
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.LayoutEngine;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.DocumentTree;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.entity.RedactionEntity;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlock;
+
+import lombok.AccessLevel;
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Builder;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
+import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+@Data
+@SuperBuilder
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@NoArgsConstructor
+@FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
+public abstract class AbstractSemanticNode implements GenericSemanticNode {
+
+    @Builder.Default
+    Set<LayoutEngine> engines = new HashSet<>(Set.of(LayoutEngine.ALGORITHM));
+    List<Integer> treeId;
+
+    TextBlock textBlock;
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
+    DocumentTree documentTree;
+
+    @Builder.Default
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
+    Set<RedactionEntity> entities = new HashSet<>();
+
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
+    Map<Page, Rectangle2D> bBoxCache;
+
+
+    @Override
+    public TextBlock getTextBlock() {
+
+        if (textBlock == null) {
+            textBlock = GenericSemanticNode.super.getTextBlock();
+        }
+        return textBlock;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+
+        return treeId.toString() + ": " + getType() + ": " + this.getTextBlock().buildSummary();
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<Page, Rectangle2D> getBBox() {
+
+        if (bBoxCache == null) {
+            bBoxCache = GenericSemanticNode.super.getBBox();
+        }
+        return bBoxCache;
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/Document.java

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes;
 import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -12,30 +11,29 @@ import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.NodeType;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.DocumentTree;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.entity.RedactionEntity;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlock;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlockCollector;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.visualization.LayoutparsingVisualizations;
 
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
+import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 
 @Data
-@Builder
+@SuperBuilder
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @NoArgsConstructor
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
 @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
-public class Document implements GenericSemanticNode {
+public class Document extends AbstractSemanticNode {
 
     Set<Page> pages;
-    DocumentTree documentTree;
     Integer numberOfPages;
-    TextBlock textBlock;
-    @Builder.Default
-    Set<RedactionEntity> entities = new HashSet<>();
+
+    LayoutparsingVisualizations visualizations;
 
 
     @Override
@@ -45,24 +43,73 @@ public class Document implements GenericSemanticNode {
     }
 
 
-    public TextBlock getTextBlock() {
+    /**
+     * Gets the sections of the document as a list.
+     *
+     * @return A list of all sections within the document.
+     */
+    public List<Section> getAllSections() {
 
-        if (textBlock == null) {
-            textBlock = streamTerminalTextBlocksInOrder().collect(new TextBlockCollector());
-        }
-        return textBlock;
+        return streamAllSubNodesOfType(NodeType.SECTION).map(node -> (Section) node)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the main sections of the document as a list.
+     *
+     * @return A list of main sections within the document
+     * @deprecated This method is marked for removal.
+     *  Use {@link #streamChildrenOfType(NodeType)} instead,
+     *  or {@link #getChildrenOfTypeSectionOrSuperSection()} which returns children of type SECTION as well as SUPER_SECTION.
+     */
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
     public List<Section> getMainSections() {
 
-        return streamChildrenOfType(NodeType.SECTION).map(node -> (Section) node).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        return streamChildrenOfType(NodeType.SECTION).map(node -> (Section) node)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the direct children of type SECTION or SUPER_SECTION of the document as a list of SemanticNode objects.
+     *
+     * @return A list of all children of type SECTION or SUPER_SECTION.
+     */
+    public List<SemanticNode> getChildrenOfTypeSectionOrSuperSection() {
+
+        return streamChildren().filter(semanticNode -> semanticNode.getType().equals(NodeType.SECTION) || semanticNode.getType().equals(NodeType.SUPER_SECTION))
+                .toList();
+    }
+
+
+    public List<Header> getHeaders() {
+
+        return streamChildrenOfType(NodeType.HEADER).map(node -> (Header) node)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+
+    public List<Footer> getFooters() {
+
+        return streamChildrenOfType(NodeType.FOOTER).map(node -> (Footer) node)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public Headline getHeadline() {
+
+        return streamAllSubNodesOfType(NodeType.HEADLINE).map(node -> (Headline) node)
+                .findFirst()
+                .orElse(Headline.builder().build());
     }
 
 
     public Stream<TextBlock> streamTerminalTextBlocksInOrder() {
 
-        return streamAllNodes().filter(SemanticNode::isLeaf).map(SemanticNode::getLeafTextBlock);
+        return streamAllNodes().filter(SemanticNode::isLeaf)
+                .map(SemanticNode::getTextBlock);
     }
 
 
@@ -80,16 +127,10 @@ public class Document implements GenericSemanticNode {
     }
 
 
-    @Override
-    public Headline getHeadline() {
-
-        return streamAllSubNodesOfType(NodeType.HEADLINE).map(node -> (Headline) node).findFirst().orElse(Headline.builder().build());
-    }
-
-
     private Stream<SemanticNode> streamAllNodes() {
 
-        return documentTree.allEntriesInOrder().map(DocumentTree.Entry::getNode);
+        return getDocumentTree().allEntriesInOrder()
+                .map(DocumentTree.Entry::getNode);
     }
 
 

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/DuplicatedParagraph.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes;
+
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlock;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlockCollector;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
+
+@Data
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
+@SuperBuilder
+public class DuplicatedParagraph extends Paragraph {
+
+    TextBlock unsortedLeafTextBlock;
+
+
+    @Override
+    public TextBlock getTextBlock() {
+
+        return Stream.of(super.getLeafTextBlock(), unsortedLeafTextBlock)
+                .collect(new TextBlockCollector());
+
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+
+        return super.toString();
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/Footer.java

@@ -1,44 +1,24 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes;
 
-import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.NodeType;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.DocumentTree;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.entity.RedactionEntity;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlock;
 
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
-import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
+import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 
 @Data
-@Builder
+@SuperBuilder
 @AllArgsConstructor
-@NoArgsConstructor
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
 @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
-public class Footer implements GenericSemanticNode {
+public class Footer extends AbstractSemanticNode {
 
-    List<Integer> treeId;
     TextBlock leafTextBlock;
 
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    DocumentTree documentTree;
-
-    @Builder.Default
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    Set<RedactionEntity> entities = new HashSet<>();
-
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    Map<Page, Rectangle2D> bBoxCache;
-
 
     @Override
     public NodeType getType() {
@@ -64,17 +44,7 @@ public class Footer implements GenericSemanticNode {
     @Override
     public String toString() {
 
-        return treeId + ": " + NodeType.FOOTER + ": " + leafTextBlock.buildSummary();
-    }
-
-
-    @Override
-    public Map<Page, Rectangle2D> getBBox() {
-
-        if (bBoxCache == null) {
-            bBoxCache = GenericSemanticNode.super.getBBox();
-        }
-        return bBoxCache;
+        return getTreeId() + ": " + NodeType.FOOTER + ": " + leafTextBlock.buildSummary();
     }
 
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/Header.java

@@ -1,44 +1,24 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes;
 
-import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.NodeType;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.DocumentTree;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.entity.RedactionEntity;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlock;
 
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
-import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
+import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 
 @Data
-@Builder
+@SuperBuilder
 @AllArgsConstructor
-@NoArgsConstructor
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
 @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
-public class Header implements GenericSemanticNode {
+public class Header extends AbstractSemanticNode {
 
-    List<Integer> treeId;
     TextBlock leafTextBlock;
 
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    DocumentTree documentTree;
-
-    @Builder.Default
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    Set<RedactionEntity> entities = new HashSet<>();
-
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    Map<Page, Rectangle2D> bBoxCache;
-
 
     @Override
     public boolean isLeaf() {
@@ -64,17 +44,7 @@ public class Header implements GenericSemanticNode {
     @Override
     public String toString() {
 
-        return treeId + ": " + NodeType.HEADER + ": " + leafTextBlock.buildSummary();
-    }
-
-
-    @Override
-    public Map<Page, Rectangle2D> getBBox() {
-
-        if (bBoxCache == null) {
-            bBoxCache = GenericSemanticNode.super.getBBox();
-        }
-        return bBoxCache;
+        return getTreeId() + ": " + NodeType.HEADER + ": " + leafTextBlock.buildSummary();
     }
 
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/Headline.java

@@ -1,44 +1,24 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes;
 
-import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.NodeType;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.DocumentTree;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.entity.RedactionEntity;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlock;
 
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
-import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
+import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 
 @Data
-@Builder
+@SuperBuilder
 @AllArgsConstructor
-@NoArgsConstructor
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
 @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
-public class Headline implements GenericSemanticNode {
+public class Headline extends AbstractSemanticNode {
 
-    List<Integer> treeId;
     TextBlock leafTextBlock;
 
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    DocumentTree documentTree;
-
-    @Builder.Default
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    Set<RedactionEntity> entities = new HashSet<>();
-
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    Map<Page, Rectangle2D> bBoxCache;
-
 
     @Override
     public NodeType getType() {
@@ -64,7 +44,7 @@ public class Headline implements GenericSemanticNode {
     @Override
     public String toString() {
 
-        return treeId + ": " + NodeType.HEADLINE + ": " + leafTextBlock.buildSummary();
+        return getTreeId() + ": " + NodeType.HEADLINE + ": " + leafTextBlock.buildSummary();
     }
 
 
@@ -74,14 +54,4 @@ public class Headline implements GenericSemanticNode {
         return this;
     }
 
-
-    @Override
-    public Map<Page, Rectangle2D> getBBox() {
-
-        if (bBoxCache == null) {
-            bBoxCache = GenericSemanticNode.super.getBBox();
-        }
-        return bBoxCache;
-    }
-
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/Image.java

@@ -3,16 +3,11 @@ package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes;
 import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.NodeType;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.DocumentTree;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.entity.RedactionEntity;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlock;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlockCollector;
 
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
@@ -21,21 +16,24 @@ import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
+import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 
 @Data
-@Builder
+@SuperBuilder
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @NoArgsConstructor
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
 @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
-public class Image implements GenericSemanticNode {
+public class Image extends AbstractSemanticNode {
 
-    List<Integer> treeId;
     String id;
 
     ImageType imageType;
     boolean transparent;
     Rectangle2D position;
 
+    TextBlock leafTextBlock;
+
     boolean redaction;
     boolean ignored;
     @Builder.Default
@@ -48,13 +46,6 @@ public class Image implements GenericSemanticNode {
     @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
     Page page;
 
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    DocumentTree documentTree;
-
-    @Builder.Default
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    Set<RedactionEntity> entities = new HashSet<>();
-
 
     @Override
     public NodeType getType() {
@@ -66,7 +57,7 @@ public class Image implements GenericSemanticNode {
     @Override
     public TextBlock getTextBlock() {
 
-        return streamAllSubNodes().filter(SemanticNode::isLeaf).map(SemanticNode::getLeafTextBlock).collect(new TextBlockCollector());
+        return leafTextBlock;
     }
 
 
@@ -80,7 +71,7 @@ public class Image implements GenericSemanticNode {
     @Override
     public String toString() {
 
-        return treeId + ": " + NodeType.IMAGE + ": " + imageType.toString() + " " + position;
+        return getTreeId() + ": " + NodeType.IMAGE + ": " + imageType.toString() + " " + position;
     }
 
 
@@ -92,4 +83,11 @@ public class Image implements GenericSemanticNode {
         return bBoxPerPage;
     }
 
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLeaf() {
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/ImageType.java

@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ public enum ImageType {
     LOGO,
     FORMULA,
     SIGNATURE,
+
+    SIGNATURE_VISUAL,
     OTHER,
-    OCR;
+    OCR,
+    GRAPHIC;
 
 
     public static ImageType fromString(String imageType) {
@@ -17,6 +20,7 @@ public enum ImageType {
             case "formula" -> ImageType.FORMULA;
             case "signature" -> ImageType.SIGNATURE;
             case "ocr" -> ImageType.OCR;
+            case "graphic" -> ImageType.GRAPHIC;
             default -> ImageType.OTHER;
         };
     }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/Paragraph.java

@@ -1,42 +1,24 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes;
 
-import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.NodeType;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.DocumentTree;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.entity.RedactionEntity;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlock;
 
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
+import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 
 @Data
-@Builder
+@SuperBuilder
 @AllArgsConstructor
-@FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
-public class Paragraph implements GenericSemanticNode {
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
+@FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PROTECTED)
+public class Paragraph extends AbstractSemanticNode {
 
-    List<Integer> treeId;
     TextBlock leafTextBlock;
 
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    DocumentTree documentTree;
-
-    @Builder.Default
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    Set<RedactionEntity> entities = new HashSet<>();
-
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    Map<Page, Rectangle2D> bBoxCache;
-
 
     @Override
     public NodeType getType() {
@@ -58,21 +40,4 @@ public class Paragraph implements GenericSemanticNode {
         return leafTextBlock;
     }
 
-
-    @Override
-    public String toString() {
-
-        return treeId + ": " + NodeType.PARAGRAPH + ": " + leafTextBlock.buildSummary();
-    }
-
-
-    @Override
-    public Map<Page, Rectangle2D> getBBox() {
-
-        if (bBoxCache == null) {
-            bBoxCache = GenericSemanticNode.super.getBBox();
-        }
-        return bBoxCache;
-    }
-
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/Section.java

@@ -1,45 +1,20 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes;
 
-import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.NodeType;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.DocumentTree;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.entity.RedactionEntity;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlock;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlockCollector;
 
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 
-@Slf4j
 @Data
-@Builder
+@SuperBuilder
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
-public class Section implements GenericSemanticNode {
-
-    List<Integer> treeId;
-
-    TextBlock textBlock;
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    DocumentTree documentTree;
-
-    @Builder.Default
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    Set<RedactionEntity> entities = new HashSet<>();
-
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    Map<Page, Rectangle2D> bBoxCache;
-
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
+public class Section extends AbstractSemanticNode {
 
     @Override
     public NodeType getType() {
@@ -48,45 +23,25 @@ public class Section implements GenericSemanticNode {
     }
 
 
-    public boolean hasTables() {
+    public Headline getHeadline() {
 
-        return streamAllSubNodesOfType(NodeType.TABLE).findAny().isPresent();
+        return streamChildrenOfType(NodeType.HEADLINE).map(node -> (Headline) node)
+                .findFirst()
+                .orElseGet(() -> getParent().getHeadline());
     }
 
 
-    @Override
-    public TextBlock getTextBlock() {
+    public boolean hasTables() {
 
-        if (textBlock == null) {
-            textBlock = streamAllSubNodes().filter(SemanticNode::isLeaf).map(SemanticNode::getLeafTextBlock).collect(new TextBlockCollector());
-        }
-        return textBlock;
+        return streamAllSubNodesOfType(NodeType.TABLE).findAny()
+                .isPresent();
     }
 
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
 
-        return treeId.toString() + ": " + NodeType.SECTION + ": " + this.getTextBlock().buildSummary();
-    }
-
-
-    public Headline getHeadline() {
-
-        return streamChildrenOfType(NodeType.HEADLINE)//
-                .map(node -> (Headline) node)//
-                .findFirst()//
-                .orElseGet(() -> getParent().getHeadline());
-    }
-
-
-    @Override
-    public Map<Page, Rectangle2D> getBBox() {
-
-        if (bBoxCache == null) {
-            bBoxCache = GenericSemanticNode.super.getBBox();
-        }
-        return bBoxCache;
+        return getTreeId() + ": " + NodeType.SECTION + ": " + this.getTextBlock().buildSummary();
     }
 
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/SemanticNode.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.LayoutEngine;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.NodeType;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.Boundary;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.DocumentTree;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.entity.E
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.entity.RedactionEntity;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.AtomicTextBlock;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlock;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlockCollector;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.RectangleTransformations;
 
 public interface SemanticNode {
@@ -38,7 +40,10 @@ public interface SemanticNode {
      *
      * @return TextBlock containing all AtomicTextBlocks that are located under this Node.
      */
-    TextBlock getTextBlock();
+    default TextBlock getTextBlock() {
+
+        return streamAllSubNodes().filter(SemanticNode::isLeaf).map(SemanticNode::getTextBlock).collect(new TextBlockCollector());
+    }
 
 
     /**
@@ -335,6 +340,23 @@ public interface SemanticNode {
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * returns the set of layoutengines.
+     *
+     * @return set of layoutengines.
+     */
+    Set<LayoutEngine> getEngines();
+
+
+    /**
+     * adds a layoutengine to the set.
+     */
+    default void addEngine(LayoutEngine engine) {
+
+        getEngines().add(engine);
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Streams all children located directly underneath this node in the DocumentTree.
      *
@@ -426,6 +448,7 @@ public interface SemanticNode {
     /**
      * TODO: this produces unwanted results for sections spanning multiple columns.
      * Computes the Union of the bounding boxes of all children recursively.
+     *
      * @return The union of the BoundingBoxes of all children
      */
     private Map<Page, Rectangle2D> getBBoxFromChildren() {

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/SuperSection.java

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.NodeType;
+
+import lombok.AccessLevel;
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
+import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
+
+@Data
+@SuperBuilder
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
+public class SuperSection extends AbstractSemanticNode {
+
+    @Override
+    public NodeType getType() {
+
+        return NodeType.SUPER_SECTION;
+    }
+
+
+    public Headline getHeadline() {
+
+        return streamChildrenOfType(NodeType.HEADLINE).map(node -> (Headline) node)
+                .findFirst()
+                .orElseGet(() -> getParent().getHeadline());
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+
+        return getTreeId() + ": " + NodeType.SUPER_SECTION + ": " + this.getTextBlock().buildSummary();
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/Table.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.LayoutEngine;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.NodeType;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.DocumentTree;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.entity.RedactionEntity;
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
 @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
 public class Table implements SemanticNode {
 
+    @Builder.Default
+    Set<LayoutEngine> engines = new HashSet<>(Set.of(LayoutEngine.ALGORITHM));
     List<Integer> treeId;
     DocumentTree documentTree;
 
@@ -53,8 +56,7 @@ public class Table implements SemanticNode {
      */
     public Stream<RedactionEntity> streamEntitiesWhereRowContainsStringsIgnoreCase(List<String> strings) {
 
-        return IntStream.range(0, numberOfRows)
-                .boxed()
+        return IntStream.range(0, numberOfRows).boxed()
                 .filter(row -> rowContainsStringsIgnoreCase(row, strings))
                 .flatMap(this::streamRow)
                 .map(TableCell::getEntities)
@@ -71,8 +73,11 @@ public class Table implements SemanticNode {
      */
     public boolean rowContainsStringsIgnoreCase(Integer row, List<String> strings) {
 
-        String rowText = streamRow(row).map(TableCell::getTextBlock).collect(new TextBlockCollector()).getSearchText().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
-        return strings.stream().map(String::toLowerCase).allMatch(rowText::contains);
+        String rowText = streamRow(row).map(TableCell::getTextBlock)
+                .collect(new TextBlockCollector()).getSearchText().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+        return strings.stream()
+                .map(String::toLowerCase)
+                .allMatch(rowText::contains);
     }
 
 
@@ -85,9 +90,13 @@ public class Table implements SemanticNode {
      */
     public Stream<RedactionEntity> streamEntitiesWhereRowHasHeaderAndValue(String header, String value) {
 
-        List<Integer> vertebrateStudyCols = streamHeaders().filter(headerNode -> headerNode.containsString(header)).map(TableCell::getCol).toList();
+        List<Integer> vertebrateStudyCols = streamHeaders().filter(headerNode -> headerNode.containsString(header))
+                .map(TableCell::getCol)
+                .toList();
         return streamTableCells().filter(tableCellNode -> vertebrateStudyCols.stream()
-                .anyMatch(vertebrateStudyCol -> getCell(tableCellNode.getRow(), vertebrateStudyCol).containsString(value))).map(TableCell::getEntities).flatMap(Collection::stream);
+                        .anyMatch(vertebrateStudyCol -> getCell(tableCellNode.getRow(), vertebrateStudyCol).containsString(value)))
+                .map(TableCell::getEntities)
+                .flatMap(Collection::stream);
     }
 
 
@@ -100,9 +109,13 @@ public class Table implements SemanticNode {
      */
     public Stream<RedactionEntity> streamEntitiesWhereRowHasHeaderAndAnyValue(String header, List<String> values) {
 
-        List<Integer> colsWithHeader = streamHeaders().filter(headerNode -> headerNode.containsString(header)).map(TableCell::getCol).toList();
+        List<Integer> colsWithHeader = streamHeaders().filter(headerNode -> headerNode.containsString(header))
+                .map(TableCell::getCol)
+                .toList();
         return streamTableCells().filter(tableCellNode -> colsWithHeader.stream()
-                .anyMatch(colWithHeader -> getCell(tableCellNode.getRow(), colWithHeader).containsAnyString(values))).map(TableCell::getEntities).flatMap(Collection::stream);
+                        .anyMatch(colWithHeader -> getCell(tableCellNode.getRow(), colWithHeader).containsAnyString(values)))
+                .map(TableCell::getEntities)
+                .flatMap(Collection::stream);
     }
 
 
@@ -114,12 +127,15 @@ public class Table implements SemanticNode {
      */
     public Stream<RedactionEntity> streamEntitiesWhereRowContainsEntitiesOfType(List<String> types) {
 
-        List<Integer> rowsWithEntityOfType = IntStream.range(0, numberOfRows)
-                .boxed()
-                .filter(rowNumber -> streamEntityTypesInRow(rowNumber).anyMatch(existingType -> types.stream().anyMatch(typeToCheck -> typeToCheck.equals(existingType))))
+        List<Integer> rowsWithEntityOfType = IntStream.range(0, numberOfRows).boxed()
+                .filter(rowNumber -> streamEntityTypesInRow(rowNumber).anyMatch(existingType -> types.stream()
+                        .anyMatch(typeToCheck -> typeToCheck.equals(existingType))))
                 .toList();
 
-        return rowsWithEntityOfType.stream().flatMap(this::streamRow).map(TableCell::getEntities).flatMap(Collection::stream);
+        return rowsWithEntityOfType.stream()
+                .flatMap(this::streamRow)
+                .map(TableCell::getEntities)
+                .flatMap(Collection::stream);
     }
 
 
@@ -131,18 +147,24 @@ public class Table implements SemanticNode {
      */
     public Stream<RedactionEntity> streamEntitiesWhereRowContainsNoEntitiesOfType(List<String> types) {
 
-        List<Integer> rowsWithNoEntityOfType = IntStream.range(0, numberOfRows)
-                .boxed()
-                .filter(rowNumber -> streamEntityTypesInRow(rowNumber).noneMatch(existingType -> types.stream().anyMatch(typeToCheck -> typeToCheck.equals(existingType))))
+        List<Integer> rowsWithNoEntityOfType = IntStream.range(0, numberOfRows).boxed()
+                .filter(rowNumber -> streamEntityTypesInRow(rowNumber).noneMatch(existingType -> types.stream()
+                        .anyMatch(typeToCheck -> typeToCheck.equals(existingType))))
                 .toList();
 
-        return rowsWithNoEntityOfType.stream().flatMap(this::streamRow).map(TableCell::getEntities).flatMap(Collection::stream);
+        return rowsWithNoEntityOfType.stream()
+                .flatMap(this::streamRow)
+                .map(TableCell::getEntities)
+                .flatMap(Collection::stream);
     }
 
 
     private Stream<String> streamEntityTypesInRow(Integer rowNumber) {
 
-        return streamRow(rowNumber).map(TableCell::getEntities).flatMap(Collection::stream).map(RedactionEntity::getType).distinct();
+        return streamRow(rowNumber).map(TableCell::getEntities)
+                .flatMap(Collection::stream)
+                .map(RedactionEntity::getType)
+                .distinct();
     }
 
 
@@ -159,7 +181,8 @@ public class Table implements SemanticNode {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(format("row %d, col %d is out of bounds for number of rows of %d and number of cols %d", row, col, numberOfRows, numberOfCols));
         }
         int idx = row * numberOfCols + col;
-        return (TableCell) documentTree.getEntryById(treeId).getChildren().get(idx).getNode();
+        return (TableCell) documentTree.getEntryById(treeId).getChildren()
+                .get(idx).getNode();
     }
 
 
@@ -196,7 +219,8 @@ public class Table implements SemanticNode {
      */
     public Stream<TableCell> streamCol(int col) {
 
-        return IntStream.range(0, numberOfRows).boxed().map(row -> getCell(row, col));
+        return IntStream.range(0, numberOfRows).boxed()
+                .map(row -> getCell(row, col));
     }
 
 
@@ -208,9 +232,11 @@ public class Table implements SemanticNode {
      */
     public Stream<TableCell> streamRow(int row) {
 
-        return IntStream.range(0, numberOfCols).boxed().map(col -> getCell(row, col));
+        return IntStream.range(0, numberOfCols).boxed()
+                .map(col -> getCell(row, col));
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Streams all TableCells row-wise and filters them with header == true.
      *
@@ -231,7 +257,8 @@ public class Table implements SemanticNode {
      */
     public Stream<TableCell> streamHeadersForCell(int row, int col) {
 
-        return Stream.concat(streamRow(row), streamCol(col)).filter(TableCell::isHeader);
+        return Stream.concat(streamRow(row), streamCol(col))
+                .filter(TableCell::isHeader);
     }
 
 
@@ -304,7 +331,7 @@ public class Table implements SemanticNode {
     public TextBlock getTextBlock() {
 
         if (textBlock == null) {
-            textBlock = streamAllSubNodes().filter(SemanticNode::isLeaf).map(SemanticNode::getLeafTextBlock).collect(new TextBlockCollector());
+            textBlock = SemanticNode.super.getTextBlock();
         }
         return textBlock;
     }
@@ -315,6 +342,8 @@ public class Table implements SemanticNode {
 
         return treeId.toString() + ": " + NodeType.TABLE + ": #cols: " + numberOfCols + ", #rows: " + numberOfRows + ", " + this.getTextBlock().buildSummary();
     }
+
+
     @Override
     public Map<Page, Rectangle2D> getBBox() {
 
@@ -323,4 +352,5 @@ public class Table implements SemanticNode {
         }
         return bBoxCache;
     }
+
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/nodes/TableCell.java

@@ -2,31 +2,26 @@ package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes;
 
 import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
 
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.NodeType;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.DocumentTree;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.entity.RedactionEntity;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlock;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.textblock.TextBlockCollector;
 
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
+import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 
 @Data
-@Builder
+@SuperBuilder
 @AllArgsConstructor
+@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
 @FieldDefaults(level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
-public class TableCell implements GenericSemanticNode {
+public class TableCell extends AbstractSemanticNode {
 
-    List<Integer> treeId;
     int row;
     int col;
     boolean header;
@@ -37,13 +32,6 @@ public class TableCell implements GenericSemanticNode {
 
     TextBlock textBlock;
 
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    DocumentTree documentTree;
-
-    @Builder.Default
-    @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude
-    Set<RedactionEntity> entities = new HashSet<>();
-
 
     @Override
     public Map<Page, Rectangle2D> getBBox() {
@@ -84,14 +72,16 @@ public class TableCell implements GenericSemanticNode {
 
     private TextBlock buildTextBlock() {
 
-        return streamAllSubNodes().filter(SemanticNode::isLeaf).map(SemanticNode::getLeafTextBlock).collect(new TextBlockCollector());
+        return streamAllSubNodes().filter(SemanticNode::isLeaf)
+                .map(SemanticNode::getLeafTextBlock)
+                .collect(new TextBlockCollector());
     }
 
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
 
-        return treeId + ": " + NodeType.TABLE_CELL + ": " + this.buildTextBlock().buildSummary();
+        return getTreeId() + ": " + NodeType.TABLE_CELL + ": " + this.getTextBlock().buildSummary();
     }
 
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/graph/textblock/ConcatenatedTextBlock.java

@@ -50,14 +50,16 @@ public class ConcatenatedTextBlock implements TextBlock {
 
     public ConcatenatedTextBlock concat(TextBlock textBlock) {
 
+        int start = textBlock.getBoundary().start();
+        int end = textBlock.getBoundary().end();
         if (this.atomicTextBlocks.isEmpty()) {
-            boundary.setStart(textBlock.getBoundary().start());
-            boundary.setEnd(textBlock.getBoundary().end());
-        } else if (boundary.end() != textBlock.getBoundary().start()) {
+            boundary.setStart(start);
+            boundary.setEnd(end);
+        } else if (boundary.end() != start) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException(format("Can only concat consecutive TextBlocks, trying to concat %s and %s", boundary, textBlock.getBoundary()));
         }
         this.atomicTextBlocks.addAll(textBlock.getAtomicTextBlocks());
-        boundary.setEnd(textBlock.getBoundary().end());
+        boundary.setEnd(end);
         this.searchText = null;
         return this;
     }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/image/ClassifiedImage.java

@@ -4,18 +4,21 @@ import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes.ImageType;
 
