org.apache.tika.metadata
Class MetadataHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tika.metadata.MetadataHelper

public class MetadataHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Collection of static helper methods for handling metadata.

Since:

Apache Tika 0.7

Method Summary

static java.io.InputStream

getInputStream(java.net.URL url, Metadata metadata) Returns the content at the given URL, and sets any related metadata entries.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInputStream

public static java.io.InputStream getInputStream(java.net.URL url,
                                                 Metadata metadata)
                                          throws java.io.IOException

Returns the content at the given URL, and sets any related metadata entries.

Parameters:

url - the URL of the resource to be read

metadata - where the resource metadata is stored

Returns:

resource content

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the URL can not be accessed