org.apache.nutch.parse
Class OutlinkExtractor

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.nutch.parse.OutlinkExtractor

public class OutlinkExtractor

extends Object

Extractor to extract Outlinks / URLs from plain text using Regular Expressions.

Since:

0.7

Version:

1.0

Author:

Stephan Strittmatter - http://www.sybit.de

See Also:

Comparison of different regexp-Implementations , Overview about Java Regexp APIs

Constructor Summary

OutlinkExtractor()

Method Summary

static Outlink[]	getOutlinks(String plainText) Extracts Outlink from given plain text.
static Outlink[]	getOutlinks(String plainText, String anchor) Extracts Outlink from given plain text and adds anchor to the extracted Outlinks

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OutlinkExtractor

public OutlinkExtractor()

Method Detail

getOutlinks

public static Outlink[] getOutlinks(String plainText)

Extracts Outlink from given plain text.

Parameters:

plainText - the plain text from wich URLs should be extracted.

Returns:

Array of Outlinks within found in plainText

getOutlinks

public static Outlink[] getOutlinks(String plainText,
                                    String anchor)

Extracts Outlink from given plain text and adds anchor to the extracted Outlinks

Parameters:

plainText - the plain text from wich URLs should be extracted.

anchor - the anchor of the url

Returns:

Array of Outlinks within found in plainText