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.NonNull;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 
 @Data
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
+@AllArgsConstructor
 public class ClassifiedImage {
 
     @NonNull
     private Rectangle2D position;
     @NonNull
     private ImageType imageType;
+    private boolean sourceByAi;
     private boolean isAppendedToSection;
     @NonNull
     private boolean hasTransparency;

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/outline/OutlineExtractorService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline;
+
+import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSArray;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSBase;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSDictionary;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSName;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSString;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDestinationNameTreeNode;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocumentNameDictionary;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.action.PDAction;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.documentnavigation.destination.PDDestination;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.documentnavigation.destination.PDPageFitHeightDestination;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.documentnavigation.destination.PDPageFitRectangleDestination;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.documentnavigation.destination.PDPageFitWidthDestination;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.documentnavigation.destination.PDPageXYZDestination;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.documentnavigation.outline.PDDocumentOutline;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.documentnavigation.outline.PDOutlineItem;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import lombok.SneakyThrows;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Service
+@Slf4j
+public class OutlineExtractorService {
+
+    private static final String PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT = "Fit";
+    private static final String PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT_B = "FitB";
+    private static final String PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT_H = "FitH";
+    private static final String PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT_V = "FitV";
+    private static final String PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT_R = "FitR";
+    private static final String PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT_BH = "FitBH";
+    private static final String PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT_BV = "FitBV";
+    private static final String PDDESTINATION_TYPE_XYZ = "XYZ";
+
+
+    @SneakyThrows
+    public OutlineObjectTree getOutlineObjectTree(PDDocument document) {
+
+        PDDocumentOutline documentOutline = document.getDocumentCatalog().getDocumentOutline();
+
+        List<OutlineObjectTreeNode> rootNodes = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (documentOutline != null) {
+            for (PDOutlineItem child : documentOutline.children()) {
+                Optional<OutlineObjectTreeNode> outlineObjectWithChildren = createOutlineObjectWithChildren(child, document, 1);
+                outlineObjectWithChildren.ifPresent(rootNodes::add);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new OutlineObjectTree(rootNodes);
+    }
+
+
+    @SneakyThrows
+    private Optional<OutlineObjectTreeNode> createOutlineObjectWithChildren(PDOutlineItem item, PDDocument document, int depth) {
+
+        Optional<OutlineObjectTreeNode> outlineObject = createOutlineObject(item, document, depth);
+        if (outlineObject.isPresent()) {
+            for (var child : item.children()) {
+                Optional<OutlineObjectTreeNode> outlineObjectWithChildren = createOutlineObjectWithChildren(child, document, depth + 1);
+                outlineObjectWithChildren.ifPresent(outlineObjectTreeNode -> outlineObject.get().addChild(outlineObjectTreeNode));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return outlineObject;
+    }
+
+
+    // if the structure elements are processed beforehand, another case can be handled here as well:
+    // outline objects can reference structure elements (see pdf documentation)
+    @SneakyThrows
+    private Optional<OutlineObjectTreeNode> createOutlineObject(PDOutlineItem item, PDDocument document, int depth) {
+
+        String title = item.getTitle();
+
+        PDPage page = item.findDestinationPage(document);
+        if (page == null) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        int pageNumber = document.getPages().indexOf(page);
+
+        Optional<Point2D> outlinePosition = Optional.empty();
+
+        try {
+            PDDocumentNameDictionary names = document.getDocumentCatalog().getNames();
+            PDDestinationNameTreeNode destinations = null;
+            if (names != null) {
+                destinations = names.getDests();
+            }
+
+            PDDestination destination = item.getDestination();
+            if (destination != null) {
+                outlinePosition = getLocationFromCOSBase(destinations, destination.getCOSObject());
+            }
+
+            if (outlinePosition.isEmpty()) {
+
+                PDAction action = item.getAction();
+                if (action != null) {
+                    outlinePosition = extractOutlineLocationGoTo(destinations, action.getCOSObject());
+                }
+
+            }
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.info(String.format("Error occurred during position resolution for outline item on page %s with title %s: " + e, pageNumber, title));
+        }
+
+        return Optional.of(new OutlineObjectTreeNode(new OutlineObject(title, pageNumber, outlinePosition.orElse(new Point2D.Float(0, 0)), depth)));
+
+    }
+
+
+    @SneakyThrows
+    private static Optional<Point2D> extractOutlineLocationGoTo(PDDestinationNameTreeNode destinations, COSDictionary cosDictionary) {
+
+        if (isGoToAction(cosDictionary)) {
+            COSBase cosBase = cosDictionary.getItem(COSName.D);
+            return getLocationFromCOSBase(destinations, cosBase);
+        }
+
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+
+    private static Optional<Point2D> getLocationFromCOSBase(PDDestinationNameTreeNode destinations, COSBase cosBase) throws IOException {
+
+        if (cosBase != null) {
+            if (cosBase instanceof COSArray cosArray) {
+                return getLocationFromCosArray(cosArray);
+            }
+
+            if (cosBase instanceof COSString cosString) {
+                String destinationName = cosString.getString();
+                COSArray cosArray = destinations.getValue(destinationName).getCOSObject();
+                return getLocationFromCosArray(cosArray);
+            }
+
+        }
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+
+    private static Optional<Point2D> getLocationFromCosArray(COSArray cosArray) {
+
+        boolean located = false;
+        float x = 0;
+        float y = 0;
+
+        try {
+
+            PDDestination destination = PDDestination.create(cosArray);
+            COSName type = (COSName) cosArray.getObject(1);
+            String typeString = type.getName();
+
+            switch (typeString) {
+                case PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT_V:
+                case PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT_BV:
+                    PDPageFitHeightDestination fitHeightDestination = (PDPageFitHeightDestination) destination;
+                    x = fitHeightDestination.getLeft();
+                    located = true;
+                    break;
+                case PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT_R:
+                    PDPageFitRectangleDestination fitRectangleDestination = (PDPageFitRectangleDestination) destination;
+                    x = fitRectangleDestination.getLeft();
+                    y = fitRectangleDestination.getTop();
+                    located = true;
+                    break;
+                case PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT_H:
+                case PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT_BH:
+                    PDPageFitWidthDestination fitWidthDestination = (PDPageFitWidthDestination) destination;
+                    y = fitWidthDestination.getTop();
+                    located = true;
+                    break;
+                case PDDESTINATION_TYPE_XYZ:
+                    PDPageXYZDestination xyzDestination = (PDPageXYZDestination) destination;
+                    x = xyzDestination.getLeft();
+                    y = xyzDestination.getTop();
+                    located = true;
+                    break;
+                case PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT:
+                case PDDESTINATION_TYPE_FIT_B:
+                default:
+            }
+
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+
+        return located ? Optional.of(new Point2D.Float(x, y)) : Optional.empty();
+
+    }
+
+
+    private static boolean isGoToAction(COSDictionary cosDictionary) {
+
+        return cosDictionary.getNameAsString("S").toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).equals("goto");
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/outline/OutlineObject.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline;
+
+import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+
+@Data
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class OutlineObject {
+
+    private final String title;
+    private final int pageNumber;
+    private Point2D point;
+    private final int treeDepth;
+
+    private boolean found;
+
+
+    public OutlineObject(String title, int pageNumber, Point2D point2D, int depth) {
+
+        this(title, pageNumber, depth);
+        this.point = point2D;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+
+        return "OutlineObject{" + "title='" + title + '\'' + '}';
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/outline/OutlineObjectTree.java

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+
+@Data
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class OutlineObjectTree {
+
+    private List<OutlineObjectTreeNode> rootNodes = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    private Map<Integer, List<OutlineObject>> outlineObjectsPerPage = new HashMap<>();
+
+
+    public OutlineObjectTree(List<OutlineObjectTreeNode> rootNodes) {
+
+        this.rootNodes = rootNodes;
+        flattenNodesAndGroupByPage(rootNodes);
+    }
+
+
+    private void flattenNodesAndGroupByPage(List<OutlineObjectTreeNode> outlineObjectTreeNodes) {
+
+        for (OutlineObjectTreeNode node : outlineObjectTreeNodes) {
+            int pageNumber = node.getOutlineObject().getPageNumber();
+            if (!this.outlineObjectsPerPage.containsKey(pageNumber)) {
+                outlineObjectsPerPage.put(pageNumber, new ArrayList<>());
+            }
+            outlineObjectsPerPage.get(pageNumber).add(node.getOutlineObject());
+
+            if (!node.getChildren().isEmpty()) {
+                flattenNodesAndGroupByPage(node.getChildren());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/outline/OutlineObjectTreeNode.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+public class OutlineObjectTreeNode {
+
+    private OutlineObject outlineObject;
+
+    private List<OutlineObjectTreeNode> children = new ArrayList<>();
+
+
+    public OutlineObjectTreeNode(OutlineObject outlineObject) {
+
+        this.outlineObject = outlineObject;
+    }
+
+
+    public void addChild(OutlineObjectTreeNode outlineObject) {
+
+        children.add(outlineObject);
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+
+        return "OutlineObjectTreeNode{" + "outlineObject=" + outlineObject + '}';
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/outline/OutlineValidationService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline;
+
+import static com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.PageBlockType.getHeadlineNumber;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPageBlock;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Service
+@Slf4j
+public class OutlineValidationService {
+
+    public TableOfContents createToC(List<TextPageBlock> headlines) {
+
+        List<TableOfContentItem> mainSections = new ArrayList<>();
+        Map<Integer, TableOfContentItem> lastItemsPerDepth = new HashMap<>();
+        TableOfContentItem last = null;
+        TreeSet<Integer> depths = new TreeSet<>();
+
+        for (TextPageBlock current : headlines) {
+            int currentDepth = getHeadlineNumber(current.getClassification());
+            Integer parentDepth = depths.floor(currentDepth - 1);
+
+            var tocItem = new TableOfContentItem(current);
+
+            if (parentDepth == null) {
+                mainSections.add(tocItem);
+                lastItemsPerDepth = new HashMap<>();
+                depths = new TreeSet<>();
+
+            } else {
+                assert last != null;
+                int lastDepth = getHeadlineNumber(last.getHeadline().getClassification());
+
+                if (lastDepth < parentDepth) {
+                    parentDepth = lastDepth;
+                } else if (lastDepth == currentDepth && last.getParent() != null) {
+                    parentDepth = getHeadlineNumber(last.getParent().getHeadline().getClassification());
+                }
+
+                TableOfContentItem parent = lastItemsPerDepth.get(parentDepth);
+                parent.addChild(tocItem);
+            }
+
+            last = tocItem;
+            lastItemsPerDepth.put(currentDepth, tocItem);
+            depths.add(currentDepth);
+        }
+
+        return new TableOfContents(mainSections);
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/outline/TOCEnrichmentService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.AbstractPageBlock;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.ClassificationDocument;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.ClassificationFooter;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.ClassificationHeader;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.ClassificationPage;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.PageBlockType;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.image.ClassifiedImage;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.Cell;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.TablePageBlock;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPageBlock;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+@Service
+public class TOCEnrichmentService {
+
+    public void assignSectionBlocksAndImages(ClassificationDocument document) {
+
+        TableOfContents toc = document.getTableOfContents();
+        Iterator<TableOfContentItem> iterator = toc.iterator();
+        TableOfContentItem currentTOCItem = null;
+        if (iterator.hasNext()) {
+            currentTOCItem = iterator.next();
+        }
+        List<AbstractPageBlock> startBlocks = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<ClassifiedImage> startImages = new ArrayList<>();
+        TableOfContentItem currentSection = null;
+        boolean foundFirstHeadline = false;
+
+        List<ClassificationHeader> headers = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<ClassificationFooter> footers = new ArrayList<>();
+        TablePageBlock previousTable = null;
+        List<TableOfContentItem> lastFoundTOCItems = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for (ClassificationPage page : document.getPages()) {
+            List<TableOfContentItem> currentPageTOCItems = new ArrayList<>();
+            List<TextPageBlock> header = new ArrayList<>();
+            List<TextPageBlock> footer = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (AbstractPageBlock current : page.getTextBlocks()) {
+
+                if (current.getClassification() == null) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                current.setPage(page.getPageNumber());
+
+                if (current.getClassification().equals(PageBlockType.HEADER)) {
+                    header.add((TextPageBlock) current);
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (current.getClassification().equals(PageBlockType.FOOTER)) {
+                    footer.add((TextPageBlock) current);
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (current instanceof TablePageBlock table) {
+                    if (previousTable != null) {
+                        mergeTableMetadata(table, previousTable);
+                    }
+                    previousTable = table;
+                }
+
+                if (current instanceof TextPageBlock && currentTOCItem != null && currentTOCItem.getHeadline().getText().equals(current.getText())) {
+                    if (!foundFirstHeadline) {
+                        foundFirstHeadline = true;
+                    }
+                    currentSection = currentTOCItem;
+                    currentTOCItem.getSectionBlocks().add(current);
+                    currentPageTOCItems.add(currentTOCItem);
+
+                    if (iterator.hasNext()) {
+                        currentTOCItem = iterator.next();
+                    }
+                } else if (!foundFirstHeadline) {
+                    startBlocks.add(current);
+                } else {
+                    currentSection.getSectionBlocks().add(current);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!currentPageTOCItems.isEmpty()) {
+                lastFoundTOCItems = currentPageTOCItems;
+            }
+
+            for (ClassifiedImage image : page.getImages()) {
+
+                Double xMin = null;
+                Double yMin = null;
+                Double xMax = null;
+                Double yMax = null;
+
+                for (TableOfContentItem tocItem : lastFoundTOCItems) {
+                    var headline = tocItem.getHeadline();
+
+                    if (headline.getPage() != page.getPageNumber()) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if (headline.getMinX() < headline.getMaxX()) {
+                        if (xMin == null || headline.getMinX() < xMin) {
+                            xMin = headline.getMinX();
+                        }
+                        if (xMax == null || headline.getMaxX() > xMax) {
+                            xMax = headline.getMaxX();
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        if (xMin == null || headline.getMaxX() < xMin) {
+                            xMin = headline.getMaxX();
+                        }
+                        if (xMax == null || headline.getMinX() > xMax) {
+                            xMax = headline.getMinX();
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if (headline.getMinY() < headline.getMaxY()) {
+                        if (yMin == null || headline.getMinY() < yMin) {
+                            yMin = headline.getMinY();
+                        }
+                        if (yMax == null || headline.getMaxY() > yMax) {
+                            yMax = headline.getMaxY();
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        if (yMin == null || headline.getMaxY() < yMin) {
+                            yMin = headline.getMaxY();
+                        }
+                        if (yMax == null || headline.getMinY() > yMax) {
+                            yMax = headline.getMinY();
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    log.debug("Image position x: {}, y: {}", image.getPosition().getX(), image.getPosition().getY());
+                    log.debug("Headline position xMin: {}, xMax: {}, yMin: {}, yMax: {}", xMin, xMax, yMin, yMax);
+
+                    if (image.getPosition().getX() >= xMin && image.getPosition().getX() <= xMax && image.getPosition().getY() >= yMin && image.getPosition().getY() <= yMax) {
+                        tocItem.getImages().add(image);
+                        image.setAppendedToSection(true);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!image.isAppendedToSection()) {
+                    log.debug("Image uses last found section");
+                    if (!lastFoundTOCItems.isEmpty()) {
+                        lastFoundTOCItems.get(lastFoundTOCItems.size() - 1).getImages().add(image);
+                    } else {
+                        startImages.add(image);
+                    }
+                    image.setAppendedToSection(true);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!header.isEmpty()) {
+                headers.add(new ClassificationHeader(header));
+            }
+            if (!footer.isEmpty()) {
+                footers.add(new ClassificationFooter(footer));
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!startBlocks.isEmpty()) {
+            TableOfContentItem unassigned = new TableOfContentItem(null);
+            unassigned.setSectionBlocks(startBlocks);
+            unassigned.setImages(startImages);
+            document.getTableOfContents().getMainSections().add(0, unassigned);
+        }
+        document.setHeaders(headers);
+        document.setFooters(footers);
+    }
+
+
+    private void mergeTableMetadata(TablePageBlock currentTable, TablePageBlock previousTable) {
+
+        // Distribute header information for subsequent tables
+        if (previousTable != null && hasInvalidHeaderInformation(currentTable) && hasValidHeaderInformation(previousTable)) {
+            List<Cell> previousTableNonHeaderRow = getRowWithNonHeaderCells(previousTable);
+            List<Cell> tableNonHeaderRow = getRowWithNonHeaderCells(currentTable);
+            // Allow merging of tables if header row is separated from first logical non-header row
+            if (previousTableNonHeaderRow.isEmpty()
+                && previousTable.getRowCount() == 1
+                && previousTable.getRows()
+                           .get(0).size() == tableNonHeaderRow.size()) {
+                previousTableNonHeaderRow = previousTable.getRows()
+                        .get(0)
+                        .stream()
+                        .map(cell -> {
+                            Cell fakeCell = Cell.copy(cell);
+                            fakeCell.setHeaderCells(Collections.singletonList(cell));
+                            return fakeCell;
+                        })
+                        .toList();
+            }
+            if (previousTableNonHeaderRow.size() == tableNonHeaderRow.size()) {
+                for (int i = currentTable.getRowCount() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { // Non header rows are most likely at bottom of table
+                    List<Cell> row = currentTable.getRows()
+                            .get(i);
+                    if (row.size() == tableNonHeaderRow.size() && row.stream()
+                            .allMatch(cell -> cell.getHeaderCells().isEmpty())) {
+                        for (int j = 0; j < row.size(); j++) {
+                            row.get(j).setHeaderCells(previousTableNonHeaderRow.get(j).getHeaderCells());
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private boolean hasValidHeaderInformation(TablePageBlock table) {
+
+        return !hasInvalidHeaderInformation(table);
+    }
+
+
+    private boolean hasInvalidHeaderInformation(TablePageBlock table) {
+
+        return table.getRows()
+                .stream()
+                .flatMap(row -> row.stream()
+                        .filter(cell -> !cell.getHeaderCells().isEmpty()))
+                .findAny().isEmpty();
+
+    }
+
+
+    private List<Cell> getRowWithNonHeaderCells(TablePageBlock table) {
+
+        for (int i = table.getRowCount() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { // Non header rows are most likely at bottom of table
+            List<Cell> row = table.getRows()
+                    .get(i);
+            if (row.size() == 1) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            boolean allNonHeader = true;
+            for (Cell cell : row) {
+                if (cell.isHeaderCell()) {
+                    allNonHeader = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (allNonHeader) {
+                return row;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return Collections.emptyList();
+
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/outline/TableOfContentItem.java

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.AbstractPageBlock;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes.AbstractSemanticNode;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.image.ClassifiedImage;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPageBlock;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+
+@Data
+@EqualsAndHashCode(onlyExplicitlyIncluded = true)
+public class TableOfContentItem {
+
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Include
+    private TextPageBlock headline;
+    private List<TableOfContentItem> children = new ArrayList<>();
+    private TableOfContentItem parent;
+
+    private List<AbstractPageBlock> sectionBlocks = new ArrayList<>();
+    private List<ClassifiedImage> images = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    private AbstractSemanticNode section;
+
+
+    public TableOfContentItem(TextPageBlock headline) {
+
+        this.headline = headline;
+    }
+
+
+    public void addChild(TableOfContentItem tableOfContentItem) {
+
+        children.add(tableOfContentItem);
+        tableOfContentItem.setParent(this);
+    }
+
+
+    public TableOfContentItem getSiblingBefore() {
+
+        if (parent != null) {
+            int index = parent.getChildren().indexOf(this);
+            if (index > 0) {
+                return parent.getChildren()
+                        .get(index - 1);
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+
+    public TableOfContentItem getSiblingAfter() {
+
+        if (parent != null) {
+            int index = parent.getChildren().indexOf(this);
+            if (index >= 0 && index < parent.getChildren().size() - 1) {
+                return parent.getChildren()
+                        .get(index + 1);
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean contains(TextPageBlock block) {
+
+        if (headline.equals(block)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        for (TableOfContentItem child : children) {
+            if (child.contains(block)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean contains(TableOfContentItem tocItem) {
+
+        if (this.equals(tocItem)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        for (TableOfContentItem child : children) {
+            if (child.contains(tocItem)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public List<AbstractPageBlock> getNonEmptySectionBlocks() {
+
+        return sectionBlocks.stream().filter(pageBlock -> !pageBlock.isEmpty()).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+
+        return "OutlineObjectTreeNode{" + "textPageBlock=" + headline + '}';
+    }
+
+
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/outline/TableOfContents.java

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Stack;
+
+import org.springframework.lang.NonNull;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPageBlock;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+
+@Data
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class TableOfContents implements Iterable<TableOfContentItem> {
+
+    private List<TableOfContentItem> mainSections = new ArrayList<>();
+
+
+    public TableOfContents(List<TableOfContentItem> mainSections) {
+
+        this.mainSections = mainSections;
+    }
+
+
+    public List<TextPageBlock> getAllTextPageBlocks() {
+
+        List<TextPageBlock> allTextPageBlocks = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (TableOfContentItem item : mainSections) {
+            collectTextPageBlocks(item, allTextPageBlocks);
+        }
+        return allTextPageBlocks;
+    }
+
+
+    private void collectTextPageBlocks(TableOfContentItem item, List<TextPageBlock> textPageBlocks) {
+
+        textPageBlocks.add(item.getHeadline());
+        for (TableOfContentItem child : item.getChildren()) {
+            collectTextPageBlocks(child, textPageBlocks);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    public List<TableOfContentItem> getAllTableOfContentItems() {
+
+        List<TableOfContentItem> allItems = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (TableOfContentItem item : mainSections) {
+            collectTableOfContentItems(item, allItems);
+        }
+        return allItems;
+    }
+
+
+    private void collectTableOfContentItems(TableOfContentItem item, List<TableOfContentItem> allItems) {
+
+        allItems.add(item);
+        for (TableOfContentItem child : item.getChildren()) {
+            collectTableOfContentItems(child, allItems);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private boolean containsBlock(TextPageBlock block) {
+
+        for (TableOfContentItem existingItem : this.getMainSections()) {
+            if (existingItem.getHeadline().equals(block) || existingItem.contains(block)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    private boolean containsItem(TableOfContentItem tocItem) {
+
+        for (TableOfContentItem existingItem : this.getMainSections()) {
+            if (existingItem.equals(tocItem) || existingItem.contains(tocItem)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public @NonNull Iterator<TableOfContentItem> iterator() {
+
+        return new TableOfContentItemIterator(mainSections);
+    }
+
+
+    private static class TableOfContentItemIterator implements Iterator<TableOfContentItem> {
+
+        private final Stack<Iterator<TableOfContentItem>> stack = new Stack<>();
+
+
+        TableOfContentItemIterator(List<TableOfContentItem> mainSections) {
+
+            stack.push(mainSections.iterator());
+        }
+
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean hasNext() {
+
+            ensureStackTopIsCurrent();
+            return !stack.isEmpty() && stack.peek().hasNext();
+        }
+
+
+        @Override
+        public TableOfContentItem next() {
+
+            ensureStackTopIsCurrent();
+            TableOfContentItem currentItem = stack.peek().next();
+            if (currentItem.getChildren() != null && !currentItem.getChildren().isEmpty()) {
+                stack.push(currentItem.getChildren()
+                                   .iterator());
+            }
+            return currentItem;
+        }
+
+
+        private void ensureStackTopIsCurrent() {
+
+            while (!stack.isEmpty() && !stack.peek().hasNext()) {
+                stack.pop();
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/table/Cell.java

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table;
 
+import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
 import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.BoundingBox;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPageBlock;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPositionSequence;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.TextNormalizationUtilities;
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@ import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 @Data
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
 @NoArgsConstructor
-public class Cell extends Rectangle {
+public class Cell extends BoundingBox {
 
     private List<TextPageBlock> textBlocks = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -32,7 +35,24 @@ public class Cell extends Rectangle {
 
     public Cell(Point2D topLeft, Point2D bottomRight) {
 
-        super((float) topLeft.getY(), (float) topLeft.getX(), (float) (bottomRight.getX() - topLeft.getX()), (float) (bottomRight.getY() - topLeft.getY()));
+        this.bBoxInitialUserSpace = new Rectangle2D.Double(topLeft.getX(), topLeft.getY(), (bottomRight.getX() - topLeft.getX()), (bottomRight.getY() - topLeft.getY()));
+        this.bBox = bBoxInitialUserSpace;
+    }
+
+
+    public Cell(Rectangle2D bBoxInitialUserSpace, AffineTransform initialUserSpaceToJava) {
+
+        this.bBoxInitialUserSpace = bBoxInitialUserSpace;
+        this.bBox = initialUserSpaceToJava.createTransformedShape(bBoxInitialUserSpace).getBounds2D();
+    }
+
+
+    public static Cell copy(Cell cell) {
+
+        Cell copy = new Cell();
+        copy.bBoxInitialUserSpace = cell.bBoxInitialUserSpace;
+        copy.bBox = cell.bBox;
+        return copy;
     }
 
 

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/table/CleanRulings.java

@@ -1,15 +1,206 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table;
 
+import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
+import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
-import lombok.Builder;
-import lombok.Data;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.BoundingBox;
 
-@Data
-@Builder
+import lombok.Getter;
+
+@Getter
 public class CleanRulings {
 
-    List<Ruling> horizontal;
-    List<Ruling> vertical;
+    List<Ruling> horizontals; // unmodifiable sorted by Y list
+    List<Ruling> verticals; // unmodifiable sorted by X list
+
+
+    public CleanRulings(List<Ruling> horizontals, List<Ruling> verticals) {
+
+        this.horizontals = horizontals.stream()
+                .peek(Ruling::assertHorizontal)
+                .sorted(Comparator.comparing(Line2D.Float::getY1))
+                .toList();
+        this.verticals = verticals.stream()
+                .peek(Ruling::assertVertical)
+                .sorted(Comparator.comparing(Line2D.Float::getX1))
+                .toList();
+    }
+
+
+    public CleanRulings getTableLines() {
+
+        return new CleanRulings(horizontals.stream()
+                                        .filter(ruling -> ruling.getClassification().equals(Ruling.Classification.TABLE_LINE))
+                                        .toList(),
+                                verticals.stream()
+                                        .filter(ruling -> ruling.getClassification().equals(Ruling.Classification.TABLE_LINE))
+                                        .toList());
+    }
+
+
+    public CleanRulings withoutTextRulings() {
+
+        return new CleanRulings(horizontals.stream()
+                                        .filter(ruling -> !(ruling.getClassification().equals(Ruling.Classification.UNDERLINE) || ruling.getClassification()
+                                                .equals(Ruling.Classification.STRIKETROUGH)))
+                                        .toList(),
+                                verticals.stream()
+                                        .filter(ruling -> !(ruling.getClassification().equals(Ruling.Classification.UNDERLINE) || ruling.getClassification()
+                                                .equals(Ruling.Classification.STRIKETROUGH)))
+                                        .toList());
+    }
+
+
+    public List<Ruling> buildAll() {
+
+        ArrayList<Ruling> rulings = new ArrayList<>(horizontals.size() + verticals.size());
+        rulings.addAll(horizontals);
+        rulings.addAll(verticals);
+        return rulings;
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean lineBetween(BoundingBox a, BoundingBox b) {
+
+        return lineBetween(a.getBBoxInitialUserSpace(), b.getBBoxInitialUserSpace());
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean lineBetween(Rectangle2D a, Rectangle2D b) {
+
+        return lineBetween(new Point2D.Double(a.getCenterX(), a.getCenterY()), new Point2D.Double(b.getCenterX(), b.getCenterY()));
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean lineBetween(Point2D p1, Point2D p2) {
+
+        Ruling ruling = new Ruling(p1, p2);
+
+        if (ruling.isHorizontal()) {
+            return getVerticalsInXInterval(ruling.x1, ruling.x2).stream()
+                    .anyMatch(vertical -> vertical.intersectsLine(ruling));
+
+        }
+
+        if (ruling.isVertical()) {
+            return getHorizontalsInYInterval(ruling.y1, ruling.y2).stream()
+                    .anyMatch(horizontal -> horizontal.intersectsLine(ruling));
+
+        }
+
+        return Stream.of(getVerticalsInXInterval(ruling.x1, ruling.x2), getHorizontalsInYInterval(ruling.y1, ruling.y2))
+                .flatMap(Collection::stream)
+                .anyMatch(other -> other.intersectsLine(ruling));
+    }
+
+
+    public List<Ruling> getHorizontalsInYInterval(float y1, float y2) {
+
+        float startY = Math.min(y1, y2);
+        float endY = Math.max(y1, y2);
+
+        if (horizontals.isEmpty() || Float.isNaN(startY) || Float.isNaN(endY)) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+
+        int firstGreaterThanIdx = findFirstHorizontalRulingIdxAbove(startY);
+
+        if (firstGreaterThanIdx == -1) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+
+        List<Ruling> result = new LinkedList<>();
+        for (int i = firstGreaterThanIdx; i < horizontals.size(); i++) {
+            Ruling horizontal = horizontals.get(i);
+            if (horizontal.y1 > endY) {
+                break;
+            }
+            result.add(horizontal);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+
+    private int findFirstHorizontalRulingIdxAbove(float y) {
+
+        int low = 0;
+        int high = horizontals.size() - 1;
+
+        while (low <= high) {
+            int mid = low + (high - low) / 2;
+            Line2D.Float midLine = horizontals.get(mid);
+            float midY = midLine.y1;
+
+            if (midY == y) {
+                return mid;
+            } else if (midY > y) {
+                high = mid - 1;
+            } else {
+                low = mid + 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Return the index of the first element greater than y or -1 if not found
+        return horizontals.size() > low && horizontals.get(low).y1 > y ? low : -1;
+    }
+
+
+    public List<Ruling> getVerticalsInXInterval(float x1, float x2) {
+
+        float startX = Math.min(x1, x2);
+        float endX = Math.max(x1, x2);
+
+        if (verticals.isEmpty() || Float.isNaN(startX) || Float.isNaN(endX)) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+
+        int firstGreaterThanIdx = findFirstVerticalRulingIdxRightOf(startX);
+
+        if (firstGreaterThanIdx == -1) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+
+        List<Ruling> result = new LinkedList<>();
+        for (int i = firstGreaterThanIdx; i < verticals.size(); i++) {
+            Ruling horizontal = verticals.get(i);
+            if (horizontal.x1 > endX) {
+                break;
+            }
+            result.add(horizontal);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+
+    private int findFirstVerticalRulingIdxRightOf(float x) {
+
+        int low = 0;
+        int high = verticals.size() - 1;
+
+        while (low <= high) {
+            int mid = low + (high - low) / 2;
+            Line2D.Float midLine = verticals.get(mid);
+            float midX = midLine.x1;
+
+            if (midX == x) {
+                return mid;
+            } else if (midX > x) {
+                high = mid - 1;
+            } else {
+                low = mid + 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Return the index of the first element greater than y or -1 if not found
+        return verticals.size() > low && verticals.get(low).x1 > x ? low : -1;
+    }
 
