0.8.1-rc1/metadata/src/test/resources/extern-config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!-- FIXME: change namespace URI? -->
<cas:externextractor xmlns:cas="http://oodt.jpl.nasa.gov/1.0/cas">

	<!--  
	    workingDir: specifies the directory that the external command line met extractor will
	    be run in. 
	    
	    if workingDir is not specified, and if the external command line met extractor honors
	    the workingDir contract (generating .met file in directory that it is called from), then 
	    the .met file will be generated in /path/to/file's parent directory. Otherwise, if the
	    external command let met extractor doesn't honor working dir, then all bets
	    are off.
	-->
	<exec workingDir="">
		<!--  this path can be absolute or relative -->
		<!--  you can optionally specify envReplace tag (=true) 
		      to turn on environment variable replacement
		-->
		<extractorBinPath>[TEST_PATH]/testExtractor</extractorBinPath>

		<!--  make sure to use character entities if there are any weird
			parameters here that would screw up the XML.
			
			args come after providing the file to this met extractor. So, in other
			words, we assume that extractorBinPath &gt;file&lt; &lt;args...&gt;
			
			where the first parameter is always the file to extract metadata from,
			and the remaining parameters are optional to provide to the underlying
			met extractor.
		-->
		<args>
			<arg isDataFile="true"/>
			<arg isMetFile="true"/>
			<arg>-Dtrue=always</arg>
			<arg>foo</arg>
			<arg>bar</arg>
			<!--  you can optionally specify that you would like environment 
			      variable replacement on a particular argument
			      
			      You can also optionally specify that the argument is a path
			      and that you would like it to be treated as such using the
			      isPath="true". If not specified, the path is treated as if
			      isPath was specified as "false", and String.replaceAll("\\s", "\\\\ ")
			      is not called. If called, all white spaces are replaced from the path
			      (using the above regex), and replaced with the literal string
			      "\ ".
			-->
			<arg envReplace="true" isPath="true">[HOME]/test boo</arg>
		</args>
	</exec>

</cas:externextractor>