MetadataExtractor (Silverpeas Core 6.3 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.silverpeas.core.io.media.MetadataExtractor

```
@Singleton
public class MetadataExtractor
extends Object
```
This tool is kind of interface between the Silverpeas callers which needs to get metadata from files and the API used to extract them.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`detectMimeType(File file)`	Detects the media type of the given file.
`MetaData`	`extractMetadata(File file)`	Extracts Metadata of a file.
`MetaData`	`extractMetadata(String filePath)`	Extracts Metadata of a file.
`static MetadataExtractor`	`get()`
`protected void`	`initialize()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - get
```
public static MetadataExtractor get()
```
  - initialize
```
@PostConstruct
protected void initialize()
```
  - extractMetadata
```
public MetaData extractMetadata(String filePath)
```
    Extracts Metadata of a file.
    
    Parameters:
    
    filePath - the full path of a file.
    
    Returns:
    
    a MetaData instance that handles the metadata extracted from a file represented by the given full path.
  - extractMetadata
```
public MetaData extractMetadata(File file)
```
    Extracts Metadata of a file.
    
    Parameters:
    
    file - a file.
    
    Returns:
    
    a MetaData instance that handles the metadata extracted from the given file.
  - detectMimeType
```
public String detectMimeType(File file)
                      throws IOException
```
    Detects the media type of the given file. The type detection is based on the document content and a potential known file extension.
    
    Parameters:
    
    file - the file
    
    Returns:
    
    detected media type
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if the file can not be read