org.apache.nutch.parse.pdf
Class PdfParser

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.nutch.parse.pdf.PdfParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configurable, Parser, Pluggable

public class PdfParser
extends Object
implements Parser

parser for mime type application/pdf. It is based on org.pdfbox.*. We have to see how well it does the job.

Author:

John Xing Note on 20040614 by Xing: Some codes are stacked here for convenience (see inline comments). They may be moved to more appropriate places when new codebase stabilizes, especially after code for indexing is written.

Field Summary

static org.apache.commons.logging.Log

LOG

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.nutch.parse.Parser

X_POINT_ID

Constructor Summary

PdfParser()

Method Summary

Configuration	getConf()
ParseResult	getParse(Content content) This method parses the given content and returns a map of <key, parse> pairs.
void	setConf(Configuration conf)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

LOG

public static final org.apache.commons.logging.Log LOG

Constructor Detail

PdfParser

public PdfParser()

Method Detail

getParse

public ParseResult getParse(Content content)

Description copied from interface: Parser

This method parses the given content and returns a map of <key, parse> pairs. Parse instances will be persisted under the given key.

Note: Meta-redirects should be followed only when they are coming from the original URL. That is:
Assume fetcher is in parsing mode and is currently processing foo.bar.com/redirect.html. If this url contains a meta redirect to another url, fetcher should only follow the redirect if the map contains an entry of the form <"foo.bar.com/redirect.html", Parse with a ParseStatus indicating the redirect>.

Specified by:

getParse in interface Parser

Parameters:

content - Content to be parsed

Returns:

a map containing <key, parse> pairs

setConf

public void setConf(Configuration conf)

Specified by:

setConf in interface Configurable

getConf

public Configuration getConf()

Specified by:

getConf in interface Configurable