Package dev.langchain4j.data.document

Interface DocumentParser

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApachePdfBoxDocumentParser, ApachePoiDocumentParser, ApacheTikaDocumentParser, TextDocumentParser

public interface DocumentParser

Defines the interface for parsing an InputStream into a Document. Different document types require specialized parsing logic.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Document	parse(InputStream inputStream)	Parses a given InputStream into a Document.

Method Details

parse

Document parse(InputStream inputStream)

Parses a given InputStream into a Document. The specific implementation of this method will depend on the type of the document being parsed.

Note: This method does not close the provided InputStream - it is the caller's responsibility to manage the lifecycle of the stream.

Parameters:

inputStream - The InputStream that contains the content of the Document.

Returns:

The parsed Document.

Throws:

BlankDocumentException - when the parsed Document is blank/empty.