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Class websphinx.searchengine.MetaCrawler

java.lang.Object
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   +----websphinx.searchengine.MetaCrawler

public class MetaCrawler
extends Object
implements SearchEngine
MetaCrawler search engine.


Variable Index

 o priority
Priority of this classifier.

Constructor Index

 o MetaCrawler()

Method Index

 o classify(Page)
Classify a page.
 o getPriority()
Get priority of this classifier.
 o getResultsPerPage()
Get number of results per page for this search engine.
 o makeQuery(String)
Make a query URL for MetaCrawler.
 o search(String)
Search MetaCrawler.
 o search(String, int)
Search MetaCrawler.

Variables

 o priority
 public static final float priority
Priority of this classifier.

Constructors

 o MetaCrawler
 public MetaCrawler()

Methods

 o classify
 public void classify(Page page)
Classify a page. Sets the following labels:
Name Type Meaning
searchengine.source Page label MetaCrawler object that labeled the page
searchengine.count Page field Number of results on page
searchengine.results Page fields Array of results. Each result region contains subfields: rank, title, description, and link.
searchengine.more-results Link label Link to a page containing more results.

 o getPriority
 public float getPriority()
Get priority of this classifier.

Returns:
priority.
 o makeQuery
 public URL makeQuery(String keywords)
Make a query URL for MetaCrawler.

Parameters:
keywords - list of keywords, separated by spaces
Returns:
URL that submits the keywords to MetaCrawler.
 o getResultsPerPage
 public int getResultsPerPage()
Get number of results per page for this search engine.

Returns:
typical number of results per page
 o search
 public static Search search(String keywords)
Search MetaCrawler.

Parameters:
keywords - list of keywords, separated by spaces
Returns:
enumeration of SearchEngineResults returned by an MetaCrawler query constructed