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svn commit: r1329614 - in /tika/site: publish/1.1/detection.html
src/site/apt/1.1/detection.apt
Author: nick
Date: Tue Apr 24 09:52:03 2012
New Revision: 1329614
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1329614&view=rev
Log:
Update the Detector Documentation for DefaultDetector, which replaced the older ContainerAwareDetection
Modified:
tika/site/publish/1.1/detection.html
tika/site/src/site/apt/1.1/detection.apt
Modified: tika/site/publish/1.1/detection.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tika/site/publish/1.1/detection.html?rev=1329614&r1=1329613&r2=1329614&view=diff
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--- tika/site/publish/1.1/detection.html (original)
+++ tika/site/publish/1.1/detection.html Tue Apr 24 09:52:03 2012
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
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<!-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more --><!-- contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with --><!-- this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. --><!-- The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 --><!-- (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with --><!-- the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at --><!-- --><!-- http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 --><!-- --><!-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software --><!-- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, --><!-- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. --><!-- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and --><!-- limitations under the License. --><div class="section"><h2>Content Detection<a name="Content_Detection"></a></h2><p>This page gives you information on h
ow content and language detection works with Apache Tika, and how to tune the behaviour of Tika.</p><ul><li><a href="#Content_Detection">Content Detection</a><ul><li><a href="#The_Detector_Interface">The Detector Interface</a></li><li><a href="#Mime_Magic_Detction">Mime Magic Detction</a></li><li><a href="#Resource_Name_Based_Detection">Resource Name Based Detection</a></li><li><a href="#Known_Content_Type_Detection">Known Content Type "Detection</a></li><li><a href="#The_default_Mime_Types_Detector">The default Mime Types Detector</a></li><li><a href="#Container_Aware_Detection">Container Aware Detection</a></li><li><a href="#Language_Detection">Language Detection</a></li></ul></li></ul><div class="section"><h3><a name="The_Detector_Interface">The Detector Interface</a><a name="The_Detector_Interface"></a></h3><p>The <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/detect/Detector.html">org.apache.tika.detect.Detector</a> interface is the basis for most of the content type detection in
Apache Tika. All the different ways of detecting content all implement the same common method:</p><div><pre>MediaType detect(java.io.InputStream input,
- Metadata metadata) throws java.io.IOException</pre></div><p>The <tt>detect</tt> method takes the stream to inspect, and a <tt>Metadata</tt> object that holds any additional information on the content. The detector will return a <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/mime/MediaType.html">MediaType</a> object describing its best guess as to the type of the file.</p><p>In general, only two keys on the Metadata object are used by Detectors. These are <tt>Metadata.RESOURCE_NAME_KEY</tt> which should hold the name of the file (where known), and <tt>Metadata.CONTENT_TYPE</tt> which should hold the advertised content type of the file (eg from a webserver or a content repository).</p></div><div class="section"><h3><a name="Mime_Magic_Detction">Mime Magic Detction</a><a name="Mime_Magic_Detction"></a></h3><p>By looking for special ("magic") patterns of bytes near the start of the file, it is often possible to detect the type of the file. For some file types, this is
a simple process. For others, typically container based formats, the magic detection may not be enough. (More detail on detecting container formats below)</p><p>Tika is able to make use of a a mime magic info file, in the <a class="externalLink" href="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">Freedesktop MIME-info</a> format to peform mime magic detection.</p><p>This is provided within Tika by <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/detect/MagicDetector.html">org.apache.tika.detect.MagicDetector</a>. It is most commonly access via <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/mime/MimeTypes.html">org.apache.tika.mime.MimeTypes</a>, normally sourced from the <tt>tika-mimetypes.xml</tt> file.</p></div><div class="section"><h3><a name="Resource_Name_Based_Detection">Resource Name Based Detection</a><a name="Resource_Name_Based_Detection"></a></h3><p>Where the name of the file is known, it is sometimes possible to guess the file type from the name or extension. Within the <tt>tika-mimetyp
es.xml</tt> file is a list of patterns which are used to identify the type from the filename.</p><p>However, because files may be renamed, this method of detection is quick but not always as accurate.</p><p>This is provided within Tika by <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/detect/NameDetector.html">org.apache.tika.detect.NameDetector</a>.</p></div><div class="section"><h3><a name="Known_Content_Type_Detection">Known Content Type "Detection</a><a name="Known_Content_Type_Detection"></a></h3><p>Sometimes, the mime type for a file is already known, such as when downloading from a webserver, or when retrieving from a content store. This information can be used by detectors, such as <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/mime/MimeTypes.html">org.apache.tika.mime.MimeTypes</a>,</p></div><div class="section"><h3><a name="The_default_Mime_Types_Detector">The default Mime Types Detector</a><a name="The_default_Mime_Types_Detector"></a></h3><p>By default, the mime type detection in Tika is p
