Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of ApertureExtractor

Timestamp:

10/12/05 16:23:24 (20 years ago)

Author:

dburkhar

Comment:

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ApertureExtractor

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  */
 public interface Extractor {
+
+    /**
+     * return a plaintext representation of the file
+     * @param source the file to look into
+     * @param mimetype the mimetype that has been identified by gnowsis that this file is
+     * @return null or a string. Null is returned, if no plaintext is in the file. If it could not be 
+     * extracted, an exception is thrown.
+     * @throws ExtractionException when something goes wrong with extraction
+     * @throws FileNotFoundException when the file is not existant
+     */
+    public String getPlaintext(File source, String mimetype) throws FileNotFoundException, ExtractionException ;
+
+
+
+
+
+    /**
+     * create a lucene document.
+     * To see what fields would be needed, look at the top of this class.
+     * @param file
+     * @param uri the uri identifying the passed file. You may need it when you add sophisticated rdf information
+     * @param mimetype the mimetype of the passed file/stream. If your extractor can handle multiple mime-types, this can be handy.
+     * @param options optional options that may help you.
+     * @return a lucene document
+     */
+    public Document createLuceneDocument(File file, String uri, String mimetype, Object options) throws IOException, DocumentExtractorException;
+    
+    public Document createLuceneDocument(InputStream stream, String uri, String mimetype, Object options) throws IOException, DocumentExtractorException;
+    
+
 }