net.firstpartners.rp.back.extractor
Class PdfDataExtractor

java.lang.Object
  net.firstpartners.rp.back.extractor.GenericDataExtractor
      net.firstpartners.rp.back.extractor.PdfDataExtractor

All Implemented Interfaces:

IDataExtractor, IPlugin

public class PdfDataExtractor
extends GenericDataExtractor

Extracts information from pdf files in a format that can be stored and added to the Index.

Author:

brownpa

Field Summary

protected org.apache.log4j.Logger

logger Logger for this class and subclasses

Constructor Summary

PdfDataExtractor()

Method Summary

int	canHandle(INewInformation info) How well the plugin thinks it can handle a new piece of information
void	convert(INewInformation info) Convert the file information into tuples
java.lang.String	getOriginalUri() The original place where we got this data
void	onLoad() Carry out any initiation tasks

Methods inherited from class net.firstpartners.rp.back.extractor.GenericDataExtractor

getListExtensions, getMaxLengthSummary, getMinLengthWord, getNotIgnoreChars, getReplaceChars, getType, setListExtensions, setMaxLengthSummary, setMinLengthWord, setNotIgnoreChars, setReplaceChars, setType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

logger

protected final org.apache.log4j.Logger logger

Logger for this class and subclasses

Constructor Detail

PdfDataExtractor

public PdfDataExtractor()

Method Detail

getOriginalUri

public java.lang.String getOriginalUri()

The original place where we got this data

Specified by:

getOriginalUri in interface IDataExtractor

Overrides:

getOriginalUri in class GenericDataExtractor

Returns:

pointer

onLoad

public void onLoad()

Carry out any initiation tasks

Specified by:

onLoad in interface IPlugin

Overrides:

onLoad in class GenericDataExtractor

canHandle

public int canHandle(INewInformation info)

How well the plugin thinks it can handle a new piece of information

Specified by:

canHandle in interface IDataExtractor

Overrides:

canHandle in class GenericDataExtractor

Parameters:

info - Information to be handled

Returns:

1 In case that the open for the location is succesfully.

convert

public void convert(INewInformation info)
             throws RpException

Convert the file information into tuples

Specified by:

convert in interface IDataExtractor

Overrides:

convert in class GenericDataExtractor

Parameters:

info - Information to be converted

Throws:

RpException - If an error occur in processing the file