Enum Element 

pub enum Element {
    Title(ElementData),
    Paragraph(ElementData),
    Table(TableElementData),
    Header(ElementData),
    Footer(ElementData),
    ListItem(ElementData),
    Image(ImageElementData),
    CodeBlock(ElementData),
    KeyValue(KeyValueElementData),
}

A typed document element extracted from a PDF page.

Each variant carries its specific data plus shared ElementMetadata for page number, bounding box, confidence, and optional font info.

Variants

Title(ElementData)

Paragraph(ElementData)

Table(TableElementData)

Header(ElementData)

Footer(ElementData)

ListItem(ElementData)

Image(ImageElementData)

CodeBlock(ElementData)

KeyValue(KeyValueElementData)

Implementations

impl Element

pub fn text(&self) -> &str

Returns the primary text content of this element.

pub fn display_text(&self) -> String

Returns a human-readable text representation of this element.

Unlike text() which returns raw content (empty for tables, value-only for KV pairs), this method produces a complete display form:

• Tables: pipe-separated rows
• Key-Value: “key: value”
• All others: same as text()

pub fn page(&self) -> u32

Returns the page number (0-indexed) where this element appears.

pub fn bbox(&self) -> &ElementBBox

Returns the bounding box of this element on the page.

pub fn metadata(&self) -> &ElementMetadata

Returns the full metadata for this element.

pub fn metadata_mut(&mut self) -> &mut ElementMetadata

Returns a mutable reference to the metadata of this element.

pub fn type_name(&self) -> &'static str

Returns the snake_case type name of this element variant.

Useful for logging, serialization, and metadata tagging. Returns one of: "title", "paragraph", "table", "header", "footer", "list_item", "image", "code_block", "key_value".

pub fn set_parent_heading(&mut self, heading: Option<String>)

Set the parent heading for this element.

pub fn set_heading_path(&mut self, path: Vec<String>)

Set the full heading breadcrumb for this element.

pub fn row_count(&self) -> Option<usize>

Returns the number of rows if this is a Table element.

pub fn column_count(&self) -> Option<usize>

Returns the number of columns if this is a Table element.

pub fn cell(&self, row: usize, col: usize) -> Option<&str>

Returns the cell text at (row, col) if this is a Table element.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for Element

fn clone(&self) -> Element

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for Element

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Eq for Element

impl PartialEq for Element

fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool

Equality operator ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Inequality operator !=.