org.datamanager.simpleton
Class WebSearchSimpleton

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.datamanager.kernel.Simpleton
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        +--org.datamanager.simpleton.WebSearchSimpleton

All Implemented Interfaces:

EventHandler

public class WebSearchSimpleton

extends Simpleton

implements EventHandler

This Simpleton hangs around until it gets a WebSearchRequestEvent. Once it has received the event it tries to form a web query, a query to a search engine such as webcrawler, and the resulting page is downloaded and added to the pool.

See Also:

Debug, IOException, MalformedURLException, URL, URLEncoder

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class org.datamanager.kernel.Simpleton

Simpleton.Information, Simpleton.Priority

Constructor Summary

WebSearchSimpleton()
This is the default constructor.

Method Summary

protected void	download(String engine, String keywords) This method take a String representation of a URL to some web search engine, and a String of keywords.
void	handle(DataManagerEvent event) Handle a DataManagerEvent that has been fired.
void	process() Performs the work of this Simpleton.

Methods inherited from class org.datamanager.kernel.Simpleton

clone, getInformation, getPriority, setInformation, setPriority, start

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WebSearchSimpleton

public WebSearchSimpleton()

This is the default constructor. It calls the constructor that takes a String with a default name.

Method Detail

process

public void process()

Description copied from class: Simpleton

Performs the work of this Simpleton. Simpleton implementation must override this class.

Specified by:

process in class Simpleton

handle

public void handle(DataManagerEvent event)

Description copied from interface: EventHandler

Handle a DataManagerEvent that has been fired.

Specified by:

handle in interface EventHandler

Parameters:

event - The event to handle.

download

protected void download(String engine,
                        String keywords)

This method take a String representation of a URL to some web search engine, and a String of keywords. It uses those Strings to download a webpage containing the results of a search on the given keywords.