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package org.apache.tika.metadata;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;

import org.apache.tika.io.TikaInputStream;

/**
 * Collection of static helper methods for handling metadata.
 *
 * @deprecated Use {@link TikaInputStream} instead
 * @since Apache Tika 0.7
 */
public class MetadataHelper {

    /**
     * Private constructor to prevent instantiation.
     */
    private MetadataHelper() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns the content at the given URL, and sets any related
     * metadata entries.
     *
     * @param url the URL of the resource to be read
     * @param metadata where the resource metadata is stored
     * @return resource content
     * @throws IOException if the URL can not be accessed
     */
    public static InputStream getInputStream(URL url, Metadata metadata)
            throws IOException {
        return TikaInputStream.get(url, metadata);
    }

}