org.semanticdesktop.aperture.crawler
Interface CrawlerFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

BibsonomyCrawlerFactory, DeliciousCrawlerFactory, FileSystemCrawlerFactory, FlickrCrawlerFactory, IcalCrawlerFactory, ImapCrawlerFactory, MboxCrawlerFactory, OutlookCrawlerFactory, SambaCrawlerFactory, ThunderbirdAddressbookCrawlerFactory, WebCrawlerFactory

public interface CrawlerFactory

CrawlerFactories created Crawlers capable of crawling specific types of DataSources. Rather than referring to specific DataSource implementations, a CrawlerFactory refers to the DataSource type URIs it supports.

See Also:

DataSource.getType()

Method Summary

Crawler	getCrawler(DataSource dataSource) Return a Crawler that can crawl the specified DataSource.
Set	getSupportedTypes() Returns a set of URIs indicating the DataSource types that are supported by the Crawler implementation provided by this CrawlerFactory.

Method Detail

getSupportedTypes

Set getSupportedTypes()

Returns a set of URIs indicating the DataSource types that are supported by the Crawler implementation provided by this CrawlerFactory.

Returns:

A Set of DataSource type URIs.

getCrawler

Crawler getCrawler(DataSource dataSource)

Return a Crawler that can crawl the specified DataSource. The getType method of this DataSource should return a URI that is contained in the supported types set of this CrawlerFactory.

Parameters:

dataSource - The DataSource for which a Crawler needs to be generated.

Returns:

A Crawler whose getDataSource method returns the specified DataSource.