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/table/Rectangle.java

@@ -1,218 +0,0 @@
-package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table;
-
-import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
-import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
-import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.List;
-
-@SuppressWarnings("all")
-public class Rectangle extends Rectangle2D.Float {
-
-    protected static final float VERTICAL_COMPARISON_THRESHOLD = 0.4f;
-    /**
-     * Ill-defined comparator, from when Rectangle was Comparable.
-     * <p>
-     * see https://github.com/tabulapdf/tabula-java/issues/116
-     *
-     * @deprecated with no replacement
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public static final Comparator<Rectangle> ILL_DEFINED_ORDER = new Comparator<Rectangle>() {
-        @Override
-        public int compare(Rectangle o1, Rectangle o2) {
-
-            if (o1.equals(o2)) {
-                return 0;
-            }
-            if (o1.verticalOverlap(o2) > VERTICAL_COMPARISON_THRESHOLD) {
-                return o1.isLtrDominant() == -1 && o2.isLtrDominant() == -1 ? -java.lang.Double.compare(o1.getX(), o2.getX()) : java.lang.Double.compare(o1.getX(), o2.getX());
-            } else {
-                return java.lang.Float.compare(o1.getBottom(), o2.getBottom());
-            }
-        }
-    };
-
-
-    public Rectangle() {
-
-        super();
-    }
-
-
-    public Rectangle(float top, float left, float width, float height) {
-
-        super();
-        this.setRect(left, top, width, height);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param rectangles
-     * @return minimum bounding box that contains all the rectangles
-     */
-    public static Rectangle boundingBoxOf(List<? extends Rectangle> rectangles) {
-
-        float minx = java.lang.Float.MAX_VALUE;
-        float miny = java.lang.Float.MAX_VALUE;
-        float maxx = java.lang.Float.MIN_VALUE;
-        float maxy = java.lang.Float.MIN_VALUE;
-
-        for (Rectangle r : rectangles) {
-            minx = (float) Math.min(r.getMinX(), minx);
-            miny = (float) Math.min(r.getMinY(), miny);
-            maxx = (float) Math.max(r.getMaxX(), maxx);
-            maxy = (float) Math.max(r.getMaxY(), maxy);
-        }
-        return new Rectangle(miny, minx, maxx - minx, maxy - miny);
-    }
-
-
-    public int compareTo(Rectangle other) {
-
-        return ILL_DEFINED_ORDER.compare(this, other);
-    }
-
-
-    // I'm bad at Java and need this for fancy sorting in
-    // technology.tabula.TextChunk.
-    public int isLtrDominant() {
-
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-
-    public float getArea() {
-
-        return this.width * this.height;
-    }
-
-
-    public float verticalOverlap(Rectangle other) {
-
-        return Math.max(0, Math.min(this.getBottom(), other.getBottom()) - Math.max(this.getTop(), other.getTop()));
-    }
-
-
-    public boolean verticallyOverlaps(Rectangle other) {
-
-        return verticalOverlap(other) > 0;
-    }
-
-
-    public float horizontalOverlap(Rectangle other) {
-
-        return Math.max(0, Math.min(this.getRight(), other.getRight()) - Math.max(this.getLeft(), other.getLeft()));
-    }
-
-
-    public boolean horizontallyOverlaps(Rectangle other) {
-
-        return horizontalOverlap(other) > 0;
-    }
-
-
-    public float verticalOverlapRatio(Rectangle other) {
-
-        float rv = 0, delta = Math.min(this.getBottom() - this.getTop(), other.getBottom() - other.getTop());
-
-        if (other.getTop() <= this.getTop() && this.getTop() <= other.getBottom() && other.getBottom() <= this.getBottom()) {
-            rv = (other.getBottom() - this.getTop()) / delta;
-        } else if (this.getTop() <= other.getTop() && other.getTop() <= this.getBottom() && this.getBottom() <= other.getBottom()) {
-            rv = (this.getBottom() - other.getTop()) / delta;
-        } else if (this.getTop() <= other.getTop() && other.getTop() <= other.getBottom() && other.getBottom() <= this.getBottom()) {
-            rv = (other.getBottom() - other.getTop()) / delta;
-        } else if (other.getTop() <= this.getTop() && this.getTop() <= this.getBottom() && this.getBottom() <= other.getBottom()) {
-            rv = (this.getBottom() - this.getTop()) / delta;
-        }
-
-        return rv;
-
-    }
-
-
-    public float overlapRatio(Rectangle other) {
-
-        double intersectionWidth = Math.max(0, Math.min(this.getRight(), other.getRight()) - Math.max(this.getLeft(), other.getLeft()));
-        double intersectionHeight = Math.max(0, Math.min(this.getBottom(), other.getBottom()) - Math.max(this.getTop(), other.getTop()));
-        double intersectionArea = Math.max(0, intersectionWidth * intersectionHeight);
-        double unionArea = this.getArea() + other.getArea() - intersectionArea;
-
-        return (float) (intersectionArea / unionArea);
-    }
-
-
-    public Rectangle merge(Rectangle other) {
-
-        this.setRect(this.createUnion(other));
-        return this;
-    }
-
-
-    public float getTop() {
-
-        return (float) this.getMinY();
-    }
-
-
-    public void setTop(float top) {
-
-        float deltaHeight = top - this.y;
-        this.setRect(this.x, top, this.width, this.height - deltaHeight);
-    }
-
-
-    public float getRight() {
-
-        return (float) this.getMaxX();
-    }
-
-
-    public void setRight(float right) {
-
-        this.setRect(this.x, this.y, right - this.x, this.height);
-    }
-
-
-    public float getLeft() {
-
-        return (float) this.getMinX();
-    }
-
-
-    public void setLeft(float left) {
-
-        float deltaWidth = left - this.x;
-        this.setRect(left, this.y, this.width - deltaWidth, this.height);
-    }
-
-
-    public float getBottom() {
-
-        return (float) this.getMaxY();
-    }
-
-
-    public void setBottom(float bottom) {
-
-        this.setRect(this.x, this.y, this.width, bottom - this.y);
-    }
-
-
-    public Point2D[] getPoints() {
-
-        return new Point2D[]{new Point2D.Float(this.getLeft(), this.getTop()), new Point2D.Float(this.getRight(), this.getTop()), new Point2D.Float(this.getRight(),
-                this.getBottom()), new Point2D.Float(this.getLeft(), this.getBottom())};
-    }
-
-
-    @Override
-    public String toString() {
-
-        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-        String s = super.toString();
-        sb.append(s.substring(0, s.length() - 1));
-        sb.append(String.format(",bottom=%f,right=%f]", this.getBottom(), this.getRight()));
-        return sb.toString();
-    }
-
-}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/table/Ruling.java

@@ -4,28 +4,41 @@ import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
 import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
 import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Formatter;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.CohenSutherlandClipping;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.DoubleComparisons;
 
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.Setter;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 @Slf4j
 @SuppressWarnings("all")
 public class Ruling extends Line2D.Float {
 
-    private static int PERPENDICULAR_PIXEL_EXPAND_AMOUNT = 2;
+    public static final int PERPENDICULAR_UNIT_EXPAND_AMOUNT = 2;
+    public static final int COLINEAR_OR_PARALLEL_UNIT_EXPAND_AMOUNT = 2;
+
+    public enum Classification {
+        TABLE_LINE,
+        UNDERLINE,
+        STRIKETROUGH,
+        HEADER_SEPARATOR,
+        FOOTER_SEPARATOR,
+        OTHER
+    }
+
+    @Getter
+    @Setter
+    private Classification classification;
 
 
     public Ruling(Point2D p1, Point2D p2) {
 
         super(p1, p2);
+        this.classification = Classification.OTHER;
     }
 
 
@@ -59,126 +72,32 @@ public class Ruling extends Line2D.Float {
     }
 
 
-    // log(n) implementation of find_intersections
-    // based on http://people.csail.mit.edu/indyk/6.838-old/handouts/lec2.pdf
-    public static Map<Point2D, Ruling[]> findIntersections(List<Ruling> horizontals, List<Ruling> verticals) {
-
-        class SortObject {
-
-            protected SOType type;
-            protected float position;
-            protected Ruling ruling;
-
-
-            public SortObject(SOType type, float position, Ruling ruling) {
-
-                this.type = type;
-                this.position = position;
-                this.ruling = ruling;
-            }
+    public void assertHorizontal() {
 
+        if (isHorizontal()) {
+            return;
         }
-
-        List<SortObject> sos = new ArrayList<>();
-
-        TreeMap<Ruling, Boolean> tree = new TreeMap<>(new Comparator<Ruling>() {
-            @Override
-            public int compare(Ruling o1, Ruling o2) {
-
-                return java.lang.Double.compare(o1.getTop(), o2.getTop());
-            }
-        });
-
-        TreeMap<Point2D, Ruling[]> rv = new TreeMap<>(new Comparator<Point2D>() {
-            @Override
-            public int compare(Point2D o1, Point2D o2) {
-
-                if (o1.getY() > o2.getY()) {
-                    return 1;
-                }
-                if (o1.getY() < o2.getY()) {
-                    return -1;
-                }
-                if (o1.getX() > o2.getX()) {
-                    return 1;
-                }
-                if (o1.getX() < o2.getX()) {
-                    return -1;
-                }
-                return 0;
-            }
-        });
-
-        for (Ruling h : horizontals) {
-            sos.add(new SortObject(SOType.HLEFT, h.getLeft() - PERPENDICULAR_PIXEL_EXPAND_AMOUNT, h));
-            sos.add(new SortObject(SOType.HRIGHT, h.getRight() + PERPENDICULAR_PIXEL_EXPAND_AMOUNT, h));
-        }
-
-        for (Ruling v : verticals) {
-            sos.add(new SortObject(SOType.VERTICAL, v.getLeft(), v));
-        }
-
-        Collections.sort(sos, new Comparator<SortObject>() {
-            @Override
-            public int compare(SortObject a, SortObject b) {
-
-                int rv;
-                if (DoubleComparisons.feq(a.position, b.position)) {
-                    if (a.type == SOType.VERTICAL && b.type == SOType.HLEFT) {
-                        rv = 1;
-                    } else if (a.type == SOType.VERTICAL && b.type == SOType.HRIGHT) {
-                        rv = -1;
-                    } else if (a.type == SOType.HLEFT && b.type == SOType.VERTICAL) {
-                        rv = -1;
-                    } else if (a.type == SOType.HRIGHT && b.type == SOType.VERTICAL) {
-                        rv = 1;
-                    } else {
-                        rv = java.lang.Double.compare(a.position, b.position);
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    return java.lang.Double.compare(a.position, b.position);
-                }
-                return rv;
-            }
-        });
-
-        for (SortObject so : sos) {
-            switch (so.type) {
-                case VERTICAL:
-                    for (Map.Entry<Ruling, Boolean> h : tree.entrySet()) {
-                        try {
-                            Point2D i = h.getKey().intersectionPoint(so.ruling);
-                            if (i == null) {
-                                continue;
-                            }
-                            rv.put(i, new Ruling[]{h.getKey().expand(PERPENDICULAR_PIXEL_EXPAND_AMOUNT), so.ruling.expand(PERPENDICULAR_PIXEL_EXPAND_AMOUNT)});
-                        } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
-                            log.info("Some line are oblique, ignoring...");
-                            continue;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    break;
-                case HRIGHT:
-                    tree.remove(so.ruling);
-                    break;
-                case HLEFT:
-                    tree.put(so.ruling, true);
-                    break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return rv;
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Ruling " + this + " is not horizontal");
 
     }
 
 
-    public boolean vertical() {
+    public void assertVertical() {
+
+        if (isVertical()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Ruling " + this + " is not vertical");
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean isVertical() {
 
         return this.length() > 0 && DoubleComparisons.feq(this.x1, this.x2); //diff < ORIENTATION_CHECK_THRESHOLD;
     }
 
 
-    public boolean horizontal() {
+    public boolean isHorizontal() {
 
         return this.length() > 0 && DoubleComparisons.feq(this.y1, this.y2); //diff < ORIENTATION_CHECK_THRESHOLD;
     }
@@ -187,36 +106,36 @@ public class Ruling extends Line2D.Float {
     // these are used to have a single collapse method (in page, currently)
 
 
-    public boolean oblique() {
+    public boolean isOblique() {
 
-        return !(this.vertical() || this.horizontal());
+        return !(this.isVertical() || this.isHorizontal());
     }
 
 
     public float getPosition() {
 
-        if (this.oblique()) {
+        if (this.isOblique()) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
         }
-        return this.vertical() ? this.getLeft() : this.getTop();
+        return this.isVertical() ? this.getLeft() : this.getTop();
     }
 
 
     public float getStart() {
 
-        if (this.oblique()) {
+        if (this.isOblique()) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
         }
-        return this.vertical() ? this.getTop() : this.getLeft();
+        return this.isVertical() ? this.getTop() : this.getLeft();
     }
 
 
     public void setStart(float v) {
 
-        if (this.oblique()) {
+        if (this.isOblique()) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
         }
-        if (this.vertical()) {
+        if (this.isVertical()) {
             this.setTop(v);
         } else {
             this.setLeft(v);
@@ -226,19 +145,19 @@ public class Ruling extends Line2D.Float {
 
     public float getEnd() {
 
-        if (this.oblique()) {
+        if (this.isOblique()) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
         }
-        return this.vertical() ? this.getBottom() : this.getRight();
+        return this.isVertical() ? this.getBottom() : this.getRight();
     }
 
 
     public void setEnd(float v) {
 
-        if (this.oblique()) {
+        if (this.isOblique()) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
         }
-        if (this.vertical()) {
+        if (this.isVertical()) {
             this.setBottom(v);
         } else {
             this.setRight(v);
@@ -248,10 +167,10 @@ public class Ruling extends Line2D.Float {
 
     public void setStartEnd(float start, float end) {
 
-        if (this.oblique()) {
+        if (this.isOblique()) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
         }
-        if (this.vertical()) {
+        if (this.isVertical()) {
             this.setTop(start);
             this.setBottom(end);
         } else {
@@ -263,11 +182,11 @@ public class Ruling extends Line2D.Float {
 
     public boolean perpendicularTo(Ruling other) {
 
-        return this.vertical() == other.horizontal();
+        return this.isVertical() == other.isHorizontal();
     }
 
 
-    public boolean nearlyIntersects(Ruling another, int colinearOrParallelExpandAmount) {
+    public boolean nearlyIntersects(Ruling another) {
 
         if (this.intersectsLine(another)) {
             return true;
@@ -276,9 +195,9 @@ public class Ruling extends Line2D.Float {
         boolean rv = false;
 
         if (this.perpendicularTo(another)) {
-            rv = this.expand(PERPENDICULAR_PIXEL_EXPAND_AMOUNT).intersectsLine(another);
+            rv = this.expand(PERPENDICULAR_UNIT_EXPAND_AMOUNT).intersectsLine(another);
         } else {
-            rv = this.expand(colinearOrParallelExpandAmount).intersectsLine(another.expand(colinearOrParallelExpandAmount));
+            rv = this.expand(COLINEAR_OR_PARALLEL_UNIT_EXPAND_AMOUNT).intersectsLine(another.expand(COLINEAR_OR_PARALLEL_UNIT_EXPAND_AMOUNT));
         }
 
         return rv;
@@ -317,30 +236,6 @@ public class Ruling extends Line2D.Float {
     }
 
 
-    public Point2D intersectionPoint(Ruling other) {
-
-        Ruling this_l = this.expand(PERPENDICULAR_PIXEL_EXPAND_AMOUNT);
-        Ruling other_l = other.expand(PERPENDICULAR_PIXEL_EXPAND_AMOUNT);
-        Ruling horizontal, vertical;
-
-        if (!this_l.intersectsLine(other_l)) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        if (this_l.horizontal() && other_l.vertical()) {
-            horizontal = this_l;
-            vertical = other_l;
-        } else if (this_l.vertical() && other_l.horizontal()) {
-            vertical = this_l;
-            horizontal = other_l;
-        } else {
-            log.warn("lines must be orthogonal, vertical and horizontal");
-            return null;
-        }
-        return new Point2D.Float(vertical.getLeft(), horizontal.getTop());
-    }
-
-
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object other) {
 
@@ -450,16 +345,9 @@ public class Ruling extends Line2D.Float {
 
         final float TOLERANCE = 1;
         return Math.abs(ruling.getX1() - x1) < TOLERANCE &&//
-                Math.abs(ruling.getY1() - y1) < TOLERANCE &&//
-                Math.abs(ruling.getX2() - x2) < TOLERANCE &&//
-                Math.abs(ruling.getY2() - y2) < TOLERANCE;
-    }
-
-
-    private enum SOType {
-        VERTICAL,
-        HRIGHT,
-        HLEFT
+               Math.abs(ruling.getY1() - y1) < TOLERANCE &&//
+               Math.abs(ruling.getX2() - x2) < TOLERANCE &&//
+               Math.abs(ruling.getY2() - y2) < TOLERANCE;
     }
 
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/table/TablePageBlock.java

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table;
 
 import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
-import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.AbstractPageBlock;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.PageBlockType;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPageBlock;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.RectangleTransformations;
 
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 @Slf4j
 public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
 
-    private final TreeMap<CellPosition, Cell> cells = new TreeMap<>();
+    public static final double CELL_AREA_CONTAINED_THRESHOLD = 0.98;
+    private final TreeMap<CellPosition, Cell> cellTreeMap = new TreeMap<>();
 
     private final int rotation;
     @Getter
@@ -30,15 +31,16 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
     private int unrotatedRowCount;
     private int unrotatedColCount;
     private List<List<Cell>> rows;
+    @Getter
+    @Setter
+    private List<Cell> cells;
 
 
-    public TablePageBlock(List<Cell> cells, Rectangle area, int rotation) {
+    public TablePageBlock(List<Cell> cells, int rotation) {
 
+        setToBBoxOfComponents(cells);
+        this.cells = cells;
         addCells(cells);
-        minX = area.getLeft();
-        minY = area.getBottom();
-        maxX = area.getRight();
-        maxY = area.getTop();
         classification = PageBlockType.TABLE;
         this.rotation = rotation;
     }
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
         return getColCount() == 0 || getRowCount() == 0;
     }
 
+
     public List<List<Cell>> getRows() {
 
         if (rows == null) {
@@ -80,14 +83,17 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
 
     public int getColCount() {
 
-        return getRows().stream().mapToInt(List::size).max().orElse(0);
+        return getRows().stream()
+                .mapToInt(List::size)
+                .max()
+                .orElse(0);
 
     }
 
 
     /**
      * Detect header cells (either first row or first column):
-     * Column is marked as header if cell text is bold and row cell text is not bold.
+     * Column is marked as header if originalCell text is bold and row originalCell text is not bold.
      * Defaults to row.
      */
     private void computeHeaders() {
@@ -95,7 +101,7 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
         if (rows == null) {
             rows = computeRows();
         }
-        // A bold cell is a header cell as long as every cell to the left/top is bold, too
+        // A bold originalCell is a header originalCell as long as every originalCell to the left/top is bold, too
         // we move from left to right and top to bottom
         for (int rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < rows.size(); rowIndex++) {
             List<Cell> rowCells = rows.get(rowIndex);
@@ -120,7 +126,8 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
                 List<Cell> cellsToTheTop = new ArrayList<>();
                 for (int i = 0; i < rowIndex; i++) {
                     try {
-                        cellsToTheTop.add(rows.get(i).get(colIndex));
+                        cellsToTheTop.add(rows.get(i)
+                                                  .get(colIndex));
                     } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
                         log.debug("No cell {} in row {}, ignoring.", colIndex, rowIndex);
                     }
@@ -135,7 +142,8 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
                 if (lastHeaderCell != null) {
                     cell.getHeaderCells().add(lastHeaderCell);
                 }
-                if (!cell.getTextBlocks().isEmpty() && cell.getTextBlocks().get(0).getMostPopularWordStyle().equals("bold")) {
+                if (!cell.getTextBlocks().isEmpty() && cell.getTextBlocks()
+                        .get(0).getMostPopularWordStyle().equals("bold")) {
                     cell.setHeaderCell(true);
                 }
             }
@@ -151,7 +159,7 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
             for (int i = 0; i < unrotatedColCount; i++) { // rows
                 List<Cell> lastRow = new ArrayList<>();
                 for (int j = unrotatedRowCount - 1; j >= 0; j--) { // cols
-                    Cell cell = cells.get(new CellPosition(j, i));
+                    Cell cell = cellTreeMap.get(new CellPosition(j, i));
                     if (cell != null) {
                         lastRow.add(cell);
                     }
@@ -162,7 +170,7 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
             for (int i = unrotatedColCount - 1; i >= 0; i--) { // rows
                 List<Cell> lastRow = new ArrayList<>();
                 for (int j = 0; j < unrotatedRowCount; j++) { // cols
-                    Cell cell = cells.get(new CellPosition(j, i));
+                    Cell cell = cellTreeMap.get(new CellPosition(j, i));
                     if (cell != null) {
                         lastRow.add(cell);
                     }
@@ -173,7 +181,7 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
             for (int i = 0; i < unrotatedRowCount; i++) {
                 List<Cell> lastRow = new ArrayList<>();
                 for (int j = 0; j < unrotatedColCount; j++) {
-                    Cell cell = cells.get(new CellPosition(i, j)); // JAVA_8 use getOrDefault()
+                    Cell cell = cellTreeMap.get(new CellPosition(i, j)); // JAVA_8 use getOrDefault()
                     if (cell != null) {
                         lastRow.add(cell);
                     }
@@ -187,17 +195,6 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
     }
 
 
-    private void add(Cell chunk, int row, int col) {
-
-        unrotatedRowCount = Math.max(unrotatedRowCount, row + 1);
-        unrotatedColCount = Math.max(unrotatedColCount, col + 1);
-
-        CellPosition cp = new CellPosition(row, col);
-        cells.put(cp, chunk);
-
-    }
-
-
     private void addCells(List<Cell> cells) {
 
         if (cells.isEmpty()) {
@@ -206,11 +203,12 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
 
         cells.removeIf(cell -> cell.getWidth() < 1.1 || cell.getHeight() < 1.1);
 
-        List<List<Cell>> rowsOfCells = calculateStructure(cells);
+        List<List<Cell>> rowsOfCellsMatrix = calculateTableStructure(cells);
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < rowsOfCells.size(); i++) {
-            for (int j = 0; j < rowsOfCells.get(i).size(); j++) {
-                add(rowsOfCells.get(i).get(j), i, j);
+        for (int i = 0; i < rowsOfCellsMatrix.size(); i++) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < rowsOfCellsMatrix.get(i).size(); j++) {
+                addCellToRowAndCol(rowsOfCellsMatrix.get(i)
+                                           .get(j), i, j);
             }
         }
 
@@ -221,75 +219,127 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
      * Calculates the structure of the table. For spanning rows and columns multiple cells with the same values will be inserted.
      *
      * @param cells The found cells
-     * @return TablePageBlock Structure
+     * @return TablePageBlock Structure as a rows of cells matrix
      */
-    private List<List<Cell>> calculateStructure(List<Cell> cells) {
-
-        List<List<Cell>> matrix = new ArrayList<>();
+    private List<List<Cell>> calculateTableStructure(List<Cell> cells) {
 
         if (cells.isEmpty()) {
-            return matrix;
+            return new ArrayList<>();
         }
 
-        Set<Float> uniqueX = new HashSet<>();
-        Set<Float> uniqueY = new HashSet<>();
-        cells.stream().filter(c -> !c.getTextBlocks().isEmpty() || c.getHeight() > 3 && c.getWidth() > 3).forEach(c -> {
-            uniqueX.add(c.getLeft());
-            uniqueX.add(c.getRight());
-            uniqueY.add(c.getBottom());
-            uniqueY.add(c.getTop());
-        });
+        Set<Double> uniqueX = new HashSet<>();
+        Set<Double> uniqueY = new HashSet<>();
+        cells.stream()
+                .filter(c -> !c.getTextBlocks().isEmpty() || c.getHeight() > 3 && c.getWidth() > 3)
+                .forEach(c -> {
+                    uniqueX.add(c.getPdfMinX());
+                    uniqueX.add(c.getPdfMaxX());
+                    uniqueY.add(c.getPdfMinY());
+                    uniqueY.add(c.getPdfMaxY());
+                });
 
-        var sortedUniqueX = uniqueX.stream().sorted().toList();
-        var sortedUniqueY = uniqueY.stream().sorted().toList();
+        var sortedUniqueX = uniqueX.stream()
+                .sorted()
+                .toList();
+        var sortedUniqueY = uniqueY.stream()
+                .sorted()
+                .toList();
 
-        Float prevY = null;
-        for (Float y : sortedUniqueY) {
+        List<List<Cell>> rowsOfCells = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        Double prevY = null;
+
+        for (Double y : sortedUniqueY) {
 
             List<Cell> row = new ArrayList<>();
 
-            Float prevX = null;
-            for (Float x : sortedUniqueX) {
+            Double prevX = null;
+            for (Double x : sortedUniqueX) {
 
                 if (prevY != null && prevX != null) {
-                    var cell = new Cell(new Point2D.Float(prevX, prevY), new Point2D.Float(x, y));
+                    var cellFromGridStructure = new Cell(new Point2D.Double(prevX, prevY), new Point2D.Double(x, y));
 
-                    var intersectionCell = cells.stream().filter(c -> intersects(cell, c)).findFirst();
+                    if (cellFromGridStructure.hasMinimumSize()) {
 
-                    intersectionCell.ifPresent(value -> cell.getTextBlocks().addAll(value.getTextBlocks()));
-                    if (cell.hasMinimumSize()) {
-                        row.add(cell);
+                        cells.stream()
+                                .map(originalCell -> new CellWithIntersection(originalCell,
+                                                                              RectangleTransformations.calculateIntersectedArea(cellFromGridStructure.getBBoxInitialUserSpace(),
+                                                                                                                                originalCell.getBBoxInitialUserSpace())))
+                                .filter(cellWithIntersection -> cellWithIntersection.intersectedArea > 0)
+                                .filter(cellWithIntersection -> cellWithIntersection.originalCell.getArea() > cellWithIntersection.intersectedArea * CELL_AREA_CONTAINED_THRESHOLD)
+                                .max(Comparator.comparing(CellWithIntersection::intersectedArea))
+                                .map(CellWithIntersection::originalCell)
+                                .ifPresent(matchingCell -> cellFromGridStructure.getTextBlocks().addAll(matchingCell.getTextBlocks()));
+
+                        row.add(cellFromGridStructure);
                     }
                 }
                 prevX = x;
             }
 