rovided by <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/mime/MimeTypes.html">org.apache.tika.mime.MimeTypes</a>. This detector makes use of <tt>tika-mimetypes.xml</tt> to power magic based and filename based detection.</p><p>Firstly, magic based detection is used on the start of the file. If the file is an XML file, then the start of the XML is processed to look for root elements. Next, if available, the filename (from <tt>Metadata.RESOURCE_NAME_KEY</tt>) is then used to improve the detail of the detection, such as when magic detects a text file, and the filename hints it's really a CSV. Finally, if available, the supplied content type (from <tt>Metadata.CONTENT_TYPE</tt>) is used to further refine the type.</p></div><div class="section"><h3><a name="Container_Aware_Detection">Container Aware Detection</a><a name="Container_Aware_Detection"></a></h3><p>Several common file formats are actually held within a common container format. One example is the PowerPoint .ppt and Word .doc formats,
which are both held within an OLE2 container. Another is Apple iWork formats, which are actually a series of XML files within a Zip file.</p><p>Using magic detection, it is easy to spot that a given file is an OLE2 document, or a Zip file. Using magic detection alone, it is very difficult (and often impossible) to tell what kind of file lives inside the container.</p><p>For some use cases, speed is important, so having a quick way to know the container type is sufficient. For other cases however, you don't mind spending a bit of time (and memory!) processing the container to get a more accurate answer on its contents. For these cases, a container aware detector should be used.</p><p>Tika provides a wrapping detector in the parsers bundle, of <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/detect/ContainerAwareDetector.html">org.apache.tika.detect.ContainerAwareDetector</a>. This detector will check for certain known containers, and if found, will open them and detect the appropriate type bas
ed on the contents. If the file isn't a known container, it will fall back to another detector for the answer (most commonly the default <tt>MimeTypes</tt> detector)</p><p>Because this detector needs to read the whole file to process the container, it must be used with a <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/io/TikaInputStream.html">org.apache.tika.io.TikaInputStream</a>. If called with a regular <tt>InputStream</tt>, then all work will be done by the fallback detector.</p><p>For more information on container formats and Tika, see <a class="externalLink" href="http://wiki.apache.org/tika/MetadataDiscussion"></a></p></div><div class="section"><h3><a name="Language_Detection">Language Detection</a><a name="Language_Detection"></a></h3><p>Tika is able to help identify the language of a piece of text, which is useful when extracting text from document formats which do not include language information in their metadata.</p><p>The language detection is provided by <a href="./api/org/apac
he/tika/language/LanguageIdentifier.html">org.apache.tika.language.LanguageIdentifier</a></p></div></div>
+ Metadata metadata) throws java.io.IOException</pre></div><p>The <tt>detect</tt> method takes the stream to inspect, and a <tt>Metadata</tt> object that holds any additional information on the content. The detector will return a <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/mime/MediaType.html">MediaType</a> object describing its best guess as to the type of the file.</p><p>In general, only two keys on the Metadata object are used by Detectors. These are <tt>Metadata.RESOURCE_NAME_KEY</tt> which should hold the name of the file (where known), and <tt>Metadata.CONTENT_TYPE</tt> which should hold the advertised content type of the file (eg from a webserver or a content repository).</p></div><div class="section"><h3><a name="Mime_Magic_Detction">Mime Magic Detction</a><a name="Mime_Magic_Detction"></a></h3><p>By looking for special ("magic") patterns of bytes near the start of the file, it is often possible to detect the type of the file. For some file types, this is
a simple process. For others, typically container based formats, the magic detection may not be enough. (More detail on detecting container formats below)</p><p>Tika is able to make use of a a mime magic info file, in the <a class="externalLink" href="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">Freedesktop MIME-info</a> format to peform mime magic detection.</p><p>This is provided within Tika by <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/detect/MagicDetector.html">org.apache.tika.detect.MagicDetector</a>. It is most commonly access via <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/mime/MimeTypes.html">org.apache.tika.mime.MimeTypes</a>, normally sourced from the <tt>tika-mimetypes.xml</tt> file.</p></div><div class="section"><h3><a name="Resource_Name_Based_Detection">Resource Name Based Detection</a><a name="Resource_Name_Based_Detection"></a></h3><p>Where the name of the file is known, it is sometimes possible to guess the file type from the name or extension. Within the <tt>tika-mimetyp
es.xml</tt> file is a list of patterns which are used to identify the type from the filename.</p><p>However, because files may be renamed, this method of detection is quick but not always as accurate.</p><p>This is provided within Tika by <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/detect/NameDetector.html">org.apache.tika.detect.NameDetector</a>.</p></div><div class="section"><h3><a name="Known_Content_Type_Detection">Known Content Type "Detection</a><a name="Known_Content_Type_Detection"></a></h3><p>Sometimes, the mime type for a file is already known, such as when downloading from a webserver, or when retrieving from a content store. This information can be used by detectors, such as <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/mime/MimeTypes.html">org.apache.tika.mime.MimeTypes</a>,</p></div><div class="section"><h3><a name="The_default_Mime_Types_Detector">The default Mime Types Detector</a><a name="The_default_Mime_Types_Detector"></a></h3><p>By default, the mime type detection in Tika is p
