Package com.axemble.vdoc.sdk.interfaces.indexation

Interface ITextExtractorProcessor

public interface ITextExtractorProcessor

Represents the text extractor processor used to extract text from various contents.

Extraction on one or more file extensions can be disabled using the configuration key "index.system.extractor.text.disable.document.types" by listing the disabled file extensions separated by commas.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canHandleExtractionFor(String fileExtension)	Indicates if a file extension can be processed to extract text from
void	extract(BufferedInputStream in, BufferedOutputStream out, String fileExtension)	Extracts the text from the content read in the input stream.

Method Details

extract

void extract(BufferedInputStream in,
 BufferedOutputStream out,
 String fileExtension)
      throws ExtractorNotFoundException,
IOException

Extracts the text from the content read in the input stream. The text resulting from the processing is written to the output stream. A suitable extractor will be used depending on the file extension indicated in parameter.

Parameters:

in - the input stream from which to extract the text

out - the output stream to write the text result to

fileExtension - the file extension indicating the type of content

Throws:

ExtractorNotFoundException - if no suitable extractor can be used for the type of content

IOException - a potential IOException in case of error

canHandleExtractionFor

boolean canHandleExtractionFor(String fileExtension)

Indicates if a file extension can be processed to extract text from

Parameters:

fileExtension - the file extension

Returns:

true if it is possible to extract text from this type of file otherwise false