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Interface UrlCanonicalizer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AggressiveUrlCanonicalizer, IdentityUrlCanonicalizer

public interface UrlCanonicalizer

Interface for implementations that transform an input String URL into a canonical form, suitable for lookups in a ResourceIndex. URLs should be sent through the same canonicalizer they will be searched using, before being inserted into a ResourceIndex.

Author:

brad

Method Summary

String

urlStringToKey(String url)

Method Detail

urlStringToKey

String urlStringToKey(String url)
                      throws org.apache.commons.httpclient.URIException

Parameters:

url - String representation of an URL, in as original, and unchanged form as possible.

Returns:

a lookup key appropriate for searching within a ResourceIndex.

Throws:

org.apache.commons.httpclient.URIException - if the input url String is not a valid URL.