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.

Field Summary

static Logger

LOG

Method Summary

static 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 Logger LOG

Method Detail

getProtocol

public static Protocol getProtocol(String urlString)
                            throws ProtocolNotFound

Returns the appropriate Protocol implementation for a url.

Throws:

ProtocolNotFound