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Tilman Hausherr edited comment on TIKA-4550 at 12/4/25 2:19 PM:
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0 + conversion tool. Less code is always better.
was (Author: tilman):
0 + conversion tool.
> Determine migration path for xml->json configuration in 4.x
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>
> Key: TIKA-4550
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA-4550
> Project: Tika
> Issue Type: Task
> Reporter: Tim Allison
> Priority: Major
>
> In main, we now have the json configuration operative from
> tika-parsers-standard-package through the rest of the build.
> We still have remnants of TikaConfig in tika-app, but tika-server is json
> only.
> What do we want the user experience to be when migrating from 3.x to 4.x?
> I think most of the conversions should be fairly straightforward – claude was
> able to do a pretty good job, for example. I worry a bit about the parsers
> configurations.
> Mechanically at a high level:
> 0) Major version cutover/transition. Rely on documentation. Remove all of
> TikaConfig from main now.
> 1) Same as option 0, but try to backport the json deserialization into 3.x so
> that users can get ready.
> 2) Keep TikaConfig in main, and make it optional in tika-app and tika-server
> for 4.x
> 3) Something else?
> My preference is for option 0. I worry about the amount of code and effort it
> would take to get 1 and 2 right.
> WDYT?
>
> Things that would help with the transition:
> 0) documentation, obviously.
> 1) Perhaps some code that would convert at least the parsers section for the
> tika-parsers-standard parsers from xml to json.
> 2) other things?
>
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