Package com.norconex.importer.handler.transformer.impl

Class StripBeforeTransformer

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    IXMLConfigurable, IImporterHandler, IDocumentTransformer
    public class StripBeforeTransformer
extends AbstractStringTransformer
implements IXMLConfigurable

    Strips any content found before first match found for given pattern.

    This class can be used as a pre-parsing (text content-types only) or post-parsing handlers.

    XML configuration usage:

    
<handler
    class="com.norconex.importer.handler.transformer.impl.StripBeforeTransformer"
    inclusive="[false|true]"
    maxReadSize="(max characters to read at once)"
    sourceCharset="(character encoding)">
  <!-- multiple "restrictTo" tags allowed (only one needs to match) -->
  <restrictTo>
    <fieldMatcher>(field-matching expression)</fieldMatcher>
    <valueMatcher>(value-matching expression)</valueMatcher>
  </restrictTo>
  <stripBeforeMatcher>
    >
         (expression matching text up to which to strip)
  </stripBeforeMatcher>
</handler>

    XML usage example:

    
<handler
    class="StripBeforeTransformer"
    inclusive="true">
  <stripBeforeMatcher>
    <![CDATA[<!-- HEADER_END -->]]>
  </stripBeforeMatcher>
</handler>

    The above example will strip all text up to and including this HTML comment: <!-- HEADER_END -->.

    Author:
    Pascal Essiembre

    • Constructor Detail

      • StripBeforeTransformer

        public StripBeforeTransformer()