Simple file type recognition within existing Java app?

[billy wgbjobsearchcom]

I need to be able to recognize the type of a file (binary or text) from within a running Java application given the file name and location. Is this possible to do with Droid? I doubt that I need all of the functionality available

with Droid at this time. Thanks for making the app available and for your help and suggestions!

Best,

Bill

[Ross Spencer]

Hi Bill,

Check out the command line version of DROID. There'll be information in the help file, but essentially there are two modes. The one you'll want outputs a comma separated values list of file name, and PUID. A little more information on The National Archives blog here: http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/when-900-years-old-you-reach-look-as-good-you-will-not/

Obviously you could look at a more programmatic approach. I'm sure someone more experienced at that on the list than me can help there. 

Ross

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[Jackson, Andy]

Hi Bill,

 

I started building Nanite for exactly this reason. It’s a simple extraction of the core DROID format identification logic into a standalone JAR that can be integrated into other applications.  The main ‘gotcha’ is that in order to keep the core as simple as possible, it does not download the latest signature files – rather they are embedded in the JAR during the build process. This means the signatures in Nanite releases tend to lag behind DROID signature releases a bit.

 

https://github.com/openplanets/nanite/tree/master/nanite-core

 

Hope that helps.

 

Andy Jackson

 
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[billy wgbjobsearchcom]

Thanks Andy - I'll give it a look :)

Best,

Bill

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