org.apache.tika.parser
Class ExternalParser

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tika.parser.AbstractParser
      org.apache.tika.parser.ExternalParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Parser

Deprecated. Use the more advanced ExternalParser instead

@Deprecated
public class ExternalParser
extends AbstractParser

Very basic parser that uses an external program (like catdoc or pdf2txt) to extract text content from a given document.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ExternalParser()
Deprecated.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getCommand() Deprecated.
java.util.Set<MediaType>	getSupportedTypes() Deprecated.
java.util.Set<MediaType>	getSupportedTypes(ParseContext context) Deprecated. Returns the set of media types supported by this parser when used with the given parse context.
void	parse(java.io.InputStream stream, org.xml.sax.ContentHandler handler, Metadata metadata, ParseContext context) Deprecated. Executes the configured external command and passes the given document stream as a simple XHTML document to the given SAX content handler.
void	setCommand(java.lang.String command) Deprecated.
void	setSupportedTypes(java.util.Set<MediaType> supportedTypes) Deprecated.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tika.parser.AbstractParser

parse

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ExternalParser

public ExternalParser()

Deprecated.

Method Detail

getSupportedTypes

public java.util.Set<MediaType> getSupportedTypes(ParseContext context)

Deprecated.

Description copied from interface: Parser

Returns the set of media types supported by this parser when used with the given parse context.

Parameters:

context - parse context

Returns:

immutable set of media types

getSupportedTypes

public java.util.Set<MediaType> getSupportedTypes()

Deprecated.

setSupportedTypes

public void setSupportedTypes(java.util.Set<MediaType> supportedTypes)

Deprecated.

getCommand

public java.lang.String getCommand()

Deprecated.

setCommand

public void setCommand(java.lang.String command)

Deprecated.

parse

public void parse(java.io.InputStream stream,
                  org.xml.sax.ContentHandler handler,
                  Metadata metadata,
                  ParseContext context)
           throws java.io.IOException,
                  org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                  TikaException

Deprecated.

Executes the configured external command and passes the given document stream as a simple XHTML document to the given SAX content handler. No metadata is extracted.

Parameters:

stream - the document stream (input)

handler - handler for the XHTML SAX events (output)

metadata - document metadata (input and output)

context - parse context

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the document stream could not be read

org.xml.sax.SAXException - if the SAX events could not be processed

TikaException - if the document could not be parsed