Hi, I'm currently working on Tika to properly process custom file type (*.hwp
file)
I have a binary executable file which converts hwp file into xml file.
I'm not sure how can I include this binary file so that when Tika encounters
hwp file,
it can automatically convert in to xml file using the binary, and pass the
document to XMLParser.
Any suggestions?

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Hi,

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 4:35 AM, 122jxgcn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I'm currently working on Tika to properly process custom file type (*.hwp
> file) I have a binary executable file which converts hwp file into xml file.
> I'm not sure how can I include this binary file so that when Tika encounters
> hwp file, it can automatically convert in to xml file using the binary, and
> pass the document to XMLParser.

The best approach would be for you to write a custom Parser class for
this file type. That class would call your executable to convert the
file to XML and would then invoke the standard XMLParser on the
result.

BR,

Jukka Zitting

+1, great solution, Jukka!

Cheers,
Chris

On Jun 21, 2012, at 8:08 AM, Jukka Zitting wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 4:35 AM, 122jxgcn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi, I'm currently working on Tika to properly process custom file type (*.hwp
>> file) I have a binary executable file which converts hwp file into xml file.
>> I'm not sure how can I include this binary file so that when Tika encounters
>> hwp file, it can automatically convert in to xml file using the binary, and
>> pass the document to XMLParser.
>
> The best approach would be for you to write a custom Parser class for
> this file type. That class would call your executable to convert the
> file to XML and would then invoke the standard XMLParser on the
> result.
>
> BR,
>
> Jukka Zitting
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On Wed, 20 Jun 2012, 122jxgcn wrote:
> Hi, I'm currently working on Tika to properly process custom file type
> (*.hwp file) I have a binary executable file which converts hwp file
> into xml file. I'm not sure how can I include this binary file so that
> when Tika encounters hwp file, it can automatically convert in to xml
> file using the binary, and pass the document to XMLParser. Any
> suggestions?

I'd suggest you do a custom parser for your file format, which first calls
out to your custom program, then feeds the result directly to Tika's
XMLParser.

The website has a good guide on writing your own custom parsers:
    http://tika.apache.org/1.1/parser_guide.html

Nick