org.apache.tika.extractor
Interface DocumentSelector


public interface DocumentSelector

Interface for different document selection strategies for purposes like embedded document extraction by a ContainerExtractor instance. An implementation of this interface defines some specific selection criteria to be applied against the document metadata passed to the select(Metadata) method.

Since:
Apache Tika 0.8

Method Summary
 boolean select(Metadata metadata)
          Checks if a document with the given metadata matches the specified selection criteria.
 

Method Detail

select

boolean select(Metadata metadata)
Checks if a document with the given metadata matches the specified selection criteria.

Parameters:
metadata - document metadata
Returns:
true if the document matches the selection criteria, false otherwise


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