Package net.sf.mmm.content.parser.api

Provides the API for parsers to extract metadata from content.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
ContentParser	This is the interface for a parser that extracts (meta-)data from the content of an InputStream.
ContentParserOptions	This is the interface with additional options for the ContentParser.
ContentParserService	This is the interface for a service that provides ContentParsers.

Package net.sf.mmm.content.parser.api Description

Provides the API for parsers to extract metadata from content.

Content-Parser API

This package contains the API and base-implementation for a ContentParser that is used to extract metadata from data of a specific content-type. Further the ContentParserService gives access to all available ContentParsers by their content-type (extension or mimetype).
The ContentParser-implementations should respect the value of ContentParserOptions.getMaximumBufferSize() so the memory footprint can be limited. This is an important feature if you want to parse large sets of content without getting an OutOfMemoryError.