com.jalios.jcms.fileprocessor
Interface FileParser

All Superinterfaces:

FileActionComponent

All Known Implementing Classes:

SampleProcessor

public interface FileParser
extends FileActionComponent

A class that implements this interface is a parser for at least one kind of files. It is supposed to extract (parse) the text from the supported files.

Version:

$Revision: 27882 $

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.jalios.jcms.fileprocessor.FileActionComponent

FileActionComponent.Operation

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.jalios.jcms.fileprocessor.FileActionComponent

CURRENT_OPERATION, FILE_SEPARATOR, REVISION

Method Summary

java.lang.String

extractText(java.io.File file, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> ctxt) Parsers have to implement at least this method which exctract the text from the specified file and returns it.

Methods inherited from interface com.jalios.jcms.fileprocessor.FileActionComponent

getDescription, getName, getOrder, isAvailable

Method Detail

extractText

java.lang.String extractText(java.io.File file,
                             java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> ctxt)
                             throws ProcessingException

Parsers have to implement at least this method which exctract the text from the specified file and returns it.

Parameters:

file - the file to parse

ctxt - a Map to share informations between processings.

Returns:

the text to index (can be empty) or null if no action was processed (do not return null in case of error, instead throw a ProcessingException).

Throws:

ProcessingException - if the text could not be extracted.