public static  void main(String[] args) throws Exception 
{
        if( args.length != 1 )
        {
            usage();
        }
        else
        {
            PDDocument document = null;
            try
            {
                document = PDDocument.load( args[0] );
                if( document.isEncrypted() )
                {
                    try
                    {
                        document.decrypt( "" );
                    }
                    catch( InvalidPasswordException e )
                    {
                        System.err.println( "Error: Document is encrypted with a password." );
                        System.exit( 1 );
                    }
                }
                PDFTextStripperByArea stripper = new PDFTextStripperByArea();
                stripper.setSortByPosition( true );
                Rectangle rect = new Rectangle( 10, 280, 275, 60 );
                stripper.addRegion( "class1", rect );
                List allPages = document.getDocumentCatalog().getAllPages();
                PDPage firstPage = (PDPage)allPages.get( 0 );
                stripper.extractRegions( firstPage );
                System.out.println( "Text in the area:" + rect );
                System.out.println( stripper.getTextForRegion( "class1" ) );
            }
            finally
            {
                if( document != null )
                {
                    document.close();
                }
            }
        }
}

This will print the documents text in a certain area.