org.apache.nutch.protocol

Class ProtocolFactory

java.lang.Object

org.apache.nutch.protocol.ProtocolFactory

public class ProtocolFactory
extends Object

Creates and caches Protocol plugins. Protocol plugins should define the attribute "protocolName" with the name of the protocol that they implement. Configuration object is used for caching. Cache key is constructed from appending protocol name (eg. http) to constant Protocol.X_POINT_ID.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static org.apache.commons.logging.Log	LOG

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ProtocolFactory(Configuration conf)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Protocol	getProtocol(String urlString) Returns the appropriate Protocol implementation for a url.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

LOG

public static final org.apache.commons.logging.Log LOG

Constructor Detail

ProtocolFactory

public ProtocolFactory(Configuration conf)

Method Detail

getProtocol

public Protocol getProtocol(String urlString)
                     throws ProtocolNotFound

Returns the appropriate Protocol implementation for a url.

Parameters:

urlString - Url String

Returns:

The appropriate Protocol implementation for a given URL.

Throws:

ProtocolNotFound - when Protocol can not be found for urlString