com.endeca.itl.cas.api

Interface CasCrawler

public interface CasCrawler

Provides the public interface to CAS Server. This interface includes:

• Getting server information
• Getting information about available modules to include in configurations
• Creating, updating, deleting, and fetching configurations stored on the server
• Starting, stopping and getting status and metrics from acquisitions

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<ConfigurationMessage>	createCrawl(CrawlConfig crawlConfig) Creates a crawl on the server.
void	deleteCrawl(CrawlId crawlId) Deletes a crawl from the server.
List<CrawlMetrics>	getAllMetrics() Gets a list of all metrics for all crawls on the server.
List<ModuleSpec>	getAllModuleSpecs(ModuleType moduleType) Gets a list of specifications for modules available on the server that match the requested module type.
CrawlConfig	getCrawlConfig(CrawlId crawlId, Boolean fillInDefaults) Gets configuration for a particular crawl.
List<Metric>	getMetrics(CrawlId crawlId) Gets metrics for a particular crawl.
ModuleSpec	getModuleSpec(ModuleId moduleId) Gets information on how to configure a particular module.
List<ModuleInfo>	getNonIncrementalManipulators(CrawlId crawlId) Returns the ModuleInfos of the manipulators in the given crawl that do no support incremental acquisition.
List<Property>	getServerInfo() Returns information about the server, including version number.
Status	getStatus(CrawlId crawlId) Gets status for a particular crawl.
List<CrawlId>	listCrawls() Gets a list of crawls available on the server
List<ModuleInfo>	listModules(ModuleType moduleType) Gets a list of modules available on the server that match the requested module type.
void	startCrawl(CrawlId crawlId, CrawlMode crawlMode) Starts a particular crawl.
void	stopCrawl(CrawlId crawlId) Stops a crawl.
List<ConfigurationMessage>	updateCrawl(CrawlConfig crawlConfig) Updates a crawl that already exists on the server.

Method Detail

getServerInfo

@ResponseWrapper(className="com.endeca.itl.cas.api.GetServerInfoResponse")
List<Property> getServerInfo()

Returns information about the server, including version number.

Returns:

a list of Property objects, with name-value pairs.

listModules

@ResponseWrapper(className="com.endeca.itl.cas.api.ListModulesResponse")
List<ModuleInfo> listModules(ModuleType moduleType)

Gets a list of modules available on the server that match the requested module type.

Parameters:

moduleType - of modules to list.

Returns:

list of ModuleInfo objects that identify the modules available.

getModuleSpec

ModuleSpec getModuleSpec(ModuleId moduleId)
                         throws ModuleNotFoundException

Gets information on how to configure a particular module.

Parameters:

moduleId - of the module

Returns:

specification for module

Throws:

ModuleNotFoundException - if module is not available on the server.

getAllModuleSpecs

@ResponseWrapper(className="com.endeca.itl.cas.api.GetAllModuleSpecsResponse")
List<ModuleSpec> getAllModuleSpecs(ModuleType moduleType)

Gets a list of specifications for modules available on the server that match the requested module type.

Parameters:

moduleType - of module specs to list

Returns:

a list of ModuleSpec objects.

listCrawls

@ResponseWrapper(className="com.endeca.itl.cas.api.ListCrawlsResponse")
List<CrawlId> listCrawls()

Gets a list of crawls available on the server

Returns:

a list of CrawlId objects.

getCrawlConfig

CrawlConfig getCrawlConfig(CrawlId crawlId,
                         Boolean fillInDefaults)
                           throws CrawlNotFoundException

Gets configuration for a particular crawl.

Parameters:

crawlId - of crawl

fillInDefaults - set to true if configuration should be populated with default values for those parameters that have them.

Returns:

configuration

Throws:

CrawlNotFoundException - if crawl does not exist

createCrawl

@ResponseWrapper(className="com.endeca.itl.cas.api.CrawlConfigurationResponse")
List<ConfigurationMessage> createCrawl(CrawlConfig crawlConfig)
                                       throws InvalidCrawlConfigException,
                                              CrawlAlreadyExistsException

Creates a crawl on the server. One can only create crawls if they don't already exist. For crawls that exist, use updateCrawl

Parameters:

crawlConfig - configuration of crawl to create

Returns:

list of ConfigurationMessages that provides pertinent information about the configuration.