-            if (prevY != null && prevX != null && !row.isEmpty()) {
-                matrix.add(row);
+            // exclude empty rows and rows where all text blocks are empty
+            if (prevY != null && prevX != null && !row.isEmpty() && !row.stream()
+                    .allMatch(cell -> cell.getTextBlocks().isEmpty())) {
+
+                rowsOfCells.add(row);
             }
             prevY = y;
         }
 
-        Collections.reverse(matrix);
+        Collections.reverse(rowsOfCells);
 
-        return matrix;
-    }
-
-
-
-    public boolean intersects(Cell cell1, Cell cell2) {
-        if (cell1.getHeight() <= 0 || cell2.getHeight() <= 0) {
-            return false;
+        // now cells are removed which are part of a column without any text blocks
+        // this is done by first computing the inverse matrix which contains call columns of cells
+        // then the column indices that have to be removed are determined
+        List<List<Cell>> columnsOfCells = new ArrayList<>();
+        int maxRowLength = rowsOfCells.stream()
+                .map(List::size)
+                .max(java.util.Comparator.naturalOrder())
+                .orElse(0);
+        for (int i = 0; i < maxRowLength; i++) {
+            columnsOfCells.add(new ArrayList<>());
         }
-        double x0 = cell1.getX() + 2;
-        double y0 = cell1.getY() + 2;
-        return (cell2.x + cell2.width > x0 &&
-                cell2.y + cell2.height > y0 &&
-                cell2.x < x0 + cell1.getWidth() -2 &&
-                cell2.y < y0 + cell1.getHeight() -2);
+
+        for (List<Cell> row : rowsOfCells) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < row.size(); j++) {
+                columnsOfCells.get(j).add(row.get(j));
+            }
+        }
+
+        List<Integer> columnIndicesToRemove = new ArrayList<>();
+        int columnIndex = 0;
+        for (List<Cell> col : columnsOfCells) {
+            if (col.stream()
+                    .allMatch(cell -> cell.getTextBlocks().isEmpty())) {
+                columnIndicesToRemove.add(columnIndex);
+            }
+            columnIndex++;
+        }
+        columnIndicesToRemove.sort(Collections.reverseOrder());
+
+        // update all rows so that the values of the empty columns get removed
+        var rowsOfCellsBefore = new ArrayList<>(rowsOfCells);
+        rowsOfCells = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (List<Cell> row : rowsOfCellsBefore) {
+            var updatedRow = new ArrayList<>(row);
+            columnIndicesToRemove.forEach(idxToRemove -> updatedRow.remove(updatedRow.get(idxToRemove)));
+            rowsOfCells.add(updatedRow);
+        }
+
+        return rowsOfCells;
     }
 
 
+    private void addCellToRowAndCol(Cell cell, int row, int col) {
+
+        unrotatedRowCount = Math.max(unrotatedRowCount, row + 1);
+        unrotatedColCount = Math.max(unrotatedColCount, col + 1);
+
+        CellPosition cp = new CellPosition(row, col);
+        cellTreeMap.put(cp, cell);
+
+    }
+
 
     @Override
     public String getText() {
@@ -314,7 +364,7 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
                             if (!first) {
                                 sb.append("\n");
                             }
-                            sb.append('\"').append(textBlock.getText().replaceAll("\"", "\\\"")).append('\"');
+                            sb.append('\"').append(textBlock.getText().replaceAll("\"", "\"")).append('\"');
                             first = false;
                         }
                     }
@@ -328,8 +378,6 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
     }
 
 
-
-
     public String getTextAsHtml() {
 
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
@@ -363,4 +411,9 @@ public class TablePageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
         return sb.toString();
     }
 
+
+    record CellWithIntersection(Cell originalCell, double intersectedArea) {
+
+    }
+
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/text/RedTextPosition.java

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text;
 
+import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
+
 import org.apache.pdfbox.text.TextPosition;
-import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.BoundingBox;
 
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Builder;
@@ -15,9 +18,11 @@ import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 @Builder
 @NoArgsConstructor
 @AllArgsConstructor
-public class RedTextPosition {
+public class RedTextPosition extends BoundingBox {
 
-    private float[] position;
+    public final static int HEIGHT_PADDING = 2;
+
+    private Rectangle2D.Float bBoxDirAdj; // adjusted to text rotation
 
     @JsonIgnore
     private int rotation;
@@ -50,48 +55,80 @@ public class RedTextPosition {
     public static RedTextPosition fromTextPosition(TextPosition textPosition) {
 
         var pos = new RedTextPosition();
-        BeanUtils.copyProperties(textPosition, pos);
+        pos.setRotation(textPosition.getRotation());
+        pos.setPageHeight(textPosition.getPageHeight());
+        pos.setPageWidth(textPosition.getPageWidth());
+        pos.setUnicode(textPosition.getUnicode());
+        pos.setDir(textPosition.getDir());
+        pos.setWidthOfSpace(textPosition.getWidthOfSpace());
+        pos.setFontSizeInPt(textPosition.getFontSizeInPt());
         pos.setFontName(textPosition.getFont().getName());
 
-        pos.setFontSizeInPt(textPosition.getFontSizeInPt());
+        //TODO: There is a mismatch in the java coords of the text and the rulings,
+        // I guess if we start with the initial user space positions and transform them the same way we do the rulings it would work.
+        pos.setBBox(new Rectangle2D.Float(textPosition.getX(), textPosition.getY(), textPosition.getWidthDirAdj(), textPosition.getHeight()));
 
-        var position = new float[4];
+        float textHeight = textPosition.getHeight() + 2 * HEIGHT_PADDING;
+        Rectangle2D.Float dirAdjPosition = new Rectangle2D.Float(textPosition.getXDirAdj(),
+                                                                 textPosition.getYDirAdj() - textHeight,
+                                                                 textPosition.getWidthDirAdj(),
+                                                                 textHeight + HEIGHT_PADDING);
+        pos.setBBoxDirAdj(dirAdjPosition);
 
-        position[0] = textPosition.getXDirAdj();
-        position[1] = textPosition.getYDirAdj();
-        position[2] = textPosition.getWidthDirAdj();
-        position[3] = textPosition.getHeightDir();
+        AffineTransform affineTransform = getRotationMatrix(TextDirection.fromDegrees(textPosition.getDir()), textPosition.getPageWidth(), textPosition.getPageHeight());
+        Rectangle2D bBoxInitialUserSpace = affineTransform.createTransformedShape(dirAdjPosition).getBounds2D();
+
+        pos.setBBoxInitialUserSpace(bBoxInitialUserSpace); // These are definitely correct
 
-        pos.setPosition(position);
         return pos;
     }
 
 
+
+    private static AffineTransform getRotationMatrix(TextDirection textDirection, float pageWidth, float pageHeight) {
+
+        AffineTransform transform = new AffineTransform();
+
+        if (textDirection == TextDirection.ZERO || textDirection == TextDirection.HALF_CIRCLE) {
+            transform.rotate(textDirection.getRadians(), pageWidth / 2f, pageHeight / 2f);
+            transform.translate(0f, pageHeight);
+        } else if (textDirection == TextDirection.QUARTER_CIRCLE) {
+            transform.rotate(textDirection.getRadians(), pageWidth / 2f, pageWidth / 2f);
+            transform.translate(0f, pageWidth);
+        } else {
+            transform.rotate(textDirection.getRadians(), pageHeight / 2f, pageHeight / 2f);
+            transform.translate(0f, pageWidth);
+        }
+        transform.scale(1., -1.);
+        return transform;
+    }
+
+
     @JsonIgnore
     public float getXDirAdj() {
 
-        return position[0];
+        return this.bBoxDirAdj.x;
     }
 
 
     @JsonIgnore
     public float getYDirAdj() {
 
-        return position[1];
+        return this.bBoxDirAdj.y;
     }
 
 
     @JsonIgnore
     public float getWidthDirAdj() {
 
-        return position[2];
+        return this.bBoxDirAdj.width;
     }
 
 
     @JsonIgnore
     public float getHeightDir() {
 
-        return position[3];
+        return this.bBoxDirAdj.height;
     }
 
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/text/TextPageBlock.java

@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text;
 
-import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toSet;
-
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.AbstractPageBlock;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.FloatFrequencyCounter;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.PageBlockType;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.DoubleComparisons;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.TextNormalizationUtilities;
 
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
@@ -29,30 +26,30 @@ public class TextPageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
     @Builder.Default
     private List<TextPositionSequence> sequences = new ArrayList<>();
 
-    @JsonIgnore
-    private int rotation;
-
-    @JsonIgnore
     private String mostPopularWordFont;
 
-    @JsonIgnore
     private String mostPopularWordStyle;
 
-    @JsonIgnore
     private float mostPopularWordFontSize;
 
-    @JsonIgnore
     private float mostPopularWordHeight;
 
-    @JsonIgnore
     private float mostPopularWordSpaceWidth;
 
-    @JsonIgnore
     private float highestFontSize;
 
-    @JsonIgnore
     private PageBlockType classification;
 
+    private boolean toDuplicate;
+
+
+    public TextPageBlock(List<TextPositionSequence> sequences) {
+
+        this.sequences = sequences;
+        calculateFrequencyCounters();
+        calculateBBox();
+    }
+
 
     @JsonIgnore
     public TextDirection getDir() {
@@ -62,29 +59,59 @@ public class TextPageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
 
 
     @JsonIgnore
-    private float getPageHeight() {
+    public float getPageHeight() {
 
         return sequences.get(0).getPageHeight();
     }
 
 
     @JsonIgnore
-    private float getPageWidth() {
+    public float getPageWidth() {
 
         return sequences.get(0).getPageWidth();
     }
-    
+
+
+    private void calculateBBox() {
+
+        if (sequences == null) {
+            this.bBox = new Rectangle2D.Double();
+            this.bBoxInitialUserSpace = new Rectangle2D.Double();
+            return;
+        }
+        setToBBoxOfComponents(sequences);
+    }
+
+
+    public void recalculateBBox() {
+
+        calculateBBox();
+    }
+
 
     public static TextPageBlock merge(List<TextPageBlock> textBlocksToMerge) {
 
-        List<TextPositionSequence> sequences = textBlocksToMerge.stream().map(TextPageBlock::getSequences).flatMap(java.util.Collection::stream).toList();
+        if (textBlocksToMerge.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Need to provide at least one TextPageBlock.");
+        }
+        if (textBlocksToMerge.stream()
+                    .map(AbstractPageBlock::getPage)
+                    .distinct()
+                    .count() != 1) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot merge textBlocks on different pages.");
+        }
+
+        List<TextPositionSequence> sequences = textBlocksToMerge.stream()
+                .map(TextPageBlock::getSequences)
+                .flatMap(java.util.Collection::stream)
+                .toList();
         sequences = new ArrayList<>(sequences);
-        return fromTextPositionSequences(sequences);
+
+        return new TextPageBlock(sequences);
     }
 
-    public static TextPageBlock fromTextPositionSequences(List<TextPositionSequence> wordBlockList) {
 
-        TextPageBlock textBlock = null;
+    private void calculateFrequencyCounters() {
 
         FloatFrequencyCounter lineHeightFrequencyCounter = new FloatFrequencyCounter();
         FloatFrequencyCounter fontSizeFrequencyCounter = new FloatFrequencyCounter();
@@ -92,7 +119,7 @@ public class TextPageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
         StringFrequencyCounter fontFrequencyCounter = new StringFrequencyCounter();
         StringFrequencyCounter styleFrequencyCounter = new StringFrequencyCounter();
 
-        for (TextPositionSequence wordBlock : wordBlockList) {
+        for (TextPositionSequence wordBlock : sequences) {
 
             lineHeightFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getTextHeight());
             fontSizeFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getFontSize());
@@ -100,161 +127,23 @@ public class TextPageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
             fontFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getFont());
             styleFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getFontStyle());
 
-            if (textBlock == null) {
-                textBlock = new TextPageBlock(wordBlock.getMinXDirAdj(),
-                        wordBlock.getMaxXDirAdj(),
-                        wordBlock.getMinYDirAdj(),
-                        wordBlock.getMaxYDirAdj(),
-                        wordBlockList,
-                        wordBlock.getRotation());
-            } else {
-                TextPageBlock spatialEntity = textBlock.union(wordBlock);
-                textBlock.resize(spatialEntity.getMinX(), spatialEntity.getMinY(), spatialEntity.getWidth(), spatialEntity.getHeight());
-            }
         }
 
-        if (textBlock != null) {
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordFont(fontFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordStyle(styleFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordFontSize(fontSizeFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordHeight(lineHeightFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordSpaceWidth(spaceFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setHighestFontSize(fontSizeFrequencyCounter.getHighest());
-        }
-
-        if (textBlock != null && textBlock.getSequences() != null && textBlock.getSequences()
-                .stream()
-                .map(t -> DoubleComparisons.round(t.getMinYDirAdj(), 3))
-                .collect(toSet())
-                .size() == 1) {
-            textBlock.getSequences().sort(Comparator.comparing(TextPositionSequence::getMinXDirAdj));
-        }
-        return textBlock;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the minX value in pdf coordinate system.
-     * Note: This needs to use Pdf Coordinate System where {0,0} rotated with the page rotation.
-     * 0 -> LowerLeft
-     * 90 -> UpperLeft
-     * 180 -> UpperRight
-     * 270 -> LowerRight
-     *
-     * @return the minX value in pdf coordinate system
-     */
-    @JsonIgnore
-    public float getPdfMinX() {
-
-        if (getDir().getDegrees() == 90) {
-            return minY;
-        } else if (getDir().getDegrees() == 180) {
-            return getPageWidth() - maxX;
-
-        } else if (getDir().getDegrees() == 270) {
-
-            return getPageWidth() - maxY;
-        } else {
-            return minX;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the maxX value in pdf coordinate system.
-     * Note: This needs to use Pdf Coordinate System where {0,0} rotated with the page rotation.
-     * 0 -> LowerLeft
-     * 90 -> UpperLeft
-     * 180 -> UpperRight
-     * 270 -> LowerRight
-     *
-     * @return the maxX value in pdf coordinate system
-     */
-    @JsonIgnore
-    public float getPdfMaxX() {
-
-        if (getDir().getDegrees() == 90) {
-            return maxY;
-        } else if (getDir().getDegrees() == 180) {
-            return getPageWidth() - minX;
-        } else if (getDir().getDegrees() == 270) {
-            return getPageWidth() - minY;
-
-        } else {
-            return maxX;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the minY value in pdf coordinate system.
-     * Note: This needs to use Pdf Coordinate System where {0,0} rotated with the page rotation.
-     * 0 -> LowerLeft
-     * 90 -> UpperLeft
-     * 180 -> UpperRight
-     * 270 -> LowerRight
-     *
-     * @return the minY value in pdf coordinate system
-     */
-    @JsonIgnore
-    public float getPdfMinY() {
-
-        if (getDir().getDegrees() == 90) {
-            return minX;
-        } else if (getDir().getDegrees() == 180) {
-            return maxY;
-
-        } else if (getDir().getDegrees() == 270) {
-            return getPageHeight() - maxX;
-
-        } else {
-            return getPageHeight() - maxY;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the maxY value in pdf coordinate system.
-     * Note: This needs to use Pdf Coordinate System where {0,0} rotated with the page rotation.
-     * 0 -> LowerLeft
-     * 90 -> UpperLeft
-     * 180 -> UpperRight
-     * 270 -> LowerRight
-     *
-     * @return the maxY value in pdf coordinate system
-     */
-    @JsonIgnore
-    public float getPdfMaxY() {
-
-        if (getDir().getDegrees() == 90) {
-            return maxX;
-        } else if (getDir().getDegrees() == 180) {
-
-            return minY;
-        } else if (getDir().getDegrees() == 270) {
-            return getPageHeight() - minX;
-        } else {
-            return getPageHeight() - minY;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    public TextPageBlock(float minX, float maxX, float minY, float maxY, List<TextPositionSequence> sequences, int rotation) {
-
-        this.minX = minX;
-        this.maxX = maxX;
-        this.minY = minY;
-        this.maxY = maxY;
-        this.sequences = sequences;
-        this.rotation = rotation;
+        setMostPopularWordFont(fontFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
+        setMostPopularWordStyle(styleFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
+        setMostPopularWordFontSize(fontSizeFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
+        setMostPopularWordHeight(lineHeightFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
+        setMostPopularWordSpaceWidth(spaceFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
+        setHighestFontSize(fontSizeFrequencyCounter.getHighest());
     }
 
 
     public TextPageBlock union(TextPositionSequence r) {
 
         TextPageBlock union = this.copy();
-        union.add(r);
+        union.getSequences().add(r);
+        calculateFrequencyCounters();
+        calculateBBox();
         return union;
     }
 
@@ -262,64 +151,32 @@ public class TextPageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
     public TextPageBlock union(TextPageBlock r) {
 
         TextPageBlock union = this.copy();
-        union.add(r);
+        union.getSequences().addAll(r.getSequences());
+        calculateFrequencyCounters();
+        calculateBBox();
         return union;
     }
 
 
     public void add(TextPageBlock r) {
 
-        if (r.getMinX() < minX) {
-            minX = r.getMinX();
-        }
-        if (r.getMaxX() > maxX) {
-            maxX = r.getMaxX();
-        }
-        if (r.getMinY() < minY) {
-            minY = r.getMinY();
-        }
-        if (r.getMaxY() > maxY) {
-            maxY = r.getMaxY();
-        }
         sequences.addAll(r.getSequences());
+        calculateFrequencyCounters();
+        calculateBBox();
     }
 
 
     public void add(TextPositionSequence r) {
 
-        if (r.getMinXDirAdj() < minX) {
-            minX = r.getMinXDirAdj();
-        }
-        if (r.getMaxXDirAdj() > maxX) {
-            maxX = r.getMaxXDirAdj();
-        }
-        if (r.getMinYDirAdj() < minY) {
-            minY = r.getMinYDirAdj();
-        }
-        if (r.getMaxYDirAdj() > maxY) {
-            maxY = r.getMaxYDirAdj();
-        }
+        sequences.add(r);
+        calculateFrequencyCounters();
+        calculateBBox();
     }
 
 
     public TextPageBlock copy() {
 
-        return new TextPageBlock(minX, maxX, minY, maxY, sequences, rotation);
-    }
-
-
-    public void resize(float x1, float y1, float width, float height) {
-
-        set(x1, y1, x1 + width, y1 + height);
-    }
-
-
-    public void set(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2) {
-
-        this.minX = Math.min(x1, x2);
-        this.maxX = Math.max(x1, x2);
-        this.minY = Math.min(y1, y2);
-        this.maxY = Math.max(y1, y2);
+        return new TextPageBlock(new ArrayList<>(sequences));
     }
 
 
@@ -362,7 +219,22 @@ public class TextPageBlock extends AbstractPageBlock {
         }
 
         return TextNormalizationUtilities.removeHyphenLineBreaks(sb.toString());
+    }
 
+
+    public int getNumberOfLines() {
+
+        int numberOfLines = 1;
+        TextPositionSequence previous = null;
+        for (TextPositionSequence word : sequences) {
+            if (previous != null) {
+                if (word.getMaxYDirAdj() - previous.getMaxYDirAdj() > word.getTextHeight()) {
+                    numberOfLines++;
+                }
+            }
+            previous = word;
+        }
+        return numberOfLines;
     }
 
 

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/text/TextPositionSequence.java

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text;
 
-import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
-import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -9,14 +8,14 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.pdfbox.text.TextPosition;
 
-import com.iqser.red.service.persistence.service.v1.api.shared.model.redactionlog.Point;
-import com.iqser.red.service.persistence.service.v1.api.shared.model.redactionlog.Rectangle;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.BoundingBox;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.RectangleTransformations;
 
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 @Slf4j
@@ -24,34 +23,61 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 @Builder
 @NoArgsConstructor
 @AllArgsConstructor
-public class TextPositionSequence implements CharSequence {
+@EqualsAndHashCode(onlyExplicitlyIncluded = true, callSuper = false)
+public class TextPositionSequence extends BoundingBox implements CharSequence {
 
     public static final int HEIGHT_PADDING = 2;
+
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Include
     private int page;
+
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Include
     private List<RedTextPosition> textPositions = new ArrayList<>();
 
+    private Rectangle2D bBoxDirAdj;
+    @EqualsAndHashCode.Include
     private TextDirection dir;
     private int rotation;
     private float pageHeight;
     private float pageWidth;
     private boolean isParagraphStart;
+    private boolean strikethrough;
+    private boolean underline;
 
 
-    public TextPositionSequence(int page) {
+    public TextPositionSequence(List<TextPosition> textPositions, int pageNumber, boolean isParagraphStart) {
 
-        this.page = page;
-    }
-
-
-    public TextPositionSequence(List<TextPosition> textPositions, int page, boolean isParagraphStart) {
-
-        this.textPositions = textPositions.stream().map(RedTextPosition::fromTextPosition).collect(Collectors.toList());
-        this.page = page;
+        this.textPositions = textPositions.stream()
+                .map(RedTextPosition::fromTextPosition)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        this.page = pageNumber;
         this.dir = TextDirection.fromDegrees(textPositions.get(0).getDir());
         this.rotation = textPositions.get(0).getRotation();
         this.pageHeight = textPositions.get(0).getPageHeight();
         this.pageWidth = textPositions.get(0).getPageWidth();
         this.isParagraphStart = isParagraphStart;
+        calculateBBox();
+    }
+
+
+    private void calculateBBox() {
+
+        this.bBoxDirAdj = textPositions.stream()
+                .map(RedTextPosition::getBBoxDirAdj)
+                .collect(RectangleTransformations.collectBBox());
+        setToBBoxOfComponents(getTextPositions());
+    }
+
+
+    public TextPositionSequence(List<RedTextPosition> textPositions, int page) {
+
+        this.textPositions = textPositions;
+        this.page = page;
+        this.dir = TextDirection.fromDegrees(textPositions.get(0).getDir());
+        this.rotation = textPositions.get(0).getRotation();
+        this.pageHeight = textPositions.get(0).getPageHeight();
+        this.pageWidth = textPositions.get(0).getPageWidth();
+        calculateBBox();
     }
 
 
@@ -89,7 +115,7 @@ public class TextPositionSequence implements CharSequence {
         textPositionSequence.rotation = rotation;
         textPositionSequence.pageHeight = pageHeight;
         textPositionSequence.pageWidth = pageWidth;
-
+        textPositionSequence.setToBBoxOfComponents(getTextPositions());
         return textPositionSequence;
     }
 
@@ -119,18 +145,18 @@ public class TextPositionSequence implements CharSequence {
         this.rotation = textPositionSequence.getRotation();
         this.pageHeight = textPositionSequence.getPageHeight();
         this.pageWidth = textPositionSequence.getPageWidth();
+        calculateBBox();
     }
 
 
     public void add(TextPosition textPosition) {
 
         this.textPositions.add(RedTextPosition.fromTextPosition(textPosition));
-
         this.dir = TextDirection.fromDegrees(textPositions.get(0).getDir());
         this.rotation = textPositions.get(0).getRotation();
         this.pageHeight = textPositions.get(0).getPageHeight();
         this.pageWidth = textPositions.get(0).getPageWidth();
-
+        calculateBBox();
     }
 
 
@@ -190,24 +216,18 @@ public class TextPositionSequence implements CharSequence {
     }
 
 
+    public float getTextHeightNoPadding() {
+
+        return textPositions.get(0).getHeightDir();
+    }
+
+
     public float getTextHeight() {
 
         return textPositions.get(0).getHeightDir() + HEIGHT_PADDING;
     }
 
 
-    public float getHeight() {
-
-        return getMaxYDirAdj() - getMinYDirAdj();
-    }
-
-
-    public float getWidth() {
-
-        return getMaxXDirAdj() - getMinXDirAdj();
-    }
-
-
     public String getFont() {
 
         if (textPositions.get(0).getFontName() == null) {
@@ -247,54 +267,5 @@ public class TextPositionSequence implements CharSequence {
         return textPositions.get(0).getWidthOfSpace();
     }
 
-
-    /**
-     * This returns the bounding box of the word in Pdf Coordinate System where {0,0} rotated with the page rotation.
-     * 0 -> LowerLeft
-     * 90 -> UpperLeft
-     * 180 -> UpperRight
-     * 270 -> LowerRight
-     *
-     * @return bounding box of the word in Pdf Coordinate System
-     */
-
-    @SneakyThrows
-    public Rectangle getRectangle() {
-
-        log.debug("Page: '{}', Word: '{}', Rotation: '{}', textRotation {}", page, this, rotation, dir);
-
-        float textHeight = getTextHeight();
-
-        RedTextPosition firstTextPos = textPositions.get(0);
-        RedTextPosition lastTextPos = textPositions.get(textPositions.size() - 1);
-
-        Point2D bottomLeft = new Point2D.Double(firstTextPos.getXDirAdj(), firstTextPos.getYDirAdj() - HEIGHT_PADDING);
-        Point2D topRight = new Point2D.Double(lastTextPos.getXDirAdj() + lastTextPos.getWidthDirAdj(), lastTextPos.getYDirAdj() + textHeight + HEIGHT_PADDING);
-
-        AffineTransform transform = new AffineTransform();
-        if (dir == TextDirection.ZERO || dir == TextDirection.HALF_CIRCLE) {
-            transform.rotate(dir.getRadians(), pageWidth / 2f, pageHeight / 2f);
-            transform.translate(0f, pageHeight + textHeight);
-            transform.scale(1., -1.);
-        } else if (dir == TextDirection.QUARTER_CIRCLE) {
-            transform.rotate(dir.getRadians(), pageWidth / 2f, pageWidth / 2f);
-            transform.translate(0f, pageWidth + textHeight);
-            transform.scale(1., -1.);
-        } else {
-            transform.rotate(dir.getRadians(), pageHeight / 2f, pageHeight / 2f);
-            transform.translate(0f, pageWidth + textHeight);
-            transform.scale(1., -1.);
-        }
-
-        bottomLeft = transform.transform(bottomLeft, null);
-        topRight = transform.transform(topRight, null);
-
-        return new Rectangle( //
-                new Point((float) bottomLeft.getX(), (float) bottomLeft.getY()),
-                (float) (topRight.getX() - bottomLeft.getX()),
-                (float) (topRight.getY() - bottomLeft.getY()),
-                page);
-    }
-
 }
 

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/visualization/ColoredLine.java

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.visualization;
-
-import java.awt.Color;
-import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
-
-public record ColoredLine(Line2D line, Color color) {
-
-}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/model/visualization/PlacedText.java

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.visualization;
-
-import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
-
-public record PlacedText(String text, Point2D lineStart) {
-
-}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/python_api/adapter/ImageServiceResponseAdapter.java

@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.image.ImageServiceResponse;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.AbstractPageBlock;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.ClassificationPage;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.image.ClassifiedImage;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes.ImageType;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.image.ClassifiedImage;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.image.ImageServiceResponse;
 
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 
@@ -20,8 +21,7 @@ import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class ImageServiceResponseAdapter {
 
-
-    public Map<Integer, List<ClassifiedImage>> buildClassifiedImagesPerPage(ImageServiceResponse imageServiceResponse ) {
+    public Map<Integer, List<ClassifiedImage>> buildClassifiedImagesPerPage(ImageServiceResponse imageServiceResponse) {
 
