org.apache.tika.detect
Class TypeDetector

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tika.detect.TypeDetector

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Detector

public class TypeDetector
extends Object
implements Detector

Content type detection based on a content type hint. This detector simply trusts any valid content type hint given in the input metadata, and returns that as the likely type of the input document.

Since:

Apache Tika 0.3

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

TypeDetector()

Method Summary

MediaType

detect(InputStream input, Metadata metadata) Detects the content type of an input document based on a type hint given in the input metadata.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeDetector

public TypeDetector()

Method Detail

detect

public MediaType detect(InputStream input,
                        Metadata metadata)

Detects the content type of an input document based on a type hint given in the input metadata. The CONTENT_TYPE attribute of the given input metadata is expected to contain the type of the input document. If that attribute exists and contains a valid type name, then that type is returned.

Specified by:

detect in interface Detector

Parameters:

input - ignored

metadata - input metadata, possibly with a CONTENT_TYPE value

Returns:

detected media type, or application/octet-stream