rovided by <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/mime/MimeTypes.html">org.apache.tika.mime.MimeTypes</a>. This detector makes use of <tt>tika-mimetypes.xml</tt> to power magic based and filename based detection.</p><p>Firstly, magic based detection is used on the start of the file. If the file is an XML file, then the start of the XML is processed to look for root elements. Next, if available, the filename (from <tt>Metadata.RESOURCE_NAME_KEY</tt>) is then used to improve the detail of the detection, such as when magic detects a text file, and the filename hints it's really a CSV. Finally, if available, the supplied content type (from <tt>Metadata.CONTENT_TYPE</tt>) is used to further refine the type.</p></div><div class="section"><h3><a name="Container_Aware_Detection">Container Aware Detection</a><a name="Container_Aware_Detection"></a></h3><p>Several common file formats are actually held within a common container format. One example is the PowerPoint .ppt and Word .doc formats,
which are both held within an OLE2 container. Another is Apple iWork formats, which are actually a series of XML files within a Zip file.</p><p>Using magic detection, it is easy to spot that a given file is an OLE2 document, or a Zip file. Using magic detection alone, it is very difficult (and often impossible) to tell what kind of file lives inside the container.</p><p>For some use cases, speed is important, so having a quick way to know the container type is sufficient. For other cases however, you don't mind spending a bit of time (and memory!) processing the container to get a more accurate answer on its contents. For these cases, container aware detectors should be used.</p><p>Tika provides a number of container aware detectors, which cover the main container formats (OLE2, Zip etc). It is possible to call these detectors individually, but it is more common to use <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/detect/DefaultDetector.html">org.apache.tika.detect.DefaultDetector</a> to h
andle this for you. DefaultDetector works like DefaultParser, and locates available Detectors using the Services Loader, and then tries each in turn to identify the file. If the file isn't a known container, and no specific Detector identifies it, the default <tt>MimeTypes</tt> detector will be used to perform Magic Based Detection.</p><p>Because the container aware detectors needs to read the whole file in order to process the surrounding container, they must be used with a <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/io/TikaInputStream.html">org.apache.tika.io.TikaInputStream</a>. If called with a regular <tt>InputStream</tt>, then all work will be done by the <tt>MimeTypes</tt> detector.</p><p>For more information on container formats and Tika, see <a class="externalLink" href="http://wiki.apache.org/tika/MetadataDiscussion"></a></p></div><div class="section"><h3><a name="Language_Detection">Language Detection</a><a name="Language_Detection"></a></h3><p>Tika is able to help identify th
e language of a piece of text, which is useful when extracting text from document formats which do not include language information in their metadata.</p><p>The language detection is provided by <a href="./api/org/apache/tika/language/LanguageIdentifier.html">org.apache.tika.language.LanguageIdentifier</a></p></div></div>
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Modified: tika/site/src/site/apt/1.1/detection.apt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tika/site/src/site/apt/1.1/detection.apt?rev=1329614&r1=1329613&r2=1329614&view=diff
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--- tika/site/src/site/apt/1.1/detection.apt (original)
+++ tika/site/src/site/apt/1.1/detection.apt Tue Apr 24 09:52:03 2012
@@ -121,22 +121,24 @@ MediaType detect(java.io.InputStream inp
For some use cases, speed is important, so having a quick way to know the
container type is sufficient. For other cases however, you don't mind
spending a bit of time (and memory!) processing the container to get a
- more accurate answer on its contents. For these cases, a container
- aware detector should be used.
+ more accurate answer on its contents. For these cases, container
+ aware detectors should be used.
- Tika provides a wrapping detector in the parsers bundle, of
- {{{./api/org/apache/tika/detect/ContainerAwareDetector.html}org.apache.tika.detect.ContainerAwareDetector}}.
- This detector will check for certain known containers, and if found,
- will open them and detect the appropriate type based on the contents.
- If the file isn't a known container, it will fall back to another
- detector for the answer (most commonly the default
- <<<MimeTypes>>> detector)
+ Tika provides a number of container aware detectors, which cover the
+ main container formats (OLE2, Zip etc). It is possible to call
+ these detectors individually, but it is more common to use
+ {{{./api/org/apache/tika/detect/DefaultDetector.html}org.apache.tika.detect.DefaultDetector}}
+ to handle this for you. DefaultDetector works like DefaultParser,
+ and locates available Detectors using the Services Loader, and then
+ tries each in turn to identify the file. If the file isn't a known container,
+ and no specific Detector identifies it, the default
+ <<<MimeTypes>>> detector will be used to perform Magic Based Detection.
- Because this detector needs to read the whole file to process the
- container, it must be used with a
+ Because the container aware detectors needs to read the whole file in order
+ to process the surrounding container, they must be used with a
{{{./api/org/apache/tika/io/TikaInputStream.html}org.apache.tika.io.TikaInputStream}}.
If called with a regular <<<InputStream>>>, then all work will be done
- by the fallback detector.
+ by the <<<MimeTypes>>> detector.
For more information on container formats and Tika, see
{{{http://wiki.apache.org/tika/MetadataDiscussion}}}