         Map<Integer, List<ClassifiedImage>> images = new HashMap<>();
         imageServiceResponse.getData().forEach(imageMetadata -> {
@@ -55,11 +55,12 @@ public class ImageServiceResponseAdapter {
 
         classificationPage.getImages().forEach(image -> {
             if (image.getImageType().equals(ImageType.OTHER)) {
-                classificationPage.getTextBlocks().forEach(textblock -> {
-                    if (image.getPosition().contains(textblock.getMinX(), textblock.getMinY(), textblock.getWidth(), textblock.getHeight())) {
+                for (AbstractPageBlock textblock : classificationPage.getTextBlocks()) {
+                    if (image.getPosition().contains(textblock.getBBoxInitialUserSpace())) {
                         image.setImageType(ImageType.OCR);
+                        return;
                     }
-                });
+                }
             }
         });
     }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/python_api/adapter/VisualLayoutParsingAdapter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.adapter;
+
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes.ImageType;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.image.ClassifiedImage;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table.VisualLayoutParsingBox;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table.VisualLayoutParsingResponse;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table.VisualLayoutParsingResult;
+
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Service
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+@Slf4j
+public class VisualLayoutParsingAdapter {
+
+    private static String SIGNATURES = "signature";
+
+
+    public Map<Integer, List<VisualLayoutParsingResult>> buildExtractedTablesPerPage(VisualLayoutParsingResponse visualLayoutParsingResponse) {
+
+        Map<Integer, List<VisualLayoutParsingResult>> tableCells = new HashMap<>();
+        visualLayoutParsingResponse.getData()
+                .forEach(tableData -> tableCells.computeIfAbsent(tableData.getPage_idx(), tableCell -> new ArrayList<>()).addAll(convertTableCells(tableData.getBoxes())));
+
+        return tableCells;
+
+    }
+
+
+    public Map<Integer, List<ClassifiedImage>> buildExtractedSignaturesPerPage(VisualLayoutParsingResponse visualLayoutParsingResponse) {
+
+        Map<Integer, List<ClassifiedImage>> signatures = new HashMap<>();
+        if (visualLayoutParsingResponse.getData() != null) {
+            visualLayoutParsingResponse.getData()
+                    .forEach(tableData -> signatures.computeIfAbsent(tableData.getPage_idx() + 1, tableCell -> new ArrayList<>())
+                            .addAll(convertSignatures(tableData.getPage_idx()+1, tableData.getBoxes())));
+        }
+        return signatures;
+
+    }
+
+
+    public List<VisualLayoutParsingResult> convertTableCells(List<VisualLayoutParsingBox> tableObjects) {
+
+        List<VisualLayoutParsingResult> parsedTableCells = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        tableObjects.stream().forEach(t -> {
+            VisualLayoutParsingResult result = new VisualLayoutParsingResult();
+            result.setX0(t.getBox().getX1());
+            result.setX1(t.getBox().getX2());
+            result.setY0(t.getBox().getY1());
+            result.setY1(t.getBox().getY2());
+            result.setWidth(result.getX1() - result.getX0());
+            result.setHeight(result.getY1() - result.getY0());
+            result.setLabel(t.getLabel());
+            parsedTableCells.add(result);
+        });
+
+        return parsedTableCells;
+
+    }
+
+
+    public List<ClassifiedImage> convertSignatures(int pageNumber, List<VisualLayoutParsingBox> tableObjects) {
+
+        List<ClassifiedImage> signatures = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        tableObjects.stream().forEach(t -> {
+            if (t.getLabel().equals(SIGNATURES)) {
+                ClassifiedImage signature = new ClassifiedImage(new Rectangle2D.Float(t.getBox().getX1(),
+                        t.getBox().getY1(),
+                        t.getBox().getX2() - t.getBox().getX1(),
+                        t.getBox().getY2() - t.getBox().getY1()), ImageType.SIGNATURE, true, false, false, pageNumber);
+
+                signatures.add(signature);
+            }
+        });
+
+        return signatures;
+
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/python_api/model/table/VisualLayoutParsingBox.java

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Builder;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+
+@Data
+@Builder
+@NoArgsConstructor
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class VisualLayoutParsingBox {
+
+    private VisualLayoutParsingBoxValue box;
+    private String label;
+    private float probability;
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/python_api/model/table/VisualLayoutParsingBoxValue.java

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Builder;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+
+@Data
+@Builder
+@NoArgsConstructor
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class VisualLayoutParsingBoxValue {
+
+    private float x1;
+    private float y1;
+    private float x2;
+    private float y2;
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/python_api/model/table/VisualLayoutParsingData.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Builder;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+
+@Data
+@Builder
+@NoArgsConstructor
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class VisualLayoutParsingData {
+
+    private int page_idx;
+
+    private List<VisualLayoutParsingBox> boxes;
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/python_api/model/table/VisualLayoutParsingResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Builder;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+
+@Data
+@Builder
+@NoArgsConstructor
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class VisualLayoutParsingResponse {
+
+    private String dossierId;
+    private String fileId;
+    private String targetFileExtension;
+    private String responseFileExtension;
+    private String X_TENANT_ID;
+    private List<VisualLayoutParsingData> data;
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/python_api/model/table/VisualLayoutParsingResult.java

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Builder;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+
+@Data
+@Builder
+@NoArgsConstructor
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class VisualLayoutParsingResult {
+
+    private float x0;
+    private float y0;
+    private float x1;
+    private float y1;
+    private float width;
+    private float height;
+    private String label;
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/services/BodyTextFrameService.java

@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ public class BodyTextFrameService {
     private static final float RULING_HEIGHT_THRESHOLD = 0.15f; // multiplied with page height. Header/Footer Rulings must be within that border of the page.
     private static final float RULING_WIDTH_THRESHOLD = 0.75f; // multiplied with page width. Header/Footer Rulings must be at least that wide.
 
+
     public void setBodyTextFrames(ClassificationDocument classificationDocument, LayoutParsingType layoutParsingType) {
 
         Rectangle bodyTextFrame = calculateBodyTextFrame(classificationDocument.getPages(), classificationDocument.getFontSizeCounter(), false, layoutParsingType);
         Rectangle landscapeBodyTextFrame = calculateBodyTextFrame(classificationDocument.getPages(), classificationDocument.getFontSizeCounter(), true, layoutParsingType);
         for (ClassificationPage page : classificationDocument.getPages()) {
-//            var updatedBodyTextFrame = getBodyTextFrameFromRulings(page, bodyTextFrame, landscapeBodyTextFrame);
+            var updatedBodyTextFrame = getBodyTextFrameFromRulings(page, bodyTextFrame, landscapeBodyTextFrame);
             setBodyTextFrameAdjustedToPage(page, bodyTextFrame, landscapeBodyTextFrame);
+            classificationDocument.getVisualizations().addMainBodyVisualization(page.isLandscape() ? landscapeBodyTextFrame : bodyTextFrame, page.getPageNumber());
         }
     }
 
@@ -57,24 +59,26 @@ public class BodyTextFrameService {
 
     private List<Ruling> getPotentialFooterRulings(ClassificationPage page) {
 
-        return page.getCleanRulings()
-                .getHorizontal()
+        return page.getCleanRulings().getHorizontals()
                 .stream()
+                .filter(ruling -> ruling.getClassification().equals(Ruling.Classification.OTHER))
                 .filter(ruling -> ruling.getY1() < page.getPageHeight() * RULING_HEIGHT_THRESHOLD)
                 .filter(ruling -> ruling.getWidth() > RULING_WIDTH_THRESHOLD * page.getPageWidth())
                 .sorted(Comparator.comparingDouble(Ruling::getTop))
+                .peek(ruling -> ruling.setClassification(Ruling.Classification.FOOTER_SEPARATOR))
                 .toList();
     }
 
 
     private List<Ruling> getPotentialHeaderRulings(ClassificationPage page) {
 
-        return page.getCleanRulings()
-                .getHorizontal()
+        return page.getCleanRulings().getHorizontals()
                 .stream()
+                .filter(ruling -> ruling.getClassification().equals(Ruling.Classification.OTHER))
                 .filter(ruling -> ruling.getY1() > page.getPageHeight() * (1 - RULING_HEIGHT_THRESHOLD))
                 .filter(ruling -> ruling.getWidth() > RULING_WIDTH_THRESHOLD * page.getPageWidth())
                 .sorted(Comparator.comparingDouble(Ruling::getBottom).reversed())
+                .peek(ruling -> ruling.setClassification(Ruling.Classification.HEADER_SEPARATOR))
                 .toList();
     }
 
@@ -98,16 +102,16 @@ public class BodyTextFrameService {
 
         if (page.getPageWidth() > page.getPageHeight() && page.getRotation() == 270) {
             textFrame = new Rectangle(new Point(textFrame.getTopLeft().getY(), page.getPageHeight() - textFrame.getTopLeft().getX() - textFrame.getWidth()),
-                    textFrame.getHeight(),
-                    textFrame.getWidth(),
-                    0);
+                                      textFrame.getHeight(),
+                                      textFrame.getWidth(),
+                                      0);
         } else if (page.getPageWidth() > page.getPageHeight() && page.getRotation() != 0) {
             textFrame = new Rectangle(new Point(textFrame.getTopLeft().getY(), textFrame.getTopLeft().getX()), textFrame.getHeight(), textFrame.getWidth(), page.getPageNumber());
         } else if (page.getRotation() == 180) {
             textFrame = new Rectangle(new Point(textFrame.getTopLeft().getX(), page.getPageHeight() - textFrame.getTopLeft().getY() - textFrame.getHeight()),
-                    textFrame.getWidth(),
-                    textFrame.getHeight(),
-                    0);
+                                      textFrame.getWidth(),
+                                      textFrame.getHeight(),
+                                      0);
         }
         page.setBodyTextFrame(textFrame);
     }
@@ -132,12 +136,7 @@ public class BodyTextFrameService {
                                                boolean landscape,
                                                LayoutParsingType layoutParsingType) {
 
-        float approximateHeaderLineCount;
-        if (layoutParsingType.equals(LayoutParsingType.TAAS)) {
-            approximateHeaderLineCount = 3.3f;
-        } else {
-            approximateHeaderLineCount = 2.9f;
-        }
+        float approximateHeaderLineCount = 2.9f;
 
         BodyTextFrameExpansionsRectangle expansionsRectangle = new BodyTextFrameExpansionsRectangle();
 
@@ -155,14 +154,18 @@ public class BodyTextFrameService {
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    if (MarkedContentUtils.intersects(textBlock, page.getMarkedContentBboxPerType(), MarkedContentUtils.HEADER)
-                            || MarkedContentUtils.intersects(textBlock, page.getMarkedContentBboxPerType(), MarkedContentUtils.FOOTER)) {
+                    if (MarkedContentUtils.intersects(textBlock, page.getMarkedContentBboxPerType(), MarkedContentUtils.HEADER) || MarkedContentUtils.intersects(textBlock,
+                                                                                                                                                                 page.getMarkedContentBboxPerType(),
+                                                                                                                                                                 MarkedContentUtils.FOOTER)) {
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    float approxLineCount = PositionUtils.getApproxLineCount(textBlock);
-                    if (layoutParsingType.equals(LayoutParsingType.DOCUMINE) && approxLineCount < approximateHeaderLineCount && textBlock.getMaxY() >= page.getPageHeight() - (page.getPageHeight() / 10) || !layoutParsingType.equals(
-                            LayoutParsingType.DOCUMINE) && approxLineCount < approximateHeaderLineCount) {
+                    double approxLineCount = PositionUtils.getApproxLineCount(textBlock);
+                    if (layoutParsingType.equals(LayoutParsingType.DOCUMINE_OLD) //
+                        && approxLineCount < approximateHeaderLineCount //
+                        && textBlock.getMaxY() >= page.getPageHeight() - (page.getPageHeight() / 10)//
+                        || !layoutParsingType.equals(LayoutParsingType.DOCUMINE_OLD) //
+                           && approxLineCount < approximateHeaderLineCount) {
                         continue;
                     }
 
@@ -188,10 +191,10 @@ public class BodyTextFrameService {
                 }
             }
         }
-        return new Rectangle(new Point(expansionsRectangle.minX, expansionsRectangle.minY),
-                expansionsRectangle.maxX - expansionsRectangle.minX,
-                expansionsRectangle.maxY - expansionsRectangle.minY,
-                0);
+        return new Rectangle(new Point((float) expansionsRectangle.minX, (float) expansionsRectangle.minY),
+                             (float) (expansionsRectangle.maxX - expansionsRectangle.minX),
+                             (float) (expansionsRectangle.maxY - expansionsRectangle.minY),
+                             0);
     }
 
 
@@ -229,10 +232,10 @@ public class BodyTextFrameService {
 
     private class BodyTextFrameExpansionsRectangle {
 
-        float minX = 10000;
-        float maxX = -100;
-        float minY = 10000;
-        float maxY = -100;
+        double minX = 10000;
+        double maxX = -100;
+        double minY = 10000;
+        double maxY = -100;
 
     }
 

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/services/GapDetectionService.java

@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ public class GapDetectionService {
 
             if (yDifference > avgTextPositionHeight * Y_GAP_FACTOR) {
                 yGapContext.addGap(mainBodyTextFrame.getMinX(),
-                        previousTextPositionBBox.getMaxY(),
-                        mainBodyTextFrame.getWidth(),
-                        -(previousTextPositionBBox.getMaxY() - currentTextPositionBBox.getMinY()));
+                                   previousTextPositionBBox.getMaxY(),
+                                   mainBodyTextFrame.getWidth(),
+                                   -(previousTextPositionBBox.getMaxY() - currentTextPositionBBox.getMinY()));
             }
             if (yDifference > avgTextPositionHeight * NEW_LINE_FACTOR) {
 
@@ -69,32 +69,37 @@ public class GapDetectionService {
 
     private static Rectangle2D toRectangle2D(TextPositionSequence textPosition) {
 
-        return mirrorY(RectangleTransformations.toRectangle2D(textPosition.getRectangle()));
+        return mirrorY(textPosition.getBBox());
     }
 
+
     private static Rectangle2D mirrorY(Rectangle2D rectangle2D) {
 
         return new Rectangle2D.Double(rectangle2D.getX(), Math.min(rectangle2D.getMinY(), rectangle2D.getMaxY()), rectangle2D.getWidth(), Math.abs(rectangle2D.getHeight()));
     }
 
+
     private static void addGapToLine(Rectangle2D currentTextPosition, Rectangle2D previousTextPosition, XGapsContext context) {
 
         context.gapsInCurrentLine.add(new Rectangle2D.Double(previousTextPosition.getMaxX(),
-                previousTextPosition.getMinY(),
-                currentTextPosition.getMinX() - previousTextPosition.getMaxX(),
-                (previousTextPosition.getHeight() + currentTextPosition.getHeight()) / 2));
+                                                             previousTextPosition.getMinY(),
+                                                             currentTextPosition.getMinX() - previousTextPosition.getMaxX(),
+                                                             (previousTextPosition.getHeight() + currentTextPosition.getHeight()) / 2));
     }
 
 
     private static void assertAllTextPositionsHaveSameDir(List<TextPositionSequence> textPositionSequences) {
 
-        assert textPositionSequences.stream().map(TextPositionSequence::getDir).allMatch(a -> a.equals(textPositionSequences.get(0).getDir()));
+        assert textPositionSequences.stream()
+                .map(TextPositionSequence::getDir)
+                .allMatch(a -> a.equals(textPositionSequences.get(0).getDir()));
     }
 
 
     private static double getAvgTextPositionHeight(List<TextPositionSequence> textPositionSequences) {
 
-        return textPositionSequences.stream().mapToDouble(TextPositionSequence::getHeight).average().orElseThrow();
+        return textPositionSequences.stream()
+                .mapToDouble(TextPositionSequence::getHeight).average().orElseThrow();
     }
 
 
@@ -142,9 +147,9 @@ public class GapDetectionService {
         public void addGapToRightEdgeOfMainBody(Rectangle2D textPosition) {
 
             Rectangle2D leftGap = new Rectangle2D.Double(textPosition.getMaxX(),
-                    textPosition.getMinY(),
-                    mainBodyTextFrame.getMaxX() - textPosition.getMaxX(),
-                    textPosition.getHeight());
+                                                         textPosition.getMinY(),
+                                                         mainBodyTextFrame.getMaxX() - textPosition.getMaxX(),
+                                                         textPosition.getHeight());
             gapsInCurrentLine.add(leftGap);
         }
 
@@ -152,9 +157,9 @@ public class GapDetectionService {
         public void addGapFromLeftEdgeOfMainBody(Rectangle2D textPosition) {
 
             Rectangle2D leftGap = new Rectangle2D.Double(mainBodyTextFrame.getMinX(),
-                    textPosition.getMinY(),
-                    textPosition.getMinX() - mainBodyTextFrame.getMinX(),
-                    textPosition.getHeight());
+                                                         textPosition.getMinY(),
+                                                         textPosition.getMinX() - mainBodyTextFrame.getMinX(),
+                                                         textPosition.getHeight());
             gapsInCurrentLine.add(leftGap);
         }
 

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/services/LineDetectionService.java

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class LineDetectionService {
 
         private Rectangle2D textPositionBBox(List<TextPositionSequence> textPositionSequences) {
 
-            return RectangleTransformations.rectangleBBox(textPositionSequences.stream().map(TextPositionSequence::getRectangle).toList());
+            return RectangleTransformations.rectangle2DBBox(textPositionSequences.stream().map(TextPositionSequence::getBBox).toList());
         }
 
 

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/services/RulingCleaningService.java

@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services;
 
-import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
+import static com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.GeometricComparators.X_FIRST_RULING_COMPARATOR;
+
 import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.CleanRulings;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.Ruling;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.python_api.model.table.TableCells;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.DoubleComparisons;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.RectangleTransformations;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.UnionFind;
 
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -25,124 +26,174 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class RulingCleaningService {
 
-    private static final float THRESHOLD = 6;
+    private static final float THRESHOLD_X_VERTICAL = 1;
+    private static final float THRESHOLD_Y_VERTICAL = 2;
+    private static final float THRESHOLD_X_HORIZONTAL = 2;
+    private static final float THRESHOLD_Y_HORIZONTAL = 3;
 
 
-    public CleanRulings getCleanRulings(List<TableCells> tableCells, List<Ruling> rulings) {
+    public CleanRulings deduplicateAndStraightenRulings(List<TableCells> tableCells, List<Ruling> rulings) {
+
+        Rulings verticalAndHorizontalRulingLines;
 
         if (!rulings.isEmpty()) {
-            snapPoints(rulings);
+            verticalAndHorizontalRulingLines = extractVerticalAndHorizontalRulingLines(rulings);
+        } else {
+            verticalAndHorizontalRulingLines = getRulingsFromParsedCells(tableCells);
         }
 
+        verticalAndHorizontalRulingLines.verticalLines.sort(X_FIRST_RULING_COMPARATOR);
+        verticalAndHorizontalRulingLines.horizontalLines.sort(X_FIRST_RULING_COMPARATOR);
+        verticalAndHorizontalRulingLines = cleanRulings(verticalAndHorizontalRulingLines);
+
+        return new CleanRulings(verticalAndHorizontalRulingLines.horizontalLines(), verticalAndHorizontalRulingLines.verticalLines());
+    }
+
+
+    private Rulings cleanRulings(Rulings rulings) {
+
+        List<List<Rectangle2D>> groupedOverlappingVerticalRectangles = groupOverlappingRectangles(rulings.verticalLines.stream()
+                                                                                                          .map(RulingCleaningService::getOverlapRectangle)
+                                                                                                          .distinct()
+                                                                                                          .toList());
+        List<Ruling> cleanedVerticalRulings = groupedOverlappingVerticalRectangles.stream()
+                .map(rectList -> getXCenteredRuling(RectangleTransformations.rectangle2DBBox(rectList)))
+                .filter(ruling -> ruling.length() > 0)
+                .toList();
+
+        List<List<Rectangle2D>> groupedOverlappingHorizontalRectangles = groupOverlappingRectangles(rulings.horizontalLines.stream()
+                                                                                                            .map(RulingCleaningService::getOverlapRectangle)
+                                                                                                            .distinct()
+                                                                                                            .toList());
+
+        List<Ruling> cleanedHorizontalRulings = groupedOverlappingHorizontalRectangles.stream()
+                .map(rectList -> getYCenteredRuling(RectangleTransformations.rectangle2DBBox(rectList)))
+                .filter(ruling -> ruling.length() > 0)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        return new Rulings(cleanedVerticalRulings, cleanedHorizontalRulings);
+    }
+
+
+    private List<List<Rectangle2D>> groupOverlappingRectangles(List<Rectangle2D> rectangles) {
+
+        UnionFind<Rectangle2D> unionFind = new UnionFind<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < rectangles.size(); i++) {
+            for (int j = i + 1; j < rectangles.size(); j++) {
+                Rectangle2D rectangle1 = rectangles.get(i);
+                Rectangle2D rectangle2 = rectangles.get(j);
+
+                // we can stop early when we are too far off because of x-y-sorting
+                if (rectangle1.getMaxX() < rectangle2.getMinX() && rectangle1.getMaxY() < rectangle2.getMinY()) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                if (rectangle1.intersects(rectangle2)) {
+                    unionFind.union(rectangle1, rectangle2);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Map<Rectangle2D, List<Rectangle2D>> groups = new HashMap<>();
+        for (Rectangle2D rectangle : rectangles) {
+            Rectangle2D root = unionFind.find(rectangle);
+            groups.computeIfAbsent(root, k -> new ArrayList<>()).add(rectangle);
+        }
+        return new ArrayList<>(groups.values());
+    }
+
+
+    private static Rectangle2D getOverlapRectangle(Ruling ruling) {
+
+        float y;
+        float x;
+        float w;
+        float h;
+
+        if (ruling.x1 < ruling.x2) {
+            x = ruling.x1;
+            w = ruling.x2 - ruling.x1;
+        } else {
+            x = ruling.x2;
+            w = ruling.x1 - ruling.x2;
+        }
+        if (ruling.y1 < ruling.y2) {
+            y = ruling.y1;
+            h = ruling.y2 - ruling.y1;
+        } else {
+            y = ruling.y2;
+            h = ruling.y1 - ruling.y2;
+        }
+
+        if (ruling.isHorizontal()) {
+            return new Rectangle2D.Double(x - THRESHOLD_X_HORIZONTAL, y - THRESHOLD_Y_HORIZONTAL, w + 2 * THRESHOLD_X_HORIZONTAL, h + 2 * THRESHOLD_Y_HORIZONTAL);
+        } else {
+            return new Rectangle2D.Double(x - THRESHOLD_X_VERTICAL, y - THRESHOLD_Y_VERTICAL, w + 2 * THRESHOLD_X_VERTICAL, h + 2 * THRESHOLD_Y_VERTICAL);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    public static Ruling getXCenteredRuling(Rectangle2D rectangle) {
+
+        double x = rectangle.getCenterX();
+        double y1 = rectangle.getMinY();
+        double y2 = rectangle.getMaxY();
+
+        Point2D point1 = new Point2D.Double(x, y1 + THRESHOLD_Y_VERTICAL);
+        Point2D point2 = new Point2D.Double(x, y2 - THRESHOLD_Y_VERTICAL);
+
+        return new Ruling(point1, point2);
+    }
+
+
+    public static Ruling getYCenteredRuling(Rectangle2D rectangle) {
+
+        double x1 = rectangle.getX();
+        double x2 = rectangle.getMaxX();
+        double y = rectangle.getCenterY();
+
+        Point2D point1 = new Point2D.Double(x1 + THRESHOLD_X_HORIZONTAL, y);
+        Point2D point2 = new Point2D.Double(x2 - THRESHOLD_X_HORIZONTAL, y);
+
+        return new Ruling(point1, point2);
+    }
+
+
+    private Rulings extractVerticalAndHorizontalRulingLines(List<Ruling> rulings) {
+
         List<Ruling> vrs = new ArrayList<>();
         for (Ruling vr : rulings) {
-            if (vr.vertical()) {
+            if (vr.isVertical()) {
                 vrs.add(vr);
             }
         }
-        if (vrs.isEmpty()) {
-            vrs.addAll(extractVerticalRulings(tableCells));
-        }
-        List<Ruling> verticalRulingLines = collapseOrientedRulings(vrs);
 
         List<Ruling> hrs = new ArrayList<>();
         for (Ruling hr : rulings) {
-            if (hr.horizontal()) {
+            if (hr.isHorizontal()) {
                 hrs.add(hr);
             }
         }
-        if (hrs.isEmpty()) {
-            hrs.addAll(extractHorizontalRulings(tableCells));
-        }
-        List<Ruling> horizontalRulingLines = collapseOrientedRulings(hrs);
-
-        return CleanRulings.builder().vertical(verticalRulingLines).horizontal(horizontalRulingLines).build();
+        return new Rulings(vrs, hrs);
     }
 
 
-    public void snapPoints(List<? extends Line2D.Float> rulings) {
+    private Rulings getRulingsFromParsedCells(List<TableCells> tableCells) {
 
-        // collect points and keep a Line -> p1,p2 map
-        Map<Line2D.Float, Point2D[]> linesToPoints = new HashMap<>();
-        List<Point2D> points = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (Line2D.Float r : rulings) {
-            Point2D p1 = r.getP1();
-            Point2D p2 = r.getP2();
-            linesToPoints.put(r, new Point2D[]{p1, p2});
-            points.add(p1);
-            points.add(p2);
-        }
-
-        // snap by X
-        points.sort(Comparator.comparingDouble(Point2D::getX));
-
-        List<List<Point2D>> groupedPoints = new ArrayList<>();
-        groupedPoints.add(new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList(points.get(0))));
-
-        for (Point2D p : points.subList(1, points.size() - 1)) {
-            List<Point2D> last = groupedPoints.get(groupedPoints.size() - 1);
-            if (Math.abs(p.getX() - last.get(0).getX()) < THRESHOLD) {
-                groupedPoints.get(groupedPoints.size() - 1).add(p);
-            } else {
-                groupedPoints.add(new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList(p)));
-            }
-        }
-
-        for (List<Point2D> group : groupedPoints) {
-            float avgLoc = 0;
-            for (Point2D p : group) {
-                avgLoc += p.getX();
-            }
-            avgLoc /= group.size();
-            for (Point2D p : group) {
-                p.setLocation(avgLoc, p.getY());
-            }
-        }
-        // ---
-
-        // snap by Y
-        points.sort(Comparator.comparingDouble(Point2D::getY));
-
-        groupedPoints = new ArrayList<>();
-        groupedPoints.add(new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList(points.get(0))));
-
-        for (Point2D p : points.subList(1, points.size() - 1)) {
-            List<Point2D> last = groupedPoints.get(groupedPoints.size() - 1);
-            if (Math.abs(p.getY() - last.get(0).getY()) < THRESHOLD) {
-                groupedPoints.get(groupedPoints.size() - 1).add(p);
-            } else {
-                groupedPoints.add(new ArrayList<>(Collections.singletonList(p)));
-            }
-        }
-
-        for (List<Point2D> group : groupedPoints) {
-            float avgLoc = 0;
-            for (Point2D p : group) {
-                avgLoc += p.getY();
-            }
-            avgLoc /= group.size();
-            for (Point2D p : group) {
-                p.setLocation(p.getX(), avgLoc);
-            }
-        }
-        // ---
-
-        // finally, modify lines
-        for (Map.Entry<Line2D.Float, Point2D[]> ltp : linesToPoints.entrySet()) {
-            Point2D[] p = ltp.getValue();
-            ltp.getKey().setLine(p[0], p[1]);
-        }
+        List<Ruling> vrs = extractVerticalRulingsFromParsedCells(tableCells);
+        List<Ruling> hrs = extractHorizontalRulingsFromParsedCells(tableCells);
+        return new Rulings(vrs, hrs);
     }
 
 
-    private Collection<? extends Ruling> extractVerticalRulings(List<TableCells> cvParsedTableCells) {
+    private List<Ruling> extractVerticalRulingsFromParsedCells(List<TableCells> tableCells) {
 
         List<Ruling> vrs = new ArrayList<>();
 
-        if (cvParsedTableCells != null) {
-            for (TableCells cvParsedTableCell : cvParsedTableCells) {
-                Ruling leftLine = createRuling(cvParsedTableCell.getX0(), cvParsedTableCell.getX0(), cvParsedTableCell.getY0(), cvParsedTableCell.getY1());
-                Ruling rightLine = createRuling(cvParsedTableCell.getX1(), cvParsedTableCell.getX1(), cvParsedTableCell.getY0(), cvParsedTableCell.getY1());
+        if (tableCells != null) {
+            for (TableCells tableCell : tableCells) {
+                Ruling leftLine = createRuling(tableCell.getX0(), tableCell.getX0(), tableCell.getY0(), tableCell.getY1());
+                Ruling rightLine = createRuling(tableCell.getX1(), tableCell.getX1(), tableCell.getY0(), tableCell.getY1());
                 vrs.add(leftLine);
                 vrs.add(rightLine);
             }
@@ -151,19 +202,18 @@ public class RulingCleaningService {
     }
 
 
-    private Collection<? extends Ruling> extractHorizontalRulings(List<TableCells> cvParsedTableCells) {
+    private List<Ruling> extractHorizontalRulingsFromParsedCells(List<TableCells> tableCells) {
 
         List<Ruling> hrs = new ArrayList<>();
 
