org.apache.tika.example

Class ParsingExample

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tika.example.ParsingExample

public class ParsingExample
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ParsingExample()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	parseEmbeddedExample() This example shows how to extract content from the outer document and all embedded documents.
String	parseExample() Example of how to use Tika to parse a file when you do not know its file type ahead of time.
String	parseNoEmbeddedExample() If you don't want content from embedded documents, send in a ParseContext that does not contain a Parser.
String	parseToStringExample() Example of how to use Tika's parseToString method to parse the content of a file, and return any text found.
List<Metadata>	recursiveParserWrapperExample() For documents that may contain embedded documents, it might be helpful to create list of metadata objects, one for the container document and one for each embedded document.
String	serializedRecursiveParserWrapperExample() We include a simple JSON serializer for a list of metadata with JsonMetadataList.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ParsingExample

public ParsingExample()

Method Detail

parseToStringExample

public String parseToStringExample()
                            throws IOException,
                                   SAXException,
                                   TikaException

Example of how to use Tika's parseToString method to parse the content of a file, and return any text found. Note: Tika.parseToString() will extract content from the outer container document and any embedded/attached documents.

Returns:

The content of a file.

Throws:

IOException

SAXException

TikaException

parseExample

public String parseExample()
                    throws IOException,
                           SAXException,
                           TikaException

Example of how to use Tika to parse a file when you do not know its file type ahead of time. AutoDetectParser attempts to discover the file's type automatically, then call the exact Parser built for that file type. The stream to be parsed by the Parser. In this case, we get a file from the resources folder of this project. Handlers are used to get the exact information you want out of the host of information gathered by Parsers. The body content handler, intuitively, extracts everything that would go between HTML body tags. The Metadata object will be filled by the Parser with Metadata discovered about the file being parsed. Note: This example will extract content from the outer document and all embedded documents. However, if you choose to use a ParseContext, make sure to set a Parser or else embedded content will not be parsed.

Returns:

The content of a file.

Throws:

IOException

SAXException

TikaException

parseNoEmbeddedExample

public String parseNoEmbeddedExample()
                              throws IOException,
                                     SAXException,
                                     TikaException

If you don't want content from embedded documents, send in a ParseContext that does not contain a Parser.

Returns:

The content of a file.

Throws:

IOException

SAXException

TikaException

parseEmbeddedExample

public String parseEmbeddedExample()
                            throws IOException,
                                   SAXException,
                                   TikaException

This example shows how to extract content from the outer document and all embedded documents. The key is to specify a Parser in the ParseContext.

Returns:

content, including from embedded documents

Throws:

IOException

SAXException

TikaException

recursiveParserWrapperExample

public List<Metadata> recursiveParserWrapperExample()
                                             throws IOException,
                                                    SAXException,
                                                    TikaException

For documents that may contain embedded documents, it might be helpful to create list of metadata objects, one for the container document and one for each embedded document. This allows easy access to both the extracted content and the metadata of each embedded document. Note that many document formats can contain embedded documents, including traditional container formats -- zip, tar and others -- but also common office document formats including: MSWord, MSExcel, MSPowerPoint, RTF, PDF, MSG and several others.

The "content" format is determined by the ContentHandlerFactory, and the content is stored in RecursiveParserWrapper.TIKA_CONTENT

The drawback to the RecursiveParserWrapper is that it caches metadata and contents in memory. This should not be used on files whose contents are too big to be handled in memory.

Returns:

a list of metadata object, one each for the container file and each embedded file

Throws:

IOException

SAXException

TikaException

serializedRecursiveParserWrapperExample

public String serializedRecursiveParserWrapperExample()
                                               throws IOException,
                                                      SAXException,
                                                      TikaException

We include a simple JSON serializer for a list of metadata with JsonMetadataList. That class also includes a deserializer to convert from JSON back to a List.

This functionality is also available in tika-app's GUI, and with the -J option on tika-app's commandline. For tika-server users, there is the "rmeta" service that will return this format.

Returns:

a JSON representation of a list of Metadata objects

Throws:

IOException

SAXException

TikaException