Package org.apache.tika.parser.ctakes

Class CTAKESContentHandler

java.lang.Object

org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

org.apache.tika.sax.ContentHandlerDecorator

org.apache.tika.parser.ctakes.CTAKESContentHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContentHandler, DTDHandler, EntityResolver, ErrorHandler

@Deprecated(since="2026-04-30")
public class CTAKESContentHandler
extends ContentHandlerDecorator

Deprecated.

This version of the Apache Tika library is deprecated. Use your own version of Apache Tika.

Class used to extract biomedical information while parsing.

This class relies on Apache cTAKES that is a natural language processing system for extraction of information from electronic medical record clinical free-text.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	CTAKES_META_PREFIX	Deprecated.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CTAKESContentHandler()	Deprecated. Default constructor.
CTAKESContentHandler(ContentHandler handler, Metadata metadata)	Deprecated. Creates a new CTAKESContentHandler for the given ContentHandler and Metadata objects.
CTAKESContentHandler(ContentHandler handler, Metadata metadata, CTAKESConfig config)	Deprecated. Creates a new CTAKESContentHandler for the given ContentHandler and Metadata objects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)	Deprecated.
void	endDocument()	Deprecated.
Metadata	getMetadata()	Deprecated. Returns metadata that includes cTAKES annotations.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tika.sax.ContentHandlerDecorator

endElement, endPrefixMapping, ignorableWhitespace, processingInstruction, setDocumentLocator, skippedEntity, startDocument, startElement, startPrefixMapping, toString

Methods inherited from class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

error, fatalError, notationDecl, resolveEntity, unparsedEntityDecl, warning

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler

declaration

Field Details

CTAKES_META_PREFIX

public static String CTAKES_META_PREFIX

Deprecated.

Constructor Details

CTAKESContentHandler

public CTAKESContentHandler(ContentHandler handler,
 Metadata metadata,
 CTAKESConfig config)

Deprecated.

Creates a new CTAKESContentHandler for the given ContentHandler and Metadata objects.

Parameters:

handler - the ContentHandler object to be decorated.

metadata - the Metadata object that will be populated using biomedical information extracted by cTAKES.

config - the CTAKESConfig object used to configure the handler.

CTAKESContentHandler

public CTAKESContentHandler(ContentHandler handler,
 Metadata metadata)

Deprecated.

Creates a new CTAKESContentHandler for the given ContentHandler and Metadata objects.

Parameters:

handler - the ContentHandler object to be decorated.

metadata - the Metadata object that will be populated using biomedical information extracted by cTAKES.

CTAKESContentHandler

public CTAKESContentHandler()

Deprecated.

Default constructor.

Method Details

characters

public void characters(char[] ch,
 int start,
 int length)
                throws SAXException

Deprecated.

Specified by:

characters in interface ContentHandler

Overrides:

characters in class ContentHandlerDecorator

Throws:

SAXException

endDocument

public void endDocument()
                 throws SAXException

Deprecated.

Specified by:

endDocument in interface ContentHandler

Overrides:

endDocument in class ContentHandlerDecorator

Throws:

SAXException

getMetadata

public Metadata getMetadata()

Deprecated.

Returns metadata that includes cTAKES annotations.

Returns:

Metadata object that includes cTAKES annotations.