-        if (cvParsedTableCells != null) {
-            for (TableCells cvParsedTableCell : cvParsedTableCells) {
-                Ruling topLine = createRuling(cvParsedTableCell.getX0(), cvParsedTableCell.getX1(), cvParsedTableCell.getY1(), cvParsedTableCell.getY1());
-                Ruling baseLine = createRuling(cvParsedTableCell.getX0(), cvParsedTableCell.getX1(), cvParsedTableCell.getY0(), cvParsedTableCell.getY0());
+        if (tableCells != null) {
+            for (TableCells tableCell : tableCells) {
+                Ruling topLine = createRuling(tableCell.getX0(), tableCell.getX1(), tableCell.getY1(), tableCell.getY1());
+                Ruling baseLine = createRuling(tableCell.getX0(), tableCell.getX1(), tableCell.getY0(), tableCell.getY0());
                 hrs.add(topLine);
                 hrs.add(baseLine);
             }
         }
-
         return hrs;
     }
 
@@ -189,46 +239,8 @@ public class RulingCleaningService {
     }
 
 
-    private List<Ruling> collapseOrientedRulings(List<Ruling> lines) {
+    private record Rulings(List<Ruling> verticalLines, List<Ruling> horizontalLines) {
 
-        int COLINEAR_OR_PARALLEL_PIXEL_EXPAND_AMOUNT = 1;
-        return collapseOrientedRulings(lines, COLINEAR_OR_PARALLEL_PIXEL_EXPAND_AMOUNT);
-    }
-
-
-    private List<Ruling> collapseOrientedRulings(List<Ruling> lines, int expandAmount) {
-
-        ArrayList<Ruling> rv = new ArrayList<>();
-        lines.sort((a, b) -> {
-            final float diff = a.getPosition() - b.getPosition();
-            return Float.compare(diff == 0 ? a.getStart() - b.getStart() : diff, 0f);
-        });
-
-        for (Ruling next_line : lines) {
-            Ruling last = rv.isEmpty() ? null : rv.get(rv.size() - 1);
-            // if current line colinear with next, and are "close enough": expand current line
-            if (last != null && DoubleComparisons.feq(next_line.getPosition(), last.getPosition()) && last.nearlyIntersects(next_line, expandAmount)) {
-                final float lastStart = last.getStart();
-                final float lastEnd = last.getEnd();
-
-                final boolean lastFlipped = lastStart > lastEnd;
-                final boolean nextFlipped = next_line.getStart() > next_line.getEnd();
-
-                boolean differentDirections = nextFlipped != lastFlipped;
-                float nextS = differentDirections ? next_line.getEnd() : next_line.getStart();
-                float nextE = differentDirections ? next_line.getStart() : next_line.getEnd();
-
-                final float newStart = lastFlipped ? Math.max(nextS, lastStart) : Math.min(nextS, lastStart);
-                final float newEnd = lastFlipped ? Math.min(nextE, lastEnd) : Math.max(nextE, lastEnd);
-                last.setStartEnd(newStart, newEnd);
-                assert !last.oblique();
-            } else if (next_line.length() == 0) {
-                continue;
-            } else {
-                rv.add(next_line);
-            }
-        }
-        return rv;
     }
 
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/services/SectionsBuilderService.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.Strings;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.AbstractPageBlock;
@@ -26,8 +27,10 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 @Slf4j
 @Service
+@Deprecated
 public class SectionsBuilderService {
 
+
     public void buildSections(ClassificationDocument document) {
 
         List<AbstractPageBlock> chunkWords = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -43,7 +46,6 @@ public class SectionsBuilderService {
         for (ClassificationPage page : document.getPages()) {
             List<TextPageBlock> header = new ArrayList<>();
             List<TextPageBlock> footer = new ArrayList<>();
-            List<TextPageBlock> unclassifiedText = new ArrayList<>();
             for (AbstractPageBlock current : page.getTextBlocks()) {
 
                 if (current.getClassification() == null) {
@@ -62,11 +64,6 @@ public class SectionsBuilderService {
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                if (current.getClassification().equals(PageBlockType.OTHER)) {
-                    unclassifiedText.add((TextPageBlock) current);
-                    continue;
-                }
-
                 if (prev != null && current.getClassification().isHeadline() && !prev.getClassification().isHeadline() || !document.isHeadlines()) {
                     ClassificationSection chunkBlock = buildTextBlock(chunkWords, lastHeadline);
                     chunkBlock.setHeadline(lastHeadline);
@@ -76,7 +73,8 @@ public class SectionsBuilderService {
                     chunkBlockList.add(chunkBlock);
                     chunkWords = new ArrayList<>();
                     if (!chunkBlock.getTables().isEmpty()) {
-                        previousTable = chunkBlock.getTables().get(chunkBlock.getTables().size() - 1);
+                        previousTable = chunkBlock.getTables()
+                                .get(chunkBlock.getTables().size() - 1);
                     }
                 }
                 if (current instanceof TablePageBlock table) {
@@ -94,9 +92,6 @@ public class SectionsBuilderService {
             if (!footer.isEmpty()) {
                 footers.add(new ClassificationFooter(footer));
             }
-            if (!unclassifiedText.isEmpty()) {
-                unclassifiedTexts.add(new UnclassifiedText(unclassifiedText));
-            }
         }
 
         ClassificationSection chunkBlock = buildTextBlock(chunkWords, lastHeadline);
@@ -110,6 +105,21 @@ public class SectionsBuilderService {
     }
 
 
+    public void buildParagraphDebugSections(ClassificationDocument document) {
+
+        List<ClassificationSection> sections = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (var page : document.getPages()) {
+            page.getTextBlocks()
+                    .forEach(block -> {
+                        block.setPage(page.getPageNumber());
+                        var section = buildTextBlock(List.of(block), Strings.EMPTY);
+                        sections.add(section);
+                    });
+        }
+        document.setSections(sections);
+    }
+
+
     public void addImagesToSections(ClassificationDocument document) {
 
         Map<Integer, List<ClassificationSection>> sectionMap = new HashMap<>();
@@ -149,10 +159,10 @@ public class SectionsBuilderService {
                     }
                 }
                 for (ClassificationSection section : sectionsOnPage) {
-                    Float xMin = null;
-                    Float yMin = null;
-                    Float xMax = null;
-                    Float yMax = null;
+                    Double xMin = null;
+                    Double yMin = null;
+                    Double xMax = null;
+                    Double yMax = null;
 
                     for (AbstractPageBlock abs : section.getPageBlocks()) {
                         if (abs.getPage() != page.getPageNumber()) {
@@ -196,10 +206,17 @@ public class SectionsBuilderService {
                     log.debug("Image position x: {}, y: {}", image.getPosition().getX(), image.getPosition().getY());
                     log.debug("Paragraph position xMin: {}, xMax: {}, yMin: {}, yMax: {}", xMin, xMax, yMin, yMax);
 
-                    if (xMin != null && xMax != null && yMin != null && yMax != null && image.getPosition().getX() >= xMin && image.getPosition()
-                            .getX() <= xMax && image.getPosition().getY() >= yMin && image.getPosition().getY() <= yMax) {
+                    if (xMin != null
+                        && xMax != null
+                        && yMin != null
+                        && yMax != null
+                        && image.getPosition().getX() >= xMin
+                        && image.getPosition().getX() <= xMax
+                        && image.getPosition().getY() >= yMin
+                        && image.getPosition().getY() <= yMax) {
                         section.getImages().add(image);
                         image.setAppendedToSection(true);
+                        break;
                     }
                 }
                 if (!image.isAppendedToSection()) {
@@ -219,17 +236,26 @@ public class SectionsBuilderService {
             List<Cell> previousTableNonHeaderRow = getRowWithNonHeaderCells(previousTable);
             List<Cell> tableNonHeaderRow = getRowWithNonHeaderCells(currentTable);
             // Allow merging of tables if header row is separated from first logical non-header row
-            if (previousTableNonHeaderRow.isEmpty() && previousTable.getRowCount() == 1 && previousTable.getRows().get(0).size() == tableNonHeaderRow.size()) {
-                previousTableNonHeaderRow = previousTable.getRows().get(0).stream().map(cell -> {
-                    Cell fakeCell = new Cell(cell.getPoints()[0], cell.getPoints()[2]);
-                    fakeCell.setHeaderCells(Collections.singletonList(cell));
-                    return fakeCell;
-                }).collect(Collectors.toList());
+            if (previousTableNonHeaderRow.isEmpty()
+                && previousTable.getRowCount() == 1
+                && previousTable.getRows()
+                           .get(0).size() == tableNonHeaderRow.size()) {
+                previousTableNonHeaderRow = previousTable.getRows()
+                        .get(0)
+                        .stream()
+                        .map(cell -> {
+                            Cell fakeCell = Cell.copy(cell);
+                            fakeCell.setHeaderCells(Collections.singletonList(cell));
+                            return fakeCell;
+                        })
+                        .collect(Collectors.toList());
             }
             if (previousTableNonHeaderRow.size() == tableNonHeaderRow.size()) {
                 for (int i = currentTable.getRowCount() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { // Non header rows are most likely at bottom of table
-                    List<Cell> row = currentTable.getRows().get(i);
-                    if (row.size() == tableNonHeaderRow.size() && row.stream().allMatch(cell -> cell.getHeaderCells().isEmpty())) {
+                    List<Cell> row = currentTable.getRows()
+                            .get(i);
+                    if (row.size() == tableNonHeaderRow.size() && row.stream()
+                            .allMatch(cell -> cell.getHeaderCells().isEmpty())) {
                         for (int j = 0; j < row.size(); j++) {
                             row.get(j).setHeaderCells(previousTableNonHeaderRow.get(j).getHeaderCells());
                         }
@@ -272,7 +298,11 @@ public class SectionsBuilderService {
 
     private boolean hasInvalidHeaderInformation(TablePageBlock table) {
 
-        return table.getRows().stream().flatMap(row -> row.stream().filter(cell -> !cell.getHeaderCells().isEmpty())).findAny().isEmpty();
+        return table.getRows()
+                .stream()
+                .flatMap(row -> row.stream()
+                        .filter(cell -> !cell.getHeaderCells().isEmpty()))
+                .findAny().isEmpty();
 
     }
 
@@ -280,7 +310,8 @@ public class SectionsBuilderService {
     private List<Cell> getRowWithNonHeaderCells(TablePageBlock table) {
 
         for (int i = table.getRowCount() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { // Non header rows are most likely at bottom of table
-            List<Cell> row = table.getRows().get(i);
+            List<Cell> row = table.getRows()
+                    .get(i);
             if (row.size() == 1) {
                 continue;
             }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/services/SimplifiedSectionTextService.java

@@ -1,26 +1,50 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.SimplifiedSectionText;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes.Document;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes.Section;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.SimplifiedText;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes.Document;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.graph.nodes.SemanticNode;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 @Service
+@Slf4j
 public class SimplifiedSectionTextService {
 
     public SimplifiedText toSimplifiedText(Document document) {
 
-        List<SimplifiedSectionText> simplifiedSectionTexts = document.getMainSections().stream().map(this::toSimplifiedSectionText).toList();
-        return SimplifiedText.builder().numberOfPages(document.getNumberOfPages()).sectionTexts(simplifiedSectionTexts).build();
+        List<SimplifiedSectionText> simplifiedMainSectionsList = document.getAllSections()
+                .stream()
+                .map(this::toSimplifiedSectionText)
+                .toList();
+        List<SimplifiedSectionText> simplifiedHeadersList = document.getHeaders()
+                .stream()
+                .map(this::toSimplifiedSectionText)
+                .toList();
+        List<SimplifiedSectionText> simplifiedFootersList = document.getFooters()
+                .stream()
+                .map(this::toSimplifiedSectionText)
+                .toList();
+        List<SimplifiedSectionText> simplifiedText = Stream.of(simplifiedMainSectionsList, simplifiedHeadersList, simplifiedFootersList)
+                .flatMap(List::stream)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        return SimplifiedText.builder().numberOfPages(document.getNumberOfPages()).sectionTexts(simplifiedText).build();
     }
 
 
-    private SimplifiedSectionText toSimplifiedSectionText(Section section) {
+    private SimplifiedSectionText toSimplifiedSectionText(SemanticNode section) {
 
-        return SimplifiedSectionText.builder().sectionNumber(section.getTreeId().get(0)).text(section.getTextBlock().getSearchText()).build();
+        return SimplifiedSectionText.builder()
+                .sectionNumber(section.getTreeId()
+                                       .get(0))
+                .text(section.getTextBlock().getSearchText())
+                .build();
     }
+
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/services/TableExtractionService.java

@@ -1,79 +1,39 @@
 package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services;
 
-import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
+import static com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.GeometricComparators.CELL_SIZE_COMPARATOR;
+import static com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.GeometricComparators.RECTANGLE_SIZE_COMPARATOR;
+
+import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.BoundingBox;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.AbstractPageBlock;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.ClassificationPage;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.Cell;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.CleanRulings;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.Rectangle;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.Ruling;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.TablePageBlock;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.RedTextPosition;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPageBlock;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.CoordinateTransforms;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.DoubleComparisons;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.PageInformation;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.RectangularIntersectionFinder;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.SpreadsheetFinder;
+
+import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 
 @Service
 public class TableExtractionService {
 
-    private static final Comparator<Point2D> X_FIRST_POINT_COMPARATOR = (arg0, arg1) -> {
-
-        int rv = 0;
-        float arg0X = DoubleComparisons.round(arg0.getX(), 2);
-        float arg0Y = DoubleComparisons.round(arg0.getY(), 2);
-        float arg1X = DoubleComparisons.round(arg1.getX(), 2);
-        float arg1Y = DoubleComparisons.round(arg1.getY(), 2);
-
-        if (arg0X > arg1X) {
-            rv = 1;
-        } else if (arg0X < arg1X) {
-            rv = -1;
-        } else if (arg0Y > arg1Y) {
-            rv = 1;
-        } else if (arg0Y < arg1Y) {
-            rv = -1;
-        }
-        return rv;
-    };
-    private static final Comparator<Point2D> POINT_COMPARATOR = (arg0, arg1) -> {
-
-        int rv = 0;
-        float arg0X = DoubleComparisons.round(arg0.getX(), 2);
-        float arg0Y = DoubleComparisons.round(arg0.getY(), 2);
-        float arg1X = DoubleComparisons.round(arg1.getX(), 2);
-        float arg1Y = DoubleComparisons.round(arg1.getY(), 2);
-
-        if (arg0Y > arg1Y) {
-            rv = 1;
-        } else if (arg0Y < arg1Y) {
-            rv = -1;
-        } else if (arg0X > arg1X) {
-            rv = 1;
-        } else if (arg0X < arg1X) {
-            rv = -1;
-        }
-        return rv;
-    };
-
-
-    public boolean contains(Cell cell, double x, double y, double w, double h) {
-
-        if (cell.isEmpty() || w <= 0 || h <= 0) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        double x0 = cell.getX();
-        double y0 = cell.getY();
-        return (x >= x0 - 2 && y >= y0 - 2 && (x + w) <= x0 + cell.getWidth() + 2 && (y + h) <= y0 + cell.getHeight() + 2);
-    }
+    private static final int MAX_TABLE_CONTAINED_CELLS_WITH_TEXT = 1;
+    private static final double TABLE_UNIFORMITY_THRESHOLD = 0.7;
 
 
     /**
@@ -86,272 +46,114 @@ public class TableExtractionService {
      * <p>
      * DirAdj (Text direction adjusted) values can not be used here.
      *
-     * @param cleanRulings The lines used to build the table.
-     * @param page         Page object that contains textblocks and statistics.
+     * @param emptyCells The cells used to build the table.
+     * @param page       Page object that contains textblocks and statistics.
      */
-    public void extractTables(CleanRulings cleanRulings, ClassificationPage page) {
 
-        List<Cell> cells = findCells(cleanRulings.getHorizontal(), cleanRulings.getVertical());
+    public void extractTables(List<Cell> emptyCells, ClassificationPage page) {
 
-        List<TextPageBlock> toBeRemoved = new ArrayList<>();
+        // sort cells by size (height * width) ascending so that textBlocks are always assigned to the smallest cells that contain them
+        emptyCells.sort(CELL_SIZE_COMPARATOR);
 
         for (AbstractPageBlock abstractPageBlock : page.getTextBlocks()) {
             TextPageBlock textBlock = (TextPageBlock) abstractPageBlock;
-            for (Cell cell : cells) {
-                if (cell.hasMinimumSize() && contains(cell,
-                        textBlock.getPdfMinX(),
-                        textBlock.getPdfMinY(),
-                        textBlock.getPdfMaxX() - textBlock.getPdfMinX(),
-                        textBlock.getPdfMaxY() - textBlock.getPdfMinY())) {
+            for (Cell cell : emptyCells) {
+                if (cell.hasMinimumSize() && doesCellContainTextBlock(cell, textBlock)) {
                     cell.addTextBlock(textBlock);
-                    toBeRemoved.add(textBlock);
                     break;
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        cells = new ArrayList<>(new HashSet<>(cells));
-        DoubleComparisons.sort(cells, Rectangle.ILL_DEFINED_ORDER);
+        List<Cell> cells = new ArrayList<>(new HashSet<>(emptyCells));
+        DoubleComparisons.sort(cells, BoundingBox.ILL_DEFINED_ORDER);
 
-        List<Rectangle> spreadsheetAreas = findSpreadsheetsFromCells(cells);
+        List<Rectangle2D> spreadsheetAreas = SpreadsheetFinder.findSpreadsheetsFromCells(cells);
+        // sort spreadsheetAreas by size (height * width) ascending so that cells are placed in the smallest tables first
+        // this way no cell duplication occurs when tables are contained in other tables and only the most inner table contains the cells
+        spreadsheetAreas.sort(RECTANGLE_SIZE_COMPARATOR);
 
         List<TablePageBlock> tables = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (Rectangle area : spreadsheetAreas) {
+        for (Rectangle2D area : spreadsheetAreas) {
 
-            List<Cell> overlappingCells = new ArrayList<>();
+            List<Cell> containedCells = new ArrayList<>();
             for (Cell c : cells) {
-                if (c.hasMinimumSize() && c.intersects(area)) {
-                    overlappingCells.add(c);
+                if (c.hasMinimumSize() && area.contains(c.getBBoxInitialUserSpace())) {
+                    containedCells.add(c);
                 }
             }
-            tables.add(new TablePageBlock(overlappingCells, area, page.getRotation()));
+
+            var containedCellsWithText = containedCells.stream()
+                    .filter(cell -> !cell.getTextBlocks().isEmpty())
+                    .toList();
+
+            // verify if table would contain fewer cells with text than the threshold allows
+            if (containedCellsWithText.size() >= MAX_TABLE_CONTAINED_CELLS_WITH_TEXT && checkIfTableCellsAreUniform(containedCells)) {
+                tables.add(new TablePageBlock(containedCells, page.getRotation()));
+                cells.removeAll(containedCells);
+            }
         }
 
         for (TablePageBlock table : tables) {
             int position = -1;
 
-            Iterator<AbstractPageBlock> itty = page.getTextBlocks().iterator();
-            while (itty.hasNext()) {
-                AbstractPageBlock textBlock = itty.next();
-                if (textBlock instanceof TextPageBlock ? table.containsBlock((TextPageBlock) textBlock) : table.contains(textBlock) && position == -1) {
-                    position = page.getTextBlocks().indexOf(textBlock);
+            for (AbstractPageBlock pageBlock : page.getTextBlocks()) {
+                if (pageBlock instanceof TextPageBlock ? table.contains(pageBlock) : table.contains(pageBlock) && position == -1) {
+                    position = page.getTextBlocks().indexOf(pageBlock);
                 }
             }
             if (position != -1) {
                 page.getTextBlocks().add(position, table);
+
+                var toBeRemoved = table.getCells()
+                        .stream()
+                        .map(Cell::getTextBlocks)
+                        .flatMap(List::stream)
+                        .toList();
+                // remove text blocks from the page that were also added with the table (from its contained cells)
+                page.getTextBlocks().removeAll(toBeRemoved);
             }
         }
-
-        page.getTextBlocks().removeAll(toBeRemoved);
     }
 
 
-    public List<Cell> findCells(List<Ruling> horizontalRulingLines, List<Ruling> verticalRulingLines) {
+    private boolean checkIfTableCellsAreUniform(List<Cell> containedCells) {
 
-        // Fix for 211.pdf
-        for (Ruling r : horizontalRulingLines) {
-            if (r.getX2() < r.getX1()) {
-                double a = r.getX2();
-                r.x2 = (float) r.getX1();
-                r.x1 = (float) a;
-            }
+        if (containedCells.size() <= 2) {
+            return true;
         }
 
-        List<Cell> cellsFound = new ArrayList<>();
-        Map<Point2D, Ruling[]> intersectionPoints = Ruling.findIntersections(horizontalRulingLines, verticalRulingLines);
-        List<Point2D> intersectionPointsList = new ArrayList<>(intersectionPoints.keySet());
-        intersectionPointsList.sort(POINT_COMPARATOR);
+        Map<Long, List<Long>> cellsGroupedByRoundedWidth = containedCells.stream()
+                .map(BoundingBox::getWidth)
+                .map(size -> Math.round(size / 10.0) * 10)
+                .collect(Collectors.groupingBy(Long::longValue));
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < intersectionPointsList.size(); i++) {
-            Point2D topLeft = intersectionPointsList.get(i);
-            Ruling[] hv = intersectionPoints.get(topLeft);
-
-            // CrossingPointsDirectlyBelow( topLeft );
-            List<Point2D> xPoints = new ArrayList<>();
-            // CrossingPointsDirectlyToTheRight( topLeft );
-            List<Point2D> yPoints = new ArrayList<>();
-
-            for (Point2D p : intersectionPointsList.subList(i, intersectionPointsList.size())) {
-                if (p.getX() == topLeft.getX() && p.getY() > topLeft.getY()) {
-                    xPoints.add(p);
-                }
-                if (p.getY() == topLeft.getY() && p.getX() > topLeft.getX()) {
-                    yPoints.add(p);
-                }
-            }
-            outer:
-            for (Point2D xPoint : xPoints) {
-                // is there a vertical edge b/w topLeft and xPoint?
-                if (!hv[1].equals(intersectionPoints.get(xPoint)[1])) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                for (Point2D yPoint : yPoints) {
-                    // is there an horizontal edge b/w topLeft and yPoint ?
-                    if (!hv[0].equals(intersectionPoints.get(yPoint)[0])) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    Point2D btmRight = new Point2D.Float((float) yPoint.getX(), (float) xPoint.getY());
-                    if (intersectionPoints.containsKey(btmRight) && intersectionPoints.get(btmRight)[0].equals(intersectionPoints.get(xPoint)[0]) && intersectionPoints.get(btmRight)[1].equals(
-                            intersectionPoints.get(yPoint)[1])) {
-                        cellsFound.add(new Cell(topLeft, btmRight));
-                        break outer;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        // TODO create cells for vertical ruling lines with aligned endpoints at the top/bottom of a grid
-        // that aren't connected with an horizontal ruler?
-        // see: https://github.com/jazzido/tabula-extractor/issues/78#issuecomment-41481207
-
-        return cellsFound;
+        return (double) cellsGroupedByRoundedWidth.size() / containedCells.size() <= TABLE_UNIFORMITY_THRESHOLD;
     }
 
 
-    private List<Rectangle> findSpreadsheetsFromCells(List<? extends Rectangle> cells) {
-        // via: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13746284/merging-multiple-adjacent-rectangles-into-one-polygon
-        List<Rectangle> rectangles = new ArrayList<>();
-        Set<Point2D> pointSet = new HashSet<>();
-        Map<Point2D, Point2D> edgesH = new HashMap<>();
-        Map<Point2D, Point2D> edgesV = new HashMap<>();
-        int i = 0;
+    private boolean doesCellContainTextBlock(Cell cell, TextPageBlock textBlock) {
 
-        for (Rectangle cell : cells) {
-            for (Point2D pt : cell.getPoints()) {
-                if (pointSet.contains(pt)) { // shared vertex, remove it
-                    pointSet.remove(pt);
-                } else {
-                    pointSet.add(pt);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        // X first sort
-        List<Point2D> pointsSortX = new ArrayList<>(pointSet);
-        pointsSortX.sort(X_FIRST_POINT_COMPARATOR);
-        // Y first sort
-        List<Point2D> pointsSortY = new ArrayList<>(pointSet);
-        pointsSortY.sort(POINT_COMPARATOR);
-
-        while (i < pointSet.size()) {
-            float currY = (float) pointsSortY.get(i).getY();
-            while (i < pointSet.size() && DoubleComparisons.feq(pointsSortY.get(i).getY(), currY)) {
-                edgesH.put(pointsSortY.get(i), pointsSortY.get(i + 1));
-                edgesH.put(pointsSortY.get(i + 1), pointsSortY.get(i));
-                i += 2;
-            }
-        }
-
-        i = 0;
-        while (i < pointSet.size()) {
-            float currX = (float) pointsSortX.get(i).getX();
-            while (i < pointSet.size() && DoubleComparisons.feq(pointsSortX.get(i).getX(), currX)) {
-                edgesV.put(pointsSortX.get(i), pointsSortX.get(i + 1));
-                edgesV.put(pointsSortX.get(i + 1), pointsSortX.get(i));
-                i += 2;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Get all the polygons
-        List<List<PolygonVertex>> polygons = new ArrayList<>();
-        Point2D nextVertex;
-        while (!edgesH.isEmpty()) {
-            ArrayList<PolygonVertex> polygon = new ArrayList<>();
-            Point2D first = edgesH.keySet().iterator().next();
-            polygon.add(new PolygonVertex(first, Direction.HORIZONTAL));
-            edgesH.remove(first);
-
-            while (true) {
-                PolygonVertex curr = polygon.get(polygon.size() - 1);
-                PolygonVertex lastAddedVertex;
-                if (curr.direction == Direction.HORIZONTAL) {
-                    nextVertex = edgesV.get(curr.point);
-                    edgesV.remove(curr.point);
-                    lastAddedVertex = new PolygonVertex(nextVertex, Direction.VERTICAL);
-                } else {
-                    nextVertex = edgesH.get(curr.point);
-                    edgesH.remove(curr.point);
-                    lastAddedVertex = new PolygonVertex(nextVertex, Direction.HORIZONTAL);
-                }
-                polygon.add(lastAddedVertex);
-
-                if (lastAddedVertex.equals(polygon.get(0))) {
-                    // closed polygon
-                    polygon.remove(polygon.size() - 1);
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-
-            for (PolygonVertex vertex : polygon) {
-                edgesH.remove(vertex.point);
-                edgesV.remove(vertex.point);
-            }
-            polygons.add(polygon);
-        }
-
-        // calculate grid-aligned minimum area rectangles for each found polygon
-        for (List<PolygonVertex> poly : polygons) {
-            float top = Float.MAX_VALUE;
-            float left = Float.MAX_VALUE;
-            float bottom = Float.MIN_VALUE;
-            float right = Float.MIN_VALUE;
-            for (PolygonVertex pt : poly) {
-                top = (float) Math.min(top, pt.point.getY());
-                left = (float) Math.min(left, pt.point.getX());
-                bottom = (float) Math.max(bottom, pt.point.getY());
-                right = (float) Math.max(right, pt.point.getX());
-            }
-            rectangles.add(new Rectangle(top, left, right - left, bottom - top));
-        }
-
-        return rectangles;
+        return cell.contains(textBlock, RedTextPosition.HEIGHT_PADDING);
     }
 
 
-    private enum Direction {
-        HORIZONTAL,
-        VERTICAL
-    }
+    @SneakyThrows
+    public static List<Cell> findCells(List<Ruling> horizontalRulingLines, List<Ruling> verticalRulingLines, PageInformation pageInformation) {
 
-    static class PolygonVertex {
-
-        Point2D point;
-        Direction direction;
-
-
-        PolygonVertex(Point2D point, Direction direction) {
-
-            this.direction = direction;
-            this.point = point;
+        AffineTransform affineTransform = CoordinateTransforms.calculateInitialUserSpaceCoordsToImageCoords(pageInformation, 1);
+        /*
+        switch (pageInformation.rotationDegrees()) {
+            case 90 -> affineTransform.translate(RedTextPosition.HEIGHT_PADDING, 0); //although this is wrong, our text coordinates are wrong as well
+            case 180 -> affineTransform.translate(0, RedTextPosition.HEIGHT_PADDING);
+            case 270 -> affineTransform.translate(-RedTextPosition.HEIGHT_PADDING, 0);
+            default -> affineTransform.translate(0, -RedTextPosition.HEIGHT_PADDING);
         }
-
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean equals(Object other) {
-
-            if (this == other) {
-                return true;
-            }
-            if (!(other instanceof PolygonVertex)) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            return this.point.equals(((PolygonVertex) other).point);
-        }
-
-
-        @Override
-        public int hashCode() {
-
-            return this.point.hashCode();
-        }
-
-
-        @Override
-        public String toString() {
-
-            return String.format("%s[point=%s,direction=%s]", this.getClass().getName(), this.point.toString(), this.direction.toString());
-        }
-
+        */
+        return RectangularIntersectionFinder.find(horizontalRulingLines, verticalRulingLines)
+                .stream()
+                .map(rect -> new Cell(rect, affineTransform))
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
 
