/*
 * Copyright (C) 2005 Jesper Steen Møller
 *
 * Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1 
 * with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a
 * copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt
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package org.alfresco.repo.content.metadata;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Map;

import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ContentIOException;
import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ContentReader;
import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;

/**
 * 
 * @author Jesper Steen Møller
 */
public interface MetadataExtracter
{
    /**
     * Provides the approximate accuracy with which this extracter can extract
     * metadata for the mimetype.
     * <p>
     * 
     * @param sourceMimetype the source mimetype
     * @return Returns a score 0.0 to 1.0. 0.0 indicates that the extraction
     *         cannot be performed at all. 1.0 indicates that the extraction can
     *         be performed perfectly.
     */
    public double getReliability(String sourceMimetype);

    /**
     * Provides an estimate, usually a worst case guess, of how long an
     * extraction will take.
     * <p>
     * This method is used to determine, up front, which of a set of equally
     * reliant transformers will be used for a specific extraction.
     * 
     * @return Returns the approximate number of milliseconds per transformation
     */
    public long getExtractionTime();

    /**
     * Extracts the metadata from the content provided by the reader and source
     * mimetype to the supplied map.
     * <p>
     * The extraction viability can be determined by an up front call to
     * {@link #getReliability(String)}.
     * <p>
     * The source mimetype <b>must</b> be available on the
     * {@link org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ContentAccessor#getMimetype()} method
     * of the reader.
     * 
     * @param reader the source of the content
     * @param destination the destination of the extraction
     * @throws ContentIOException if an IO exception occurs
     */
    public void extract(ContentReader reader, Map<QName, Serializable> destination) throws ContentIOException;

}