com.silverpeas.util
Class MetadataExtractor

java.lang.Object
  com.silverpeas.util.MetadataExtractor

public class MetadataExtractor
extends Object

Method Summary

String	detectMimeType(File file) Detects the media type of the given file.
MetaData	extractMetadata(File file)
MetaData	extractMetadata(String fileName) Return Metadata of a document.
static MetadataExtractor	getInstance() Gets the singleton instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getInstance

public static MetadataExtractor getInstance()

Gets the singleton instance.

Returns:

extractMetadata

public MetaData extractMetadata(String fileName)

Return Metadata of a document.

Parameters:

fileName -

Returns:

Metadata

extractMetadata

public MetaData extractMetadata(File file)

detectMimeType

public String detectMimeType(File file)
                      throws IOException

Detects the media type of the given file. The type detection is based on the document content and a potential known file extension.

Parameters:

file - the file

Returns:

detected media type

Throws:

IOException - if the file can not be read