//Idiom.java 
//------------------------
//part of YaCy
//(C) by Michael Peter Christen; mc@yacy.net
//first published on http://www.anomic.de
//Frankfurt, Germany, 2005
//
//this file was contributed by Martin Thelian
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package net.yacy.document;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Set;

import net.yacy.cora.document.MultiProtocolURI;


/**
 * This interface defines a list of methods that needs to be implemented
 * by each content parser class.
 * @author Martin Thelian
 * @version $LastChangedRevision$ / $LastChangedDate$
 */
public interface Idiom {

    /**
     * Parsing a document available as byte array
     * @param location the origin of the document 
     * @param mimeType the mimetype of the document
     * @param charset the supposed charset of the document or <code>null</code> if unkown
     * @param source the content byte array
     * @return a {@link Document} containing the extracted plain text of the document
     * and some additional metadata.
     *  
     * @throws ParserException if the content could not be parsed properly 
     */
    public Document parse(MultiProtocolURI location, String mimeType, String charset, byte[] source)
    throws ParserException, InterruptedException;
    
    /**
     * Parsing a document stored in a {@link File}
     * @param location the origin of the document 
     * @param mimeType the mimetype of the document
     * @param charset the supposed charset of the document or <code>null</code> if unkown 
     * @param sourceFile the file containing the content of the document
     * @return a {@link Document} containing the extracted plain text of the document
     * and some additional metadata.
     *  
     * @throws ParserException if the content could not be parsed properly 
     */    
    public Document parse(MultiProtocolURI location, String mimeType, String charset, File sourceFile)
    throws ParserException, InterruptedException;
    
    /**
     * Parsing a document available as {@link InputStream}
     * @param location the origin of the document 
     * @param mimeType the mimetype of the document
     * @param charset the supposed charset of the document or <code>null</code> if unkown 
     * @param source the {@link InputStream} containing the document content
     * @return a {@link Document} containing the extracted plain text of the document
     * and some additional metadata.
     *  
     * @throws ParserException if the content could not be parsed properly 
     */    
    public Document parse(MultiProtocolURI location, String mimeType, String charset, InputStream source) 
    throws ParserException, InterruptedException;
            
    /**
     * Get the MimeType(s) that are supported by the parser
     * @return a set of strings denoting the supported mime types
     */
    public Set<String> supportedMimeTypes();
    
    /**
     * Get the File extension(s) that are supported by the parser
     * @return a set of strings denoting the supported file extensions
     */
    public Set<String> supportedExtensions();
    
    /**
     * This function should be called before reusing the parser object.
     */
    public void reset();
    
    public void setContentLength(long length);
    
    /**
     * Returns the name of the parser
     * @return parser name
     */
    public String getName();
    
    public boolean equals(Object o);
    
    public int hashCode();
    
}