Throws:

InvalidCrawlConfigException - if configuration is invalid.

CrawlAlreadyExistsException - if crawl already exists on the server.

updateCrawl

@ResponseWrapper(className="com.endeca.itl.cas.api.CrawlConfigurationResponse")
List<ConfigurationMessage> updateCrawl(CrawlConfig crawlConfig)
                                       throws CrawlNotFoundException,
                                              CrawlInProgressException,
                                              InvalidCrawlConfigException

Updates a crawl that already exists on the server. Crawls cannot be updated if they are currently running.

Parameters:

crawlConfig - updated config to replace that on the server.

Returns:

list of ConfigurationMessages that provides pertinent information about the configuration.

Throws:

CrawlNotFoundException - if crawl does not already exist on the server.

CrawlInProgressException - if crawl is currently running.

InvalidCrawlConfigException - if there are validation errors in the config being submitted. If so, the configuration of the crawl remains unchanged, and the exception contains information about the particular validation errors encountered.

deleteCrawl

void deleteCrawl(CrawlId crawlId)
                 throws CrawlNotFoundException,
                        CrawlInProgressException,
                        ItlException

Deletes a crawl from the server. One cannot delete crawls that are currently in progress.

Parameters:

crawlId - of crawl

Throws:

CrawlNotFoundException - if crawl does not exist on the server

CrawlInProgressException - if crawl is currently running

ItlException - if internal exception was encountered by the server.

getNonIncrementalManipulators

@ResponseWrapper(className="com.endeca.itl.cas.api.GetNonIncrementalManipulatorsResponse")
List<ModuleInfo> getNonIncrementalManipulators(CrawlId crawlId)
                                               throws CrawlNotFoundException

Returns the ModuleInfos of the manipulators in the given crawl that do no support incremental acquisition.

Parameters:

crawlId -

Returns:

the ModuleInfos of the non-incremental manipulators in the crawl

Throws:

CrawlNotFoundException - if crawl does not already exist on the server.

startCrawl

void startCrawl(CrawlId crawlId,
              CrawlMode crawlMode)
                throws CrawlNotFoundException,
                       CrawlInProgressException,
                       InvalidCrawlConfigException,
                       ItlException

Starts a particular crawl.

Parameters:

crawlId - of the crawl

crawlMode - the mode in which the crawl should be run (e.g. full or incremental)

Throws:

CrawlNotFoundException - if crawl does not exist

CrawlInProgressException - if crawl is already running

InvalidCrawlConfigException - if crawl's configuration is no longer valid. This can happen, for example, if a particular module that is configured for the crawl has been uninstalled.

ItlException - if a server-internal exception occurs in building or starting the crawl.

stopCrawl

void stopCrawl(CrawlId crawlId)
               throws CrawlNotFoundException

Stops a crawl. It is a no-op if the crawl is not currently running.

Parameters:

crawlId - of crawl

Throws:

CrawlNotFoundException - if crawl does not exist on the server

getStatus

Status getStatus(CrawlId crawlId)
                 throws CrawlNotFoundException

Gets status for a particular crawl.

Parameters:

crawlId - of crawl

Returns:

current state of the crawl

Throws:

CrawlNotFoundException - if crawl does not exist.

getMetrics

@ResponseWrapper(className="com.endeca.itl.cas.api.GetMetricsResponse")
List<Metric> getMetrics(CrawlId crawlId)
                        throws CrawlNotFoundException

Gets metrics for a particular crawl. If the crawl was never run, it returns a single metric for the crawl state.

Parameters:

crawlId - of crawl

Returns:

a list of Metric objects

Throws:

CrawlNotFoundException - if crawl does not exist on the server

getAllMetrics

@ResponseWrapper(className="com.endeca.itl.cas.api.GetAllMetricsResponse")
List<CrawlMetrics> getAllMetrics()

Gets a list of all metrics for all crawls on the server.

Returns:

a list of CrawlMetric objects, each with a list of metrics for each crawl on the server. If a crawl has not yet been run, the metrics contain a single metric describing the crawl state.