[jira] [Created] (TIKA-2514) Create alternate ForkParser that doesn't require serialization

["Tim Allison (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Tim Allison created TIKA-2514:
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             Summary: Create alternate ForkParser that doesn't require serialization
                 Key: TIKA-2514
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA-2514
             Project: Tika
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: Tim Allison


The ForkParser is a great option for handling oom/permanent hangs; and from a code/design perspective, IMHO, it is a thing of beauty.  

On the user list [~JimIdle], recently pointed out that the ForkParser can't work with custom parsers that depend on non-serializable components.

It would be great to allow users to specify a TIKA_HOME variable or pass in a directory with the tika-related jars and run the server as a separate process with that dir as the class path.  This would also make adding optional jars much easier and could prevent jar hell with the calling application.



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