net.sf.mmm.content.parser.api

Interface ContentParserService

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractContentParserService, ContentParserServiceImpl, ContentParserServiceImplHardwired

@ComponentSpecification
public interface ContentParserService

This is the interface for a service that provides ContentParsers.

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ContentParser	getGenericParser() This method gets a generic parser that can be used as fallback if no specific parser is available.
ContentParser	getParser(String key) This method gets the parser for the given key.

Method Detail

getGenericParser

ContentParser getGenericParser()

This method gets a generic parser that can be used as fallback if no specific parser is available.

Returns:

the generic parser.

getParser

ContentParser getParser(String key)

This method gets the parser for the given key.

Parameters:

key - is the key identifying the requested parser. You can use the extension or the mimetype of the content you want to parse.

Returns:

the parser for the given key or the generic parser if no specific parser is available (check ContentParser.getExtension() for null to figure out).

See Also:

ContentParser.getPrimaryKeys(), ContentParser.getSecondaryKeys()