TypeDetector (Apache Tika 2.9.2 API)

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

Constructors
Constructor Description

TypeDetector()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`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