 }

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/services/TextRulingsClassifier.java

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.CleanRulings;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.Ruling;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextDirection;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPositionSequence;
+
+import lombok.experimental.UtilityClass;
+
+@UtilityClass
+public class TextRulingsClassifier {
+
+    private final static double STRIKETHROUGH_ZONE = 0.5; // multiplied with text height, determines height of intersection interval for strikethrough lines.
+    private final static double UNDERLINE_ZONE = 0.2; // multiplied with text height, determines height of intersection interval of underline lines.
+    private final static double TEXT_BBOX_THRESHOLD_FACTOR = 0.15; // multiplied with text width then subtracted from word width. If ruling covers this width, it is considered as strikethrough/underline.
+
+
+    public static void classifyUnderlinedAndStrikethroughText(List<TextPositionSequence> words, CleanRulings cleanRulings) {
+
+        for (TextPositionSequence word : words) {
+            if (word.getDir().equals(TextDirection.ZERO) || word.getDir().equals(TextDirection.HALF_CIRCLE)) {
+                handleHorizontalText(cleanRulings, word);
+            } else {
+                handleVerticalText(cleanRulings, word);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private static void handleVerticalText(CleanRulings cleanRulings, TextPositionSequence word) {
+
+        float lowerY = (float) (word.getBBoxInitialUserSpace().getMinY() + TEXT_BBOX_THRESHOLD_FACTOR * word.getWidth());
+        float upperY = (float) (word.getBBoxInitialUserSpace().getMaxY() - TEXT_BBOX_THRESHOLD_FACTOR * word.getWidth());
+
+        float strikethroughCenterX = (float) word.getBBoxInitialUserSpace().getCenterX();
+        float strikethroughBoxHeight = (float) ((word.getBBoxDirAdj().getHeight() * STRIKETHROUGH_ZONE) / 2);
+
+        float underlineCenterX = (float) (word.getDir().equals(TextDirection.QUARTER_CIRCLE) ? word.getBBoxInitialUserSpace().getMaxX() : word.getBBoxInitialUserSpace().getMinX());
+        float underlineBoxHeight = (float) ((word.getBBoxDirAdj().getHeight() * UNDERLINE_ZONE) / 2);
+
+        float leftX = Math.min(underlineCenterX - underlineBoxHeight, strikethroughCenterX - strikethroughBoxHeight);
+        float rightX = Math.max(underlineCenterX + underlineBoxHeight, strikethroughCenterX + strikethroughBoxHeight);
+
+        List<Ruling> rulingsIntersectingWord = cleanRulings.getVerticalsInXInterval(leftX, rightX)
+                .stream()
+                .filter(ruling -> ruling.getClassification().equals(Ruling.Classification.OTHER))
+                .filter(ruling -> ruling.y1 <= lowerY && upperY <= ruling.y2)
+                .toList();
+
+        for (Ruling ruling : rulingsIntersectingWord) {
+            if (strikethroughCenterX - strikethroughBoxHeight < ruling.x1 && ruling.x1 < strikethroughCenterX + strikethroughBoxHeight) {
+                ruling.setClassification(Ruling.Classification.STRIKETROUGH);
+                word.setStrikethrough(true);
+            }
+
+            if (underlineCenterX - underlineBoxHeight < ruling.x1 && ruling.x1 < underlineCenterX + underlineBoxHeight) {
+                ruling.setClassification(Ruling.Classification.UNDERLINE);
+                word.setUnderline(true);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private static void handleHorizontalText(CleanRulings cleanRulings, TextPositionSequence word) {
+
+        float leftX = (float) (word.getBBoxInitialUserSpace().getMinX() + TEXT_BBOX_THRESHOLD_FACTOR * word.getWidth());
+        float rightX = (float) (word.getBBoxInitialUserSpace().getMaxX() - TEXT_BBOX_THRESHOLD_FACTOR * word.getWidth());
+
+        float strikethroughCenterY = (float) word.getBBoxInitialUserSpace().getCenterY();
+        float strikethroughBoxHeight = (float) ((word.getBBoxDirAdj().getHeight() * STRIKETHROUGH_ZONE) / 2);
+
+        float underlineCenterY = (float) (word.getDir().equals(TextDirection.ZERO) ? word.getBBoxInitialUserSpace().getMinY() : word.getBBoxInitialUserSpace().getMaxY());
+        float underlineBoxHeight = (float) ((word.getBBoxDirAdj().getHeight() * UNDERLINE_ZONE) / 2);
+
+        float lowerY = Math.min(underlineCenterY - underlineBoxHeight, strikethroughCenterY - strikethroughBoxHeight);
+        float upperY = Math.max(underlineCenterY + underlineBoxHeight, strikethroughCenterY + strikethroughBoxHeight);
+
+        List<Ruling> rulingsIntersectingWord = cleanRulings.getHorizontalsInYInterval(lowerY, upperY)
+                .stream()
+                .filter(ruling -> ruling.getClassification().equals(Ruling.Classification.OTHER))
+                .filter(ruling -> ruling.x1 <= leftX && rightX <= ruling.x2)
+                .toList();
+
+        for (Ruling ruling : rulingsIntersectingWord) {
+            if (strikethroughCenterY - strikethroughBoxHeight < ruling.y1 && ruling.y1 < strikethroughCenterY + strikethroughBoxHeight) {
+                ruling.setClassification(Ruling.Classification.STRIKETROUGH);
+                word.setStrikethrough(true);
+            }
+
+            if (underlineCenterY - underlineBoxHeight < ruling.y1 && ruling.y1 < underlineCenterY + underlineBoxHeight) {
+                ruling.setClassification(Ruling.Classification.UNDERLINE);
+                word.setUnderline(true);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/services/blockification/BlockificationPostprocessingService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,533 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.blockification;
+
+import static com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.blockification.DocstrumBlockificationService.buildTextBlock;
+
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ListIterator;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.data.redaction.LayoutEngine;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.ClassificationPage;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.PageBlockType;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.SectionIdentifier;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.outline.OutlineObject;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPageBlock;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPositionSequence;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.factory.SearchTextWithTextPositionFactory;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.RectangleTransformations;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Service
+public class BlockificationPostprocessingService {
+
+    private static final float BLOCK_TO_OUTLINE_DISTANCE_THRESHOLD = 5.0f;
+
+    private static final Function<TextPageBlock, Rectangle2D> blockToBoundingBox = (abstractPageBlock) -> abstractPageBlock.getSequences()
+            .stream()
+            .map(textPositionSequence -> textPositionSequence.getTextPositions()
+                    .stream()
+                    .map(tp -> SearchTextWithTextPositionFactory.mapRedTextPositionToInitialUserSpace(tp, textPositionSequence))
+                    .collect(RectangleTransformations.collectBBox()))
+            .collect(RectangleTransformations.collectBBox());
+
+
+    public OutlineObject sanitizeOutlineBlocks(ClassificationPage classificationPage, OutlineObject notFoundOutlineObject) {
+
+        List<OutlineObject> outlineObjects = classificationPage.getOutlineObjects();
+
+        if (getTextPageBlocks(classificationPage).isEmpty() || outlineObjects.isEmpty()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        float pageHeight = classificationPage.getPageHeight();
+
+        ListIterator<OutlineObject> outlineObjectListIterator = outlineObjects.listIterator();
+
+        if (notFoundOutlineObject != null) {
+            OutlineProcessionContext notFoundOutlineObjectProcessionContext = new OutlineProcessionContext(notFoundOutlineObject);
+            processTextBlocks(getTextPageBlocks(classificationPage), pageHeight, notFoundOutlineObjectProcessionContext);
+
+            OutlineObject firstOutlineObject = null;
+            OutlineProcessionContext firstOutlineObjectProcessionContext = null;
+            if (outlineObjectListIterator.hasNext()) {
+                firstOutlineObject = outlineObjectListIterator.next();
+                firstOutlineObjectProcessionContext = new OutlineProcessionContext(firstOutlineObject);
+                processTextBlocks(getTextPageBlocks(classificationPage), pageHeight, firstOutlineObjectProcessionContext);
+            }
+
+            if (!contextsOverlap(notFoundOutlineObjectProcessionContext, firstOutlineObjectProcessionContext)) {
+                notFoundOutlineObject.setFound(selectMatch(classificationPage, notFoundOutlineObjectProcessionContext));
+            }
+            if (firstOutlineObject != null) {
+                // re-create the context for the updated blocks
+                firstOutlineObjectProcessionContext = new OutlineProcessionContext(firstOutlineObject);
+                processTextBlocks(getTextPageBlocks(classificationPage), pageHeight, firstOutlineObjectProcessionContext);
+                firstOutlineObject.setFound(selectMatch(classificationPage, firstOutlineObjectProcessionContext));
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        outlineObjectListIterator.forEachRemaining(outlineObject -> {
+            OutlineProcessionContext outlineObjectProcessionContext = new OutlineProcessionContext(outlineObject);
+            processTextBlocks(getTextPageBlocks(classificationPage), pageHeight, outlineObjectProcessionContext);
+            outlineObject.setFound(selectMatch(classificationPage, outlineObjectProcessionContext));
+        });
+
+        if (!outlineObjects.isEmpty()) {
+            return outlineObjects.get(outlineObjects.size() - 1);
+        } else {
+            return notFoundOutlineObject;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private static List<TextPageBlock> getTextPageBlocks(ClassificationPage classificationPage) {
+
+        return classificationPage.getTextBlocks()
+                .stream()
+                .filter(block -> block instanceof TextPageBlock)
+                .map(block -> (TextPageBlock) block)
+                .toList();
+    }
+
+
+    private boolean contextsOverlap(OutlineProcessionContext notFoundOutlineObjectProcessionContext, OutlineProcessionContext firstOutlineObjectProcessionContext) {
+
+        if (firstOutlineObjectProcessionContext == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        String notFoundTitle = notFoundOutlineObjectProcessionContext.getOutlineObject().getTitle();
+        String firstTitle = firstOutlineObjectProcessionContext.getOutlineObject().getTitle();
+
+        if (!firstTitle.startsWith(notFoundTitle)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        var blocksOfNotFoundOutline = getAllMatchingBlocks(notFoundOutlineObjectProcessionContext);
+        var blocksOfFirstOutline = getAllMatchingBlocks(firstOutlineObjectProcessionContext);
+
+        double maxYFirst = blocksOfFirstOutline.stream()
+                .mapToDouble(TextPageBlock::getPdfMaxY)
+                .max()
+                .orElse(Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY);
+
+        return blocksOfNotFoundOutline.stream()
+                .mapToDouble(TextPageBlock::getPdfMaxY)
+                .anyMatch(y -> y >= maxYFirst);
+    }
+
+
+    private List<TextPageBlock> getAllMatchingBlocks(OutlineProcessionContext context) {
+
+        List<TextPageBlock> blocks = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (context.getDirectMatch() != null) {
+            blocks.add(context.getDirectMatch());
+        }
+        if (context.getSplitCandidate() != null) {
+            blocks.add(context.getSplitCandidate());
+        }
+        blocks.addAll(context.getMergeCandidates());
+        return blocks;
+    }
+
+
+    private void processTextBlocks(List<TextPageBlock> textBlocks, float pageHeight, OutlineProcessionContext context) {
+
+        OutlineObject outlineObject = context.getOutlineObject();
+        ListIterator<TextPageBlock> iterator = textBlocks.listIterator();
+        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+            TextPageBlock pageBlock = iterator.next();
+            if (pageHeight - outlineObject.getPoint().getY() - BLOCK_TO_OUTLINE_DISTANCE_THRESHOLD <= pageBlock.getMaxY()) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (iterator.hasPrevious()) {
+            iterator.previous();
+        }
+        boolean earlyStop = false;
+        while (iterator.hasNext() && !earlyStop) {
+            TextPageBlock pageBlock = iterator.next();
+            earlyStop = processOutlineForTextBlock(pageBlock, context);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private boolean selectMatch(ClassificationPage classificationPage, OutlineProcessionContext context) {
+
+        OutlineObject outlineObject = context.outlineObject;
+        TextPageBlock directMatch = context.directMatch;
+        List<TextPageBlock> mergeCandidates = context.mergeCandidates;
+        TextPageBlock splitCandidate = context.splitCandidate;
+        PageBlockType headlineType = PageBlockType.getHeadlineType(outlineObject.getTreeDepth());
+
+        double distanceToDirectMatch = directMatch != null ? calculateDistance(outlineObject, directMatch) : Double.MAX_VALUE;
+        double distanceToSplitCandidate = splitCandidate != null ? calculateDistance(outlineObject, splitCandidate) : Double.MAX_VALUE;
+
+        double distanceToBestMergeCandidates = Double.MAX_VALUE;
+        List<TextPageBlock> bestMergeCandidateCombination = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (!mergeCandidates.isEmpty()) {
+
+            // with this code adjacent blocks to the first and last merge candidate get added, this could be useful for some edge cases:
+            //List<TextPageBlock> allMergeCandidates = new ArrayList<>(mergeCandidates);
+            //addNeighborsOfCandidate(kdTree, mergeCandidates.get(0), allMergeCandidates);
+            //if (mergeCandidates.size() > 1) {
+            //    addNeighborsOfCandidate(kdTree, mergeCandidates.get(mergeCandidates.size() - 1), allMergeCandidates);
+            //}
+            //allMergeCandidates = allMergeCandidates.stream()
+            //        .distinct()
+            //        .toList();
+
+            List<List<TextPageBlock>> combinations = findCombinations(outlineObject.getTitle(), mergeCandidates);
+
+            for (List<TextPageBlock> combination : combinations) {
+                double averageDistance = combination.stream()
+                        .map(block -> calculateDistance(outlineObject, block))
+                        .mapToDouble(Double::doubleValue).average()
+                        .orElse(Double.MAX_VALUE);
+                if (distanceToBestMergeCandidates > averageDistance) {
+                    distanceToBestMergeCandidates = averageDistance;
+                    bestMergeCandidateCombination = combination;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        double minDistance = Math.min(distanceToDirectMatch, Math.min(distanceToSplitCandidate, distanceToBestMergeCandidates));
+
+        if (minDistance == Double.MAX_VALUE) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (minDistance == distanceToDirectMatch) {
+            setClassificationAndAddOutlineEngine(directMatch, headlineType);
+        } else if (minDistance == distanceToSplitCandidate) {
+            SplitBlockResult splitBlockResult = splitBlock(classificationPage, splitCandidate, context.sectionIdentifier, outlineObject.getTitle());
+            if (splitBlockResult.modifiedBlockToSplit) {
+                setClassificationAndAddOutlineEngine(splitCandidate, headlineType);
+            }
+            splitBlockResult.otherBlocks.forEach(other -> other.setClassification(null));
+        } else {
+            var merged = mergeBlocks(classificationPage, bestMergeCandidateCombination);
+            setClassificationAndAddOutlineEngine(merged, headlineType);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+
+    private static void setClassificationAndAddOutlineEngine(TextPageBlock block, PageBlockType headlineType) {
+
+        block.setClassification(headlineType);
+        block.getEngines().add(LayoutEngine.OUTLINE);
+    }
+
+
+    private SplitBlockResult splitBlock(ClassificationPage classificationPage, TextPageBlock blockToSplit, SectionIdentifier sectionIdentifier, String title) {
+
+        List<TextPageBlock> otherBlocks = new ArrayList<>();
+        int blockToSplitIdx = classificationPage.getTextBlocks().indexOf(blockToSplit);
+
+        String headline = title;
+        if (!sectionIdentifier.getFormat().equals(SectionIdentifier.Format.EMPTY) && !title.startsWith(sectionIdentifier.getIdentifierString())) {
+            headline = sectionIdentifier + headline;
+        }
+
+        WordSequenceResult wordSequenceResult = findWordSequence(blockToSplit.getSequences(), headline);
+        if (wordSequenceResult.inSequence.isEmpty() && !headline.equals(title)) {
+            wordSequenceResult = findWordSequence(blockToSplit.getSequences(), title);
+        }
+
+        boolean modifiedBlockToSplit = false;
+        if (!wordSequenceResult.inSequence.isEmpty()) {
+            blockToSplit.setSequences(wordSequenceResult.inSequence);
+            blockToSplit.recalculateBBox();
+            modifiedBlockToSplit = true;
+        }
+
+        if (!wordSequenceResult.preSequence.isEmpty()) {
+            TextPageBlock block = buildTextBlock(wordSequenceResult.preSequence, 0);
+            classificationPage.getTextBlocks().add(blockToSplitIdx, block);
+            otherBlocks.add(block);
+            blockToSplitIdx++;
+        }
+        if (!wordSequenceResult.postSequence.isEmpty()) {
+            TextPageBlock block = buildTextBlock(wordSequenceResult.postSequence, 0);
+            classificationPage.getTextBlocks().add(blockToSplitIdx + 1, block);
+            otherBlocks.add(block);
+        }
+
+        return new SplitBlockResult(modifiedBlockToSplit, otherBlocks);
+    }
+
+
+    private static WordSequenceResult findWordSequence(List<TextPositionSequence> textPositionSequences, String text) {
+
+        String target = sanitizeString(text);
+        List<TextPositionSequence> inSequence = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<TextPositionSequence> preSequence = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<TextPositionSequence> postSequence = new ArrayList<>();
+        StringBuilder currentSequence = new StringBuilder();
+
+        for (TextPositionSequence sequence : textPositionSequences) {
+
+            currentSequence.append(sanitizeString(sequence.toString()));
+            inSequence.add(sequence);
+
+            if (currentSequence.length() >= target.length()) {
+
+                if (currentSequence.toString().endsWith(target)) {
+
+                    int index = 0;
+                    String toRemove = currentSequence.substring(0, currentSequence.length() - target.length());
+
+                    TextPositionSequence next = inSequence.get(index);
+                    while (currentSequence.length() - next.length() >= target.length()) {
+
+                        TextPositionSequence removed = inSequence.remove(index);
+                        currentSequence.delete(0, removed.toString().length());
+                        preSequence.add(removed);
+
+                        next = inSequence.get(index);
+                        toRemove = toRemove.substring(removed.length());
+                    }
+
+                    if (!toRemove.isEmpty()) {
+                        SplitSequenceResult splitSequenceResult = splitSequence(inSequence.remove(index), toRemove);
+
+                        currentSequence.delete(0, splitSequenceResult.out.length());
+                        preSequence.add(splitSequenceResult.out);
+                        inSequence.add(index, splitSequenceResult.in);
+                    }
+
+                } else if (currentSequence.toString().startsWith(target)) {
+
+                    int index = inSequence.size() - 1;
+                    String toRemove = currentSequence.substring(target.length());
+
+                    SplitSequenceResult splitSequenceResult = splitSequence(inSequence.remove(index), toRemove);
+                    currentSequence.delete(currentSequence.length() - splitSequenceResult.out.length(), currentSequence.length());
+
+                    inSequence.add(index, splitSequenceResult.in);
+                    postSequence.add(splitSequenceResult.out);
+                }
+
+                if (currentSequence.toString().equals(target)) {
+                    postSequence.addAll(textPositionSequences.subList(textPositionSequences.indexOf(sequence) + 1, textPositionSequences.size()));
+                    return new WordSequenceResult(inSequence, preSequence, postSequence);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new WordSequenceResult();
+    }
+
+
+    private static SplitSequenceResult splitSequence(TextPositionSequence sequence, String toRemove) {
+
+        TextPositionSequence in = null;
+        TextPositionSequence out;
+
+        String currentSequence = sequence.toString();
+        int index = currentSequence.indexOf(toRemove);
+        int endIndex = index + toRemove.length();
+
+        out = createSubSequence(sequence, index, endIndex);
+
+        if (index > 0) {
+            in = createSubSequence(sequence, 0, index);
+        } else if (endIndex < sequence.getTextPositions().size()) {
+            in = createSubSequence(sequence, endIndex, sequence.getTextPositions().size());
+        }
+
+        return new SplitSequenceResult(in, out);
+    }
+
+
+    private static TextPositionSequence createSubSequence(TextPositionSequence sequence, int start, int end) {
+
+        TextPositionSequence newSeq = new TextPositionSequence(new ArrayList<>(sequence.getTextPositions().subList(start, end)), sequence.getPage());
+        newSeq.setParagraphStart(sequence.isParagraphStart());
+        return newSeq;
+    }
+
+
+    private TextPageBlock mergeBlocks(ClassificationPage classificationPage, List<TextPageBlock> blocksToMerge) {
+
+        TextPageBlock firstBlock = blocksToMerge.get(0);
+
+        if (blocksToMerge.size() > 1) {
+
+            List<TextPageBlock> mergedBlocks = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (TextPageBlock textPageBlock : blocksToMerge.subList(1, blocksToMerge.size())) {
+
+                if (firstBlock != null && !firstBlock.getSequences().isEmpty()) {
+
+                    if (textPageBlock.getDir() == firstBlock.getDir()) {
+                        firstBlock.getSequences().addAll(textPageBlock.getSequences());
+                        mergedBlocks.add(textPageBlock);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            assert firstBlock != null;
+            firstBlock.setToDuplicate(false);
+            firstBlock.recalculateBBox();
+            classificationPage.getTextBlocks().removeAll(mergedBlocks);
+        }
+
+        return firstBlock;
+    }
+
+
+    private static List<List<TextPageBlock>> findCombinations(String title, List<TextPageBlock> blocks) {
+
+        List<List<TextPageBlock>> combinations = new ArrayList<>();
+        findCombinations(title, blocks, new ArrayList<>(), combinations);
+        return combinations;
+    }
+
+
+    private static void findCombinations(String title, List<TextPageBlock> blocks, List<TextPageBlock> current, List<List<TextPageBlock>> combinations) {
+
+        String target = sanitizeString(title);
+        if (target.isEmpty()) {
+            combinations.add(new ArrayList<>(current));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        List<TextPageBlock> remaining = blocks.stream()
+                .filter(block -> !current.contains(block))
+                .toList();
+        for (TextPageBlock block : remaining) {
+            String prefix = sanitizeString(block.getText());
+            if (target.startsWith(prefix)) {
+                current.add(block);
+                findCombinations(target.substring(prefix.length()), blocks.subList(blocks.indexOf(block) + 1, blocks.size()), current, combinations);
+                current.remove(current.size() - 1);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private double calculateDistance(OutlineObject outlineObject, TextPageBlock pageBlock) {
+
+        double deltaX = outlineObject.getPoint().getX() - pageBlock.getMinX();
+        double deltaY = pageBlock.getPageHeight() - outlineObject.getPoint().getY() - pageBlock.getMinY();
+        return Math.sqrt(deltaX * deltaX + deltaY * deltaY);
+    }
+
+
+    // currently only three cases are handled here:
+    // 1. equality
+    // 2. outline title contains block text
+    // 3. block text contains outline title
+    // another possible case is an intersection, meaning a title is split up between two different blocks
+    // this should not happen with how docstrum creates the blocks
+    // if it is indeed necessary, a splitting has to be done with a follow-up merge
+    private boolean processOutlineForTextBlock(TextPageBlock pageBlock, OutlineProcessionContext context) {
+
+        OutlineObject outlineObject = context.getOutlineObject();
+        String blockText = sanitizeString(pageBlock.getText());
+        String outlineTitle = sanitizeString(outlineObject.getTitle());
+
+        boolean blockTextContainsOutlineTitle = blockText.contains(outlineTitle);
+        boolean outlineTitleContainsBlockText = outlineTitle.contains(blockText);
+
+        if (!blockTextContainsOutlineTitle && !outlineTitleContainsBlockText) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (blockText.equals(outlineTitle) && context.directMatch == null) {
+            context.directMatch = pageBlock;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (outlineTitleContainsBlockText) {
+            context.mergeCandidates.add(pageBlock);
+        }
+
+        if (blockTextContainsOutlineTitle) {
+            SectionIdentifier sectionIdentifier = SectionIdentifier.fromSearchText(blockText);
+
+            if (sectionIdentifier.getFormat() != SectionIdentifier.Format.EMPTY && !outlineTitle.startsWith(sectionIdentifier.getIdentifierString())) {
+
+                if (blockText.startsWith(sectionIdentifier.getIdentifierString()) && blockText.endsWith(outlineTitle) && context.directMatch == null) {
+                    context.directMatch = pageBlock;
+                    return true;
+                } else if (context.splitCandidate == null) {
+                    context.sectionIdentifier = sectionIdentifier;
+                }
+            }
+            if (context.splitCandidate == null) {
+                context.splitCandidate = pageBlock;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    private static String sanitizeString(String text) {
+
+        return StringUtils.deleteWhitespace(text).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+    }
+
+
+    @Data
+    private static class OutlineProcessionContext {
+
+        private TextPageBlock directMatch;
+        private OutlineObject outlineObject;
+        private List<TextPageBlock> mergeCandidates;
+        private TextPageBlock splitCandidate;
+        private SectionIdentifier sectionIdentifier;
+
+
+        OutlineProcessionContext(OutlineObject outlineObject) {
+
+            this.outlineObject = outlineObject;
+            this.directMatch = null;
+            this.mergeCandidates = new ArrayList<>();
+            this.splitCandidate = null;
+            this.sectionIdentifier = SectionIdentifier.empty();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public static class WordSequenceResult {
+
+        public List<TextPositionSequence> inSequence;
+        public List<TextPositionSequence> preSequence;
+        public List<TextPositionSequence> postSequence;
+
+
+        public WordSequenceResult(List<TextPositionSequence> inSequence, List<TextPositionSequence> preSequence, List<TextPositionSequence> postSequence) {
+
+            this.inSequence = inSequence;
+            this.preSequence = preSequence;
+            this.postSequence = postSequence;
+        }
+
+
+        public WordSequenceResult() {
+
+            this.inSequence = new ArrayList<>();
+            this.preSequence = new ArrayList<>();
+            this.postSequence = new ArrayList<>();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public record SplitBlockResult(boolean modifiedBlockToSplit, List<TextPageBlock> otherBlocks) {
+
+    }
+
+    public record SplitSequenceResult(TextPositionSequence in, TextPositionSequence out) {
+
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/services/blockification/DocstrumBlockificationService.java

