Changed return type to generic List

Author: ConvoluteHumanBot

openpdf-core/src/main/java/org/openpdf/text/pdf/parser/PdfContentTextLocator.java

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ LGPL license (the "GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE"), in which case the
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Stack;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ public String getResultantText() {
     /**
      * @return list of text strips that matches
      */
-    public ArrayList<MatchedPattern> getMatchedPatterns() {
+    public List<MatchedPattern> getMatchedPatterns() {
         return this.accumulator;
     }
 }

openpdf-core/src/main/java/org/openpdf/text/pdf/parser/PdfTextLocator.java

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ private byte[] getContentBytesFromContentObject(PdfObject contentObject) throws
      * @return <CODE>ArrayList<MatchedPattern></CODE> List of matched text patterns with coordinates.
      * @throws IOException on error
      */
-    public ArrayList<MatchedPattern> searchPage(int page, String pattern) throws IOException {
+    public List<MatchedPattern> searchPage(int page, String pattern) throws IOException {
         PdfDictionary pageDict = reader.getPageN(page);
         if (pageDict == null) {
             return new ArrayList<>();
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ public ArrayList<MatchedPattern> searchPage(int page, String pattern) throws IOE
      * @return <CODE>ArrayList<MatchedPattern></CODE> List of matched text patterns with coordinates.
      * @throws IOException on error
      */
-    public ArrayList<MatchedPattern> searchFile(String pattern) throws IOException {
-        ArrayList<MatchedPattern> res = new ArrayList<>();
+    public List<MatchedPattern> searchFile(String pattern) throws IOException {
+        List<MatchedPattern> res = new ArrayList<>();
         for (int page = 1; page <= reader.getNumberOfPages(); page++) {
             res.addAll(searchPage(page, pattern));
         }
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public ArrayList<MatchedPattern> searchFile(String pattern) throws IOException {
      * @return <CODE>ArrayList<MatchedPattern></CODE> List of matched text patterns with coordinates.
      * @throws IOException on error
      */
-    public ArrayList<MatchedPattern> searchPage(int page, float[] coordinates) throws IOException {
+    public List<MatchedPattern> searchPage(int page, float[] coordinates) throws IOException {
         PdfDictionary pageDict = reader.getPageN(page);
         if (pageDict == null) {
             return new ArrayList<>();
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ public ArrayList<MatchedPattern> searchPage(int page, float[] coordinates) throw
      * @return <CODE>ArrayList<MatchedPattern></CODE> List of matched text patterns with coordinates.
      * @throws IOException on error
      */
-    public ArrayList<MatchedPattern> searchFile(float[] coordinates) throws IOException {
-        ArrayList<MatchedPattern> res = new ArrayList<>();
+    public List<MatchedPattern> searchFile(float[] coordinates) throws IOException {
+        List<MatchedPattern> res = new ArrayList<>();
         for (int page = 1; page <= reader.getNumberOfPages(); page++) {
             res.addAll(searchPage(page, coordinates));
         }