Method getDocumentFormat

src/main/java/gate/DocumentFormat.java:500–524

Find a DocumentFormat implementation that deals with a particular MIME type, given that type. @param aGateDocument this document will receive as a feature the associated Mime Type. The name of the feature is MimeType and its value is in the format type/subt

(gate.Document aGateDocument,
                                                            MimeType mimeType)

    * @param  mimeType the mime type that is given as input
    */
  static public DocumentFormat getDocumentFormat(gate.Document aGateDocument,
                                                            MimeType mimeType){
    FeatureMap      aFeatureMap    = null;
    if(mimeType == null) {
      String content = aGateDocument.getContent().toString();
      // reduce size for better performance
      if(content.length() > 2048) content = content.substring(0, 2048);
      mimeType = getTypeFromContent( content );
    }

    if (mimeType != null){
      // If the Gate Document doesn't have a feature map atached then
      // We will create and set one.
      if(aGateDocument.getFeatures() == null){
            aFeatureMap = Factory.newFeatureMap();
            aGateDocument.setFeatures(aFeatureMap);
      }// end if
      aGateDocument.getFeatures().put("MimeType",mimeType.getType() + "/" +
                                          mimeType.getSubtype());

      return mimeString2ClassHandlerMap.get(mimeType.getType()
                                               + "/" + mimeType.getSubtype());
    }// end If
    return null;
  } // getDocumentFormat(aGateDocument, MimeType)

  /**
    * Find a DocumentFormat implementation that deals with a particular