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+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.services.blockification;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ListIterator;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.internal.api.queue.LayoutParsingType;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.DocstrumSegmentationService;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.model.Zone;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.docstrum.utils.DoubleUtils;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.AbstractPageBlock;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.ClassificationPage;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.CleanRulings;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.TablePageBlock;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPageBlock;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPositionSequence;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.visualization.LayoutparsingVisualizations;
+
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("all")
+@Service
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class DocstrumBlockificationService {
+
+    public static final float Y_THRESHOLD = 5f;
+    private final DocstrumSegmentationService docstrumSegmentationService;
+
+    static final float THRESHOLD = 1f;
+
+
+    public ClassificationPage blockify(List<TextPositionSequence> textPositions,
+                                       CleanRulings rulings,
+                                       boolean xyOrder,
+                                       LayoutparsingVisualizations visualizations,
+                                       LayoutParsingType layoutParsingType) {
+
+        CleanRulings usedRulings = rulings.withoutTextRulings();
+
+        var zones = docstrumSegmentationService.segmentPage(textPositions, xyOrder, usedRulings, visualizations);
+
+        if (!textPositions.isEmpty()) {
+            visualizations.addZoneVisualizations(zones, textPositions.get(0).getPage());
+            visualizations.addLineVisualizationsFromZones(zones, textPositions.get(0).getPage());
+            visualizations.addCharactersWithNeighbours(zones, textPositions.get(0).getPage());
+        }
+
+        var pageBlocks = toAbstractPageBlocks(zones, xyOrder, usedRulings);
+
+        if (xyOrder) {
+            sortPageBlocksXThenY(pageBlocks);
+        }
+
+        var classificationPage = new ClassificationPage(pageBlocks);
+        classificationPage.setCleanRulings(rulings);
+
+        mergeIntersectingBlocks(classificationPage, usedRulings, 0, 0);
+
+        if (layoutParsingType == LayoutParsingType.DOCUMINE
+            || layoutParsingType == LayoutParsingType.REDACT_MANAGER
+            || layoutParsingType == LayoutParsingType.REDACT_MANAGER_WITHOUT_DUPLICATE_PARAGRAPH) {
+            combineBlocks(classificationPage, layoutParsingType);
+        }
+
+        if (layoutParsingType == LayoutParsingType.CLARIFYND) {
+            mergeIntersectingBlocks(classificationPage, usedRulings, 0, 0);
+        }
+
+        return classificationPage;
+    }
+
+
+    private static void sortPageBlocksXThenY(List<AbstractPageBlock> pageBlocks) {
+
+        pageBlocks.sort(Comparator.comparing(AbstractPageBlock::getMinY, (o1, o2) -> DoubleUtils.compareDouble(o1, o2, THRESHOLD))
+                                .thenComparing(AbstractPageBlock::getMinX, (o1, o2) -> DoubleUtils.compareDouble(o1, o2, THRESHOLD)));
+        pageBlocks.sort(new Comparator<AbstractPageBlock>() {
+            @Override
+            public int compare(AbstractPageBlock o1, AbstractPageBlock o2) {
+
+                return Math.abs(o1.getMinY() - o2.getMinY()) < 5 && o1.getMinX() < o2.getMinX() == true ? -1 : 0;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+
+    private List<AbstractPageBlock> toAbstractPageBlocks(List<Zone> zones, boolean xyOrder, CleanRulings usedRulings) {
+
+        List<AbstractPageBlock> abstractPageBlocks = new ArrayList<>();
+        zones.forEach(zone -> {
+
+            List<TextPositionSequence> textPositionSequences = new ArrayList<>();
+            zone.getLines()
+                    .forEach(line -> {
+                        line.getWords()
+                                .forEach(word -> {
+                                    textPositionSequences.add(new TextPositionSequence(word.getTextPositions(), word.getPage()));
+                                });
+                    });
+
+            abstractPageBlocks.add(buildTextBlock(textPositionSequences, 0));
+        });
+
+        return abstractPageBlocks;
+    }
+
+
+    public void combineBlocks(ClassificationPage page, LayoutParsingType layoutParsingType) {
+
+        TextPageBlock previous = new TextPageBlock();
+        ListIterator<AbstractPageBlock> itty = page.getTextBlocks().listIterator();
+        CleanRulings usedRulings = page.getCleanRulings().withoutTextRulings();
+        while (itty.hasNext()) {
+
+            AbstractPageBlock block = itty.next();
+            if (block instanceof TablePageBlock) {
+                previous = new TextPageBlock();
+                continue;
+            }
+            TextPageBlock current = (TextPageBlock) block;
+
+            if (previous != null && !previous.getSequences().isEmpty()) {
+
+                if (current.getDir() != previous.getDir() || usedRulings.lineBetween(current, previous)) {
+                    previous = current;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (current.isHeadline() || previous.isHeadline()) {
+                    if (intersectsYWithPreviousHavingMaxOneLine(previous, current, page)) {
+                        previous = combineBlocksAndResetIterator(previous, current, itty, false);
+                    } else {
+                        previous = current;
+                    }
+
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (areTheOnlyTwoBlocksOnHeightsWithBothMoreThanTwoLines(previous, current, page)) {
+//                    previous = combineBlocksAndResetIterator(previous, current, itty, true);
+                    previous = combineBlocksAndResetIterator(previous, current, itty, layoutParsingType != LayoutParsingType.REDACT_MANAGER_WITHOUT_DUPLICATE_PARAGRAPH);
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (previous.intersects(current)) {
+                    previous = combineBlocksAndResetIterator(previous, current, itty, previous.isToDuplicate());
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (isSameTopOrBottomWithPreviousHavingMaxTwoLinesAndCurrentThanOneAndMax4OtherBlocksOnHeight(previous, current, page)) {
+                    previous = combineBlocksAndResetIterator(previous, current, itty, previous.isToDuplicate());
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (isOnlyIntersectingYAndOnelineOrPrevoiusTwoLines(previous, current, page)) {
+                    previous = combineBlocksAndResetIterator(previous, current, itty, previous.isToDuplicate());
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+            }
+            previous = current;
+        }
+
+        mergeIntersectingBlocks(page, usedRulings, 0, Y_THRESHOLD);
+    }
+
+
+    private boolean isOnlyIntersectingYAndOnelineOrPrevoiusTwoLines(TextPageBlock previous, TextPageBlock current, ClassificationPage page) {
+
+        return current.intersectsY(previous) //
+               && (previous.getNumberOfLines() == 1 && current.getNumberOfLines() >= 1 || previous.getNumberOfLines() == 2 && current.getNumberOfLines() == 1) //
+               && numberOfYIntersectionsOfSmallerBlocksWithOtherBlocks(current, previous, page.getTextBlocks()) <= 0;
+    }
+
+
+    private boolean isSameTopOrBottomWithPreviousHavingMaxTwoLinesAndCurrentThanOneAndMax4OtherBlocksOnHeight(TextPageBlock previous,
+                                                                                                              TextPageBlock current,
+                                                                                                              ClassificationPage page) {
+
+        return (Math.abs(previous.getMaxY() - current.getMaxY()) < THRESHOLD || Math.abs(previous.getMinY() - current.getMinY()) < THRESHOLD) //
+               && (previous.getNumberOfLines() == 1 && current.getNumberOfLines() >= 1 || previous.getNumberOfLines() >= 2 && current.getNumberOfLines() == 1) //
+               && !hasBetween(current, previous, page.getTextBlocks()) && numberOfYIntersectionsOfSmallerBlocksWithOtherBlocks(current, previous, page.getTextBlocks()) <= 4;
+    }
+
+
+    private boolean intersectsYWithPreviousHavingMaxOneLine(TextPageBlock previous, TextPageBlock current, ClassificationPage page) {
+
+        return previous.intersectsY(current) && (previous.getNumberOfLines() == 1 && current.getNumberOfLines() >= 1);
+    }
+
+
+    private boolean areTheOnlyTwoBlocksOnHeightsWithBothMoreThanTwoLines(TextPageBlock previous, TextPageBlock current, ClassificationPage page) {
+
+        return previous.getNumberOfLines() >= 2 && current.getNumberOfLines() >= 2 //
+               && previous.intersectsY(current) //
+               && numberOfYIntersectionsOfSmallerBlocksWithOtherBlocks(current, previous, page.getTextBlocks()) == 0;
+    }
+
+
+    private TextPageBlock combineBlocksAndResetIterator(TextPageBlock previous, TextPageBlock current, ListIterator<AbstractPageBlock> itty, boolean toDuplicate) {
+
+        previous.getSequences().addAll(current.getSequences());
+        previous = buildTextBlock(previous.getSequences(), 0);
+        previous.setToDuplicate(toDuplicate);
+        if (current.getClassification() != null && previous.getClassification() == null) {
+            previous.setClassification(current.getClassification());
+        }
+        itty.remove();
+        itty.previous();
+        itty.set(previous);
+        itty.next();
+        return previous;
+    }
+
+
+    private boolean hasBetween(TextPageBlock block, TextPageBlock other, List<AbstractPageBlock> allBlocks) {
+
+        for (AbstractPageBlock current : allBlocks) {
+
+            if (current == other || current == block) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (other.intersectsY(current) && other.getMaxX() <= current.getMinX() && current.getMaxX() <= block.getMinX()) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    private int numberOfYIntersectionsOfSmallerBlocksWithOtherBlocks(TextPageBlock block, TextPageBlock other, List<AbstractPageBlock> allBlocks) {
+
+        double minY = Math.min(block.getMinY(), other.getMinY());
+        double maxY = Math.min(block.getMaxY(), other.getMaxY());
+
+        int numberOfYIntersections = 0;
+        for (AbstractPageBlock current : allBlocks) {
+
+            if (current == other || current == block) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (minY <= current.getMaxY() && maxY >= current.getMinY()) {
+                numberOfYIntersections++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return numberOfYIntersections;
+    }
+
+
+    public void mergeIntersectingBlocks(ClassificationPage page, CleanRulings usedRulings, float xThreshold, float yThreshold) {
+
+        var blocks = page.getTextBlocks();
+        ListIterator<AbstractPageBlock> itty = blocks.listIterator();
+        while (itty.hasNext()) {
+            AbstractPageBlock block = itty.next();
+            if (block == null) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (block instanceof TablePageBlock) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (block.getClassification() != null && block.getClassification().isHeadline()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            TextPageBlock current = (TextPageBlock) block;
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < blocks.size(); i++) {
+
+                AbstractPageBlock abstractPageBlock = blocks.get(i);
+                if (abstractPageBlock == null) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (abstractPageBlock == current) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (abstractPageBlock instanceof TablePageBlock) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (abstractPageBlock.getClassification() != null && abstractPageBlock.getClassification().isHeadline()) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                TextPageBlock inner = (TextPageBlock) abstractPageBlock;
+
+                if (usedRulings.lineBetween(current, blocks.get(i))) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (current.getDir() == inner.getDir() && current.intersects(inner, yThreshold, xThreshold)) {
+
+                    boolean toDuplicate = current.isToDuplicate() || inner.isToDuplicate();
+                    current.getSequences().addAll(inner.getSequences());
+                    current = buildTextBlock(current.getSequences(), 0);
+
+                    current.setToDuplicate(toDuplicate);
+                    blocks.set(i, null);
+                    itty.set(current);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        var blocksIterator = blocks.iterator();
+        while (blocksIterator.hasNext()) {
+            if (blocksIterator.next() == null) {
+                blocksIterator.remove();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    public static TextPageBlock buildTextBlock(List<TextPositionSequence> wordBlockList, int indexOnPage) {
+
+        return new TextPageBlock(wordBlockList);
+    }
+
+}

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/services/blockification/DocuMineBlockificationService.java

@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.AbstractPageBl
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.ClassificationPage;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.FloatFrequencyCounter;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.Orientation;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.Ruling;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.CleanRulings;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.StringFrequencyCounter;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPageBlock;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPositionSequence;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.RulingTextDirAdjustUtil;
 
 @Service
 public class DocuMineBlockificationService {
@@ -34,15 +33,16 @@ public class DocuMineBlockificationService {
      * This method must use text direction adjusted postions (DirAdj). Where {0,0} is on the upper left. Never try to change this!
      * Rulings (Table lines) must be adjusted to the text directions as well, when checking if a block is split by a ruling.
      *
-     * @param textPositions         The words of a page.
-     * @param horizontalRulingLines Horizontal table lines.
-     * @param verticalRulingLines   Vertical table lines.
+     * @param textPositions The textPositions of a page.
+     * @param cleanRulings  All rulings on a page
      * @return Page object that contains the Textblock and text statistics.
      */
-    public ClassificationPage blockify(List<TextPositionSequence> textPositions, List<Ruling> horizontalRulingLines, List<Ruling> verticalRulingLines) {
+    public ClassificationPage blockify(List<TextPositionSequence> textPositions, CleanRulings cleanRulings) {
 
         List<TextPositionSequence> chunkWords = new ArrayList<>();
-        List<AbstractPageBlock> chunkBlockList1 = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<AbstractPageBlock> textPageBlocks = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        CleanRulings usedRulings = cleanRulings.withoutTextRulings();
 
         float minX = 1000;
         float maxX = 0;
@@ -59,23 +59,26 @@ public class DocuMineBlockificationService {
             boolean splitByX = prev != null && maxX + 50 < word.getMinXDirAdj() && prev.getMinYDirAdj() == word.getMinYDirAdj();
             boolean negativeXGap = prev != null && word.getMinXDirAdj() - minX < -5;
             boolean newLineAfterSplit = prev != null && word.getMinYDirAdj() != prev.getMinYDirAdj() && wasSplitted && splitX1 != word.getMinXDirAdj();
-            boolean isSplitByRuling = isSplitByRuling(minX, minY, maxX, maxY, word, horizontalRulingLines, verticalRulingLines);
+            boolean isSplitByRuling = prev != null && usedRulings.lineBetween(prev, word);
             boolean splitByDir = prev != null && !prev.getDir().equals(word.getDir());
-            boolean splitByOtherFontAndOtherY = prev != null && prev.getMaxYDirAdj() != word.getMaxYDirAdj() && (word.getFontStyle().contains("bold") && !prev.getFontStyle()
+            boolean splitByOtherFontAndOtherY = prev != null && Math.abs(prev.getMaxYDirAdj() - word.getMaxYDirAdj()) > word.getTextHeight() * 0.2 && (word.getFontStyle()
+                                                                                                                                                               .contains("bold")
+                                                                                                                                                       && !prev.getFontStyle()
                     .contains("bold") || prev.getFontStyle().contains("bold") && !word.getFontStyle().contains("bold"));
 
-            Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(chunkWords.stream().collect(Collectors.joining(" ")).toString());
+            Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(chunkWords.stream()
+                                                      .collect(Collectors.joining(" ")).toString());
             boolean startsOnSameX = Math.abs(minX - word.getMinXDirAdj()) < 5 && matcher.matches();
 
             if (prev != null && (lineSeparation || startFromTop || splitByDir || isSplitByRuling || splitByOtherFontAndOtherY || negativeXGap || startsOnSameX)) {
 
                 Orientation prevOrientation = null;
-                if (!chunkBlockList1.isEmpty()) {
-                    prevOrientation = chunkBlockList1.get(chunkBlockList1.size() - 1).getOrientation();
+                if (!textPageBlocks.isEmpty()) {
+                    prevOrientation = textPageBlocks.get(textPageBlocks.size() - 1).getOrientation();
                 }
 
-                TextPageBlock cb1 = buildTextBlock(chunkWords);
-                chunkBlockList1.add(cb1);
+                TextPageBlock cb1 = new TextPageBlock(chunkWords);
+                textPageBlocks.add(cb1);
                 chunkWords = new ArrayList<>();
 
                 if (splitByX && !isSplitByRuling) {
@@ -86,7 +89,11 @@ public class DocuMineBlockificationService {
                     wasSplitted = false;
                     cb1.setOrientation(Orientation.RIGHT);
                     splitX1 = null;
-                } else if (prevOrientation != null && prevOrientation.equals(Orientation.RIGHT) && (lineSeparation || !startFromTop || !splitByX || !newLineAfterSplit || !isSplitByRuling)) {
+                } else if (prevOrientation != null && prevOrientation.equals(Orientation.RIGHT) && (lineSeparation
+                                                                                                    || !startFromTop
+                                                                                                    || !splitByX
+                                                                                                    || !newLineAfterSplit
+                                                                                                    || !isSplitByRuling)) {
                     cb1.setOrientation(Orientation.LEFT);
                 }
 
@@ -114,128 +121,12 @@ public class DocuMineBlockificationService {
             }
         }
 
-        TextPageBlock cb1 = buildTextBlock(chunkWords);
-        if (cb1 != null) {
-            chunkBlockList1.add(cb1);
-        }
+        textPageBlocks.add(new TextPageBlock(chunkWords));
 
-        return new ClassificationPage(chunkBlockList1);
+        return new ClassificationPage(textPageBlocks);
     }
 
 
-    private boolean equalsWithThreshold(float f1, float f2) {
-
-        return Math.abs(f1 - f2) < THRESHOLD;
-    }
-
-
-    private TextPageBlock buildTextBlock(List<TextPositionSequence> wordBlockList) {
-
-        TextPageBlock textBlock = null;
-
-        FloatFrequencyCounter lineHeightFrequencyCounter = new FloatFrequencyCounter();
-        FloatFrequencyCounter fontSizeFrequencyCounter = new FloatFrequencyCounter();
-        FloatFrequencyCounter spaceFrequencyCounter = new FloatFrequencyCounter();
-        StringFrequencyCounter fontFrequencyCounter = new StringFrequencyCounter();
-        StringFrequencyCounter styleFrequencyCounter = new StringFrequencyCounter();
-
-        for (TextPositionSequence wordBlock : wordBlockList) {
-
-            lineHeightFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getTextHeight());
-            fontSizeFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getFontSize());
-            spaceFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getSpaceWidth());
-            fontFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getFont());
-            styleFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getFontStyle());
-
-            if (textBlock == null) {
-                textBlock = new TextPageBlock(wordBlock.getMinXDirAdj(),
-                        wordBlock.getMaxXDirAdj(),
-                        wordBlock.getMinYDirAdj(),
-                        wordBlock.getMaxYDirAdj(),
-                        wordBlockList,
-                        wordBlock.getRotation());
-            } else {
-                TextPageBlock spatialEntity = textBlock.union(wordBlock);
-                textBlock.resize(spatialEntity.getMinX(), spatialEntity.getMinY(), spatialEntity.getWidth(), spatialEntity.getHeight());
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (textBlock != null) {
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordFont(fontFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordStyle(styleFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordFontSize(fontSizeFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordHeight(lineHeightFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordSpaceWidth(spaceFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setHighestFontSize(fontSizeFrequencyCounter.getHighest());
-        }
-
-        if (textBlock != null && textBlock.getSequences() != null && textBlock.getSequences().stream().map(t -> round(t.getMinYDirAdj(), 3)).collect(toSet()).size() == 1) {
-            textBlock.getSequences().sort(Comparator.comparing(TextPositionSequence::getMinXDirAdj));
-        }
-        return textBlock;
-    }
-
-
-    private boolean isSplitByRuling(float minX,
-                                    float minY,
-                                    float maxX,
-                                    float maxY,
-                                    TextPositionSequence word,
-                                    List<Ruling> horizontalRulingLines,
-                                    List<Ruling> verticalRulingLines) {
-
-        return isSplitByRuling(maxX,
-                minY,
-                word.getMinXDirAdj(),
-                word.getMinYDirAdj(),
-                verticalRulingLines,
-                word.getDir().getDegrees(),
-                word.getPageWidth(),
-                word.getPageHeight()) //
-                || isSplitByRuling(minX,
-                minY,
-                word.getMinXDirAdj(),
-                word.getMaxYDirAdj(),
-                horizontalRulingLines,
-                word.getDir().getDegrees(),
-                word.getPageWidth(),
-                word.getPageHeight()) //
-                || isSplitByRuling(maxX,
-                minY,
-                word.getMinXDirAdj(),
-                word.getMinYDirAdj(),
-                horizontalRulingLines,
-                word.getDir().getDegrees(),
-                word.getPageWidth(),
-                word.getPageHeight()) //
-                || isSplitByRuling(minX,
-                minY,
-                word.getMinXDirAdj(),
-                word.getMaxYDirAdj(),
-                verticalRulingLines,
-                word.getDir().getDegrees(),
-                word.getPageWidth(),
-                word.getPageHeight()); //
-    }
-
-
-    private boolean isSplitByRuling(float previousX2, float previousY1, float currentX1, float currentY1, List<Ruling> rulingLines, float dir, float pageWidth, float pageHeight) {
-
-        for (Ruling ruling : rulingLines) {
-            var line = RulingTextDirAdjustUtil.convertToDirAdj(ruling, dir, pageWidth, pageHeight);
-            if (line.intersectsLine(previousX2, previousY1, currentX1, currentY1)) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-
-    private double round(float value, int decimalPoints) {
-
-        var d = Math.pow(10, decimalPoints);
-        return Math.round(value * d) / d;
-    }
 
 }
 

layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/layoutparser/processor/services/blockification/RedactManagerBlockificationService.java

@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.AbstractPageBl
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.ClassificationPage;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.FloatFrequencyCounter;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.Orientation;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.Ruling;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.table.CleanRulings;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.StringFrequencyCounter;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPageBlock;
 import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.model.text.TextPositionSequence;
-import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.utils.RulingTextDirAdjustUtil;
+import com.knecon.fforesight.service.layoutparser.processor.visualization.LayoutparsingVisualizations;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("all")
 @Service
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ public class RedactManagerBlockificationService {
      * This method must use text direction adjusted postions (DirAdj). Where {0,0} is on the upper left. Never try to change this!
      * Rulings (TablePageBlock lines) must be adjusted to the text directions as well, when checking if a block is split by a ruling.
      *
-     * @param textPositions         The words of a page.
-     * @param horizontalRulingLines Horizontal table lines.
-     * @param verticalRulingLines   Vertical table lines.
+     * @param textPositions  The words of a page.
+     * @param visualizations
      * @return Page object that contains the Textblock and text statistics.
      */
-    public ClassificationPage blockify(List<TextPositionSequence> textPositions, List<Ruling> horizontalRulingLines, List<Ruling> verticalRulingLines) {
+    public ClassificationPage blockify(List<TextPositionSequence> textPositions, CleanRulings cleanRulings, LayoutparsingVisualizations visualizations) {
+
+        CleanRulings usedRulings = cleanRulings.withoutTextRulings();
 
         int indexOnPage = 0;
         List<TextPositionSequence> chunkWords = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public class RedactManagerBlockificationService {
             boolean splitByX = prev != null && maxX + 50 < word.getMinXDirAdj() && prev.getMinYDirAdj() == word.getMinYDirAdj();
             boolean xIsBeforeFirstX = prev != null && word.getMinXDirAdj() < minX;
             boolean newLineAfterSplit = prev != null && word.getMinYDirAdj() != prev.getMinYDirAdj() && wasSplitted && splitX1 != word.getMinXDirAdj();
-            boolean isSplitByRuling = isSplitByRuling(minX, minY, maxX, maxY, word, horizontalRulingLines, verticalRulingLines);
+            boolean isSplitByRuling = prev != null && usedRulings.lineBetween(prev, word);
             boolean splitByDir = prev != null && !prev.getDir().equals(word.getDir());
 
             if (prev != null && (lineSeparation || startFromTop || splitByX || splitByDir || isSplitByRuling)) {
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public class RedactManagerBlockificationService {
                     prevOrientation = chunkBlockList.get(chunkBlockList.size() - 1).getOrientation();
                 }
 
-                TextPageBlock cb1 = buildTextBlock(chunkWords, indexOnPage);
+                TextPageBlock cb1 = new TextPageBlock(chunkWords);
                 indexOnPage++;
 
                 chunkBlockList.add(cb1);
@@ -78,7 +79,11 @@ public class RedactManagerBlockificationService {
                     wasSplitted = false;
                     cb1.setOrientation(Orientation.RIGHT);
                     splitX1 = null;
-                } else if (prevOrientation != null && prevOrientation.equals(Orientation.RIGHT) && (lineSeparation || !startFromTop || !splitByX || !newLineAfterSplit || !isSplitByRuling)) {
+                } else if (prevOrientation != null && prevOrientation.equals(Orientation.RIGHT) && (lineSeparation
+                                                                                                    || !startFromTop
+                                                                                                    || !splitByX
+                                                                                                    || !newLineAfterSplit
+                                                                                                    || !isSplitByRuling)) {
                     cb1.setOrientation(Orientation.LEFT);
                 }
 
@@ -106,8 +111,8 @@ public class RedactManagerBlockificationService {
             }
         }
 
-        TextPageBlock cb1 = buildTextBlock(chunkWords, indexOnPage);
-        if (cb1 != null) {
+        if (!chunkWords.isEmpty()) {
+            TextPageBlock cb1 = new TextPageBlock(chunkWords);
             chunkBlockList.add(cb1);
         }
 
@@ -147,8 +152,11 @@ public class RedactManagerBlockificationService {
             TextPageBlock block = (TextPageBlock) itty.next();
 
             if (previous != null && previous.getOrientation().equals(Orientation.LEFT) && block.getOrientation().equals(Orientation.LEFT) && equalsWithThreshold(block.getMaxY(),
-                    previous.getMaxY()) || previous != null && previous.getOrientation().equals(Orientation.LEFT) && block.getOrientation()
-                    .equals(Orientation.RIGHT) && equalsWithThreshold(block.getMaxY(), previous.getMaxY())) {
+                                                                                                                                                                 previous.getMaxY())
+                || previous != null
+                   && previous.getOrientation().equals(Orientation.LEFT)
+                   && block.getOrientation().equals(Orientation.RIGHT)
+                   && equalsWithThreshold(block.getMaxY(), previous.getMaxY())) {
                 previous.add(block);
                 itty.remove();
                 continue;
@@ -156,123 +164,19 @@ public class RedactManagerBlockificationService {
 
             previous = block;
         }
+        if (!textPositions.isEmpty()) {
+            visualizations.addTextBlockVisualizations(chunkBlockList.stream()
+                                                              .map(tb -> (TextPageBlock) tb)
+                                                              .toList(), textPositions.get(0).getPage());
+        }
 
         return new ClassificationPage(chunkBlockList);
     }
 
 
-    private boolean equalsWithThreshold(float f1, float f2) {
+    private boolean equalsWithThreshold(double f1, double f2) {
 
         return Math.abs(f1 - f2) < THRESHOLD;
     }
 
-
-    private TextPageBlock buildTextBlock(List<TextPositionSequence> wordBlockList, int indexOnPage) {
-
-        TextPageBlock textBlock = null;
-
-        FloatFrequencyCounter lineHeightFrequencyCounter = new FloatFrequencyCounter();
-        FloatFrequencyCounter fontSizeFrequencyCounter = new FloatFrequencyCounter();
-        FloatFrequencyCounter spaceFrequencyCounter = new FloatFrequencyCounter();
-        StringFrequencyCounter fontFrequencyCounter = new StringFrequencyCounter();
-        StringFrequencyCounter styleFrequencyCounter = new StringFrequencyCounter();
-
-        for (TextPositionSequence wordBlock : wordBlockList) {
-
-            lineHeightFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getTextHeight());
-            fontSizeFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getFontSize());
-            spaceFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getSpaceWidth());
-            fontFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getFont());
-            styleFrequencyCounter.add(wordBlock.getFontStyle());
-
-            if (textBlock == null) {
-                textBlock = new TextPageBlock(wordBlock.getMinXDirAdj(),
-                        wordBlock.getMaxXDirAdj(),
-                        wordBlock.getMinYDirAdj(),
-                        wordBlock.getMaxYDirAdj(),
-                        wordBlockList,
-                        wordBlock.getRotation());
-            } else {
-                TextPageBlock spatialEntity = textBlock.union(wordBlock);
-                textBlock.resize(spatialEntity.getMinX(), spatialEntity.getMinY(), spatialEntity.getWidth(), spatialEntity.getHeight());
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (textBlock != null) {
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordFont(fontFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordStyle(styleFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordFontSize(fontSizeFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordHeight(lineHeightFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setMostPopularWordSpaceWidth(spaceFrequencyCounter.getMostPopular());
-            textBlock.setHighestFontSize(fontSizeFrequencyCounter.getHighest());
-        }
-
-        if (textBlock != null && textBlock.getSequences() != null && textBlock.getSequences().stream().map(t -> round(t.getMinYDirAdj(), 3)).collect(toSet()).size() == 1) {
-            textBlock.getSequences().sort(Comparator.comparing(TextPositionSequence::getMinXDirAdj));
-        }
-        return textBlock;
-    }
-
-
-    private boolean isSplitByRuling(float minX,
-                                    float minY,
-                                    float maxX,
-                                    float maxY,
-                                    TextPositionSequence word,
-                                    List<Ruling> horizontalRulingLines,
-                                    List<Ruling> verticalRulingLines) {
-
-        return isSplitByRuling(maxX,
-                minY,
-                word.getMinXDirAdj(),
-                word.getMinYDirAdj(),
-                verticalRulingLines,
-                word.getDir().getDegrees(),
-                word.getPageWidth(),
-                word.getPageHeight()) //
-                || isSplitByRuling(minX,
-                minY,
-                word.getMinXDirAdj(),
-                word.getMaxYDirAdj(),
-                horizontalRulingLines,
-                word.getDir().getDegrees(),
-                word.getPageWidth(),
-                word.getPageHeight()) //
-                || isSplitByRuling(maxX,
-                minY,
-                word.getMinXDirAdj(),
-                word.getMinYDirAdj(),
-                horizontalRulingLines,
-                word.getDir().getDegrees(),
-                word.getPageWidth(),
-                word.getPageHeight()) //
-                || isSplitByRuling(minX,
-                minY,
-                word.getMinXDirAdj(),
-                word.getMaxYDirAdj(),
-                verticalRulingLines,
-                word.getDir().getDegrees(),
-                word.getPageWidth(),
-                word.getPageHeight());
-    }
-
-
-    private boolean isSplitByRuling(float previousX2, float previousY1, float currentX1, float currentY1, List<Ruling> rulingLines, float dir, float pageWidth, float pageHeight) {
-
-        for (Ruling ruling : rulingLines) {
-            var line = RulingTextDirAdjustUtil.convertToDirAdj(ruling, dir, pageWidth, pageHeight);
-            if (line.intersectsLine(previousX2, previousY1, currentX1, currentY1)) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-
-    private double round(float value, int decimalPoints) {
-
-        var d = Math.pow(10, decimalPoints);
-        return Math.round(value * d) / d;
-    }
-
 }