It provides a tiny convenience. It allows people to use
Charset.forName("tikaDetector") and then use the results to apply the
detector to any of the APIs that accept a Charset object. I think it's
nearly cost-free; it requires a class and an SPI text file.On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Ken Krugler <kkrugler_li...@transpac.com> wrote: > > On Nov 4, 2010, at 7:08am, Benson Margulies wrote: > >> Have you all ever considered wiring the CharsetDetector to the >> java.nio.Charset SPI mechanism as an autodetecting charset? > > No, I don't remember this coming up. > > Can you provide any additional information about costs and benefits? > > Thanks, > > -- Ken > >> >> I could knock one off. Would you want it to be a separate JAR or just >> in the parsers with the detector? > > -------------------------- > Ken Krugler > +1 530-210-6378 > http://bixolabs.com > e l a s t i c w e b m i n i n g > > > > > >
