org.apache.clerezza.uima.metadatagenerator.mediatype

Interface MediaTypeTextExtractor

All Known Implementing Classes:

PlainTextExtractor, TikaTextExtractor

public interface MediaTypeTextExtractor

A MediaTypeTextExtractor extracts text from a (list of) specified MediaType.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	extract(byte[] bytes) Extract the text from the provided input if its Media Type is supported.
boolean	supports(javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType mediaType) Check if the provided MediaType is supported by this extractor.

Method Detail

supports

boolean supports(javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType mediaType)

Check if the provided MediaType is supported by this extractor.

Parameters:

mediaType - to be checked.

Returns:

true if the provided MediaType as input is supported.

extract

String extract(byte[] bytes)
               throws UnsupportedMediaTypeException

Extract the text from the provided input if its Media Type is supported.

Parameters:

bytes - an array of byte representing the input.

Returns:

a String with the extracted text.

Throws:

UnsupportedMediaTypeException - if the input implicit Media type is not supported.