Pull request #85: Handle 'u00A0' character the same way as ' '

Merge in RED/redaction-service from specialSpaceCharacter to master

* commit '79b57e85cd724ac040b5da9e33f90f4568aac7d0':
  Handle 'u00A0' character the same way as ' '

redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/parsing/PDFLinesTextStripper.java

@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public class PDFLinesTextStripper extends PDFTextStripper {
                 maxCharWidths = charWidth;
             }
 
-            if (i == 0 && textPositions.get(i).getUnicode().equals(" ")) {
+            if (i == 0 && (textPositions.get(i).getUnicode().equals(" ") || textPositions.get(i).getUnicode().equals("\u00A0"))) {
                 startIndex++;
                 continue;
             }
@@ -220,15 +220,15 @@ public class PDFLinesTextStripper extends PDFTextStripper {
             // Strange but sometimes this is happening, for example: Metolachlor2.pdf
             if (i > 0 && textPositions.get(i).getX() < textPositions.get(i - 1).getX()) {
                 List<TextPosition> sublist = textPositions.subList(startIndex, i);
-                if (!(sublist.isEmpty() || sublist.size() == 1 && sublist.get(0).getUnicode().equals(" "))) {
+                if (!(sublist.isEmpty() || sublist.size() == 1 && (sublist.get(0).getUnicode().equals(" ") || sublist.get(0).getUnicode().equals("\u00A0")))) {
                     textPositionSequences.add(new TextPositionSequence(sublist, pageNumber));
                 }
                 startIndex = i;
             }
 
-            if (i > 0 && textPositions.get(i).getUnicode().equals(" ") && i <= textPositions.size() - 2) {
+            if (i > 0 && (textPositions.get(i).getUnicode().equals(" ") || textPositions.get(i).getUnicode().equals("\u00A0")) && i <= textPositions.size() - 2) {
                 List<TextPosition> sublist = textPositions.subList(startIndex, i);
-                if (!(sublist.isEmpty() || sublist.size() == 1 && sublist.get(0).getUnicode().equals(" "))) {
+                if (!(sublist.isEmpty() || sublist.size() == 1 && (sublist.get(0).getUnicode().equals(" ") || sublist.get(0).getUnicode().equals("\u00A0")))) {
                     textPositionSequences.add(new TextPositionSequence(sublist, pageNumber));
                 }
                 startIndex = i + 1;
@@ -236,14 +236,13 @@ public class PDFLinesTextStripper extends PDFTextStripper {
         }
 
         List<TextPosition> sublist = textPositions.subList(startIndex, textPositions.size());
-        if (!sublist.isEmpty() && sublist.get(sublist.size() - 1).getUnicode().equals(" ")) {
+        if (!sublist.isEmpty() && (sublist.get(sublist.size() - 1).getUnicode().equals(" ") || sublist.get(sublist.size() - 1).getUnicode().equals("\u00A0"))) {
             sublist = sublist.subList(0, sublist.size() - 1);
         }
-        if (!(sublist.isEmpty() || sublist.size() == 1 && sublist.get(0).getUnicode().equals(" "))) {
+        if (!(sublist.isEmpty() || sublist.size() == 1 && (sublist.get(0).getUnicode().equals(" ") || sublist.get(0).getUnicode().equals("\u00A0")))) {
             textPositionSequences.add(new TextPositionSequence(sublist, pageNumber));
         }
         super.writeString(text);
-
     }
 
     @Override