FileStringer class abstract

An abstract class that defines functionality for extracting textual content from files.

FileStringer is responsible for converting various file formats into stream of string content that can be further processed for ingestion. Different file formats (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, etc.) have specialized implementations that extend this abstract class.

Implementers

• DOCXFileStringer
• PandocStringer
• PDFStringer
• TextFileStringer
• XLSXFileStringer

Constructors

FileStringer.new({Set<String> supportedFormats = const {}})

Creates a FileStringer with the specified supported formats.

const

Properties

hashCode → int

The hash code for this object.

no setter, inherited

runtimeType → Type

A representation of the runtime type of the object.

no setter, inherited

supportedFormats → Set<String>

The set of file extensions that this stringer supports (e.g., {'pdf', 'docx'}).

final

Methods

isSupported(File file) → bool

Checks if this stringer supports the given file based on its extension.

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic

Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.

inherited

stream(File file) → Stream<String>

Extracts text content from a file and returns it as a stream of strings.

toString() → String

A string representation of this object.

inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool

The equality operator.

inherited

Static Methods

streamFile(File file) → Stream<String>

Static method to stream text content from any supported file.