com.brightcove.player.captioning

## Class WebVTTParser

- java.lang.Object
- - com.brightcove.player.captioning.WebVTTParser

-     public class WebVTTParser
      extends java.lang.Object

  Implementation of a parser for WebVTT style captions. This parser is not complete, and is loosely based off of the current WebVTT parser in the Google ExoPlayer project.
  See Also:
    WebVTT specification

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `WebVTTParser()`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static WebVTTDocument` | `parse(java.io.InputStream stream, java.lang.String encoding)` The main parser for WebVTT cue files pre KitKat.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### WebVTTParser

          public WebVTTParser()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### parse

          public static WebVTTDocument parse(java.io.InputStream stream,
                                             java.lang.String encoding)
                                      throws java.io.IOException

      The main parser for WebVTT cue files pre KitKat.
      Parameters:
        `stream` - the input stream containing caption data
        `encoding` - the string encoding used, mostly UTF-8
      Returns:
        a populated WebVTTDocument with the caption texts.
      Throws:
        `java.io.IOException` - Things to work on in the future: X-TIMESTAMP-MAP parsing (MPEGTS parsing for HLS syncing with PES timing data) Region and Styling parsing