org.mmbase.module.lucene.extraction
Interface Extractor

All Known Implementing Classes:

PDFBoxExtractor, POIExcelExtractor, POIWordExtractor, StringsExtractor, SwingRTFExtractor, TextMiningExtractor

public interface Extractor

Content Extractor interface

Version:

$Id $

Author:

Wouter Heijke

Method Summary

String	extract(InputStream source) Extract text from a source
String	getMimeType() Mimetype this Extractor handles
void	setMimeType(String mimetype) Mimetype this Extractor handles

Method Detail

setMimeType

void setMimeType(String mimetype)

Mimetype this Extractor handles

Parameters:

mimetype - String representing the MIME Type

getMimeType

String getMimeType()

Mimetype this Extractor handles

Returns:

String representing the MIME Type

extract

String extract(InputStream source)
               throws Exception

Extract text from a source

Parameters:

source - InputStream where the data comes from

Returns:

String representing the extracted text

Throws:

Exception