[NUTCH-2861] Remove parse-swf

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Implemented
• Affects Version/s: 1.18
• Fix Version/s: 1.19
• Component/s: parser, plugin
• Labels: help-wanted
• Assignee: Sebastian Nagel
• Reporter: Sebastian Nagel
• Created: 19/Apr/21 08:35
• Updated: 13/Mar/24 14:51
• Resolved: 19/Aug/22 12:56

Description

We should consider to remove the Shockwafe Flash parser plugin (parse-swf):

• Shockwave/Adobe Flash reached end-of-life
• major browsers now block playing Flash content
• the plugin is based on 15-year old library (javaswf), not maintained anymore and not available on Maven repository
• it's shipped in binary form also in the source package which contradicts the Apache release policy

Notes:

• should place a notice about the removal in the release not, as parse-tika is not able to extract textual content from *.swf files
• do not forget to unregister the plugin in parse-plugins.xml

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #742