AccessChecker (Apache Tika 2.5.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.tika.parser.pdf.AccessChecker

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable
```
public class AccessChecker
extends Object
implements Serializable
```
Checks whether or not a document allows extraction generally or extraction for accessibility only.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`AccessChecker()`	This constructs an `AccessChecker` that will not perform any checking and will always return without throwing an exception.
`AccessChecker(boolean allowExtractionForAccessibility)`	This constructs an `AccessChecker` that will check for whether or not content should be extracted from a document.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`check(Metadata metadata)`	Checks to see if a document's content should be extracted based on metadata values and the value of `allowAccessibility` in the constructor.
`boolean`	`equals(Object o)`
`int`	`hashCode()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AccessChecker
```
public AccessChecker()
```
    This constructs an AccessChecker that will not perform any checking and will always return without throwing an exception.
    This constructor is available to allow for Tika's legacy (<= v1.7) behavior.
  - AccessChecker
```
public AccessChecker(boolean allowExtractionForAccessibility)
```
    This constructs an AccessChecker that will check for whether or not content should be extracted from a document.
    
    Parameters:
    
    allowExtractionForAccessibility - if general extraction is not allowed, is extraction for accessibility allowed
- Method Detail
  - check
```
public void check(Metadata metadata)
           throws AccessPermissionException
```
    Checks to see if a document's content should be extracted based on metadata values and the value of allowAccessibility in the constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    metadata -
    
    Throws:
    
    AccessPermissionException - if access is not permitted
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(Object o)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object