org.eclipse.smila.importing
Interface ContentFetcher

All Known Subinterfaces:

Fetcher, FileCrawlerService

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultFetcher, FileCrawlerServiceImpl

public interface ContentFetcher

interface for services that can fetch an input stream to a content object in a data source.

Method Summary

java.io.InputStream

getContent(Record record, TaskContext taskContext) get a stream on a content object.

Method Detail

getContent

java.io.InputStream getContent(Record record,
                               TaskContext taskContext)
                               throws ImportingException

get a stream on a content object. Make sure to close the stream after usage.

Parameters:

record - a crawled record describing the content object.

taskContext - the TaskContexrt containing job parameters and more

Returns:

content stream

Throws:

ImportingException - error accessing the content object.