net.sf.regain.crawler.config
Interface UrlMatcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

PrefixUrlMatcher, RegexUrlMatcher, UrlMatcherResult

public interface UrlMatcher

A matcher that checks URLs whether they match to a certain pattern.

Author:

Tilman Schneider, STZ-IDA an der FH Karlsruhe

Method Summary

boolean	getShouldBeIndexed() Gets a flag whether the content should be indexed.
boolean	getShouldBeParsed() Gets a flag whether links should be extracted from the content
boolean	matches(String url) Checks whether a URL matches to the rules of this matcher.
void	setShouldBeIndexed(boolean shouldBeIndexed) Sets a flag whether the content should be indexed.
void	setShouldBeParsed(boolean shouldBeParsed) Sets a flag whether links should be extracted from the content

Method Detail

matches

boolean matches(String url)

Checks whether a URL matches to the rules of this matcher.

Parameters:

url - The URL to check.

Returns:

Whether the given URL matches to the rules of this matcher.

getShouldBeParsed

boolean getShouldBeParsed()

Gets a flag whether links should be extracted from the content

Returns:

Whether from a match for matches(url) possibly inclosed links should be extracted.

getShouldBeIndexed

boolean getShouldBeIndexed()

Gets a flag whether the content should be indexed.

Returns:

Whether from a match for matches(url) the content from the URL should be indexed.

setShouldBeParsed

void setShouldBeParsed(boolean shouldBeParsed)

Sets a flag whether links should be extracted from the content

setShouldBeIndexed

void setShouldBeIndexed(boolean shouldBeIndexed)

Sets a flag whether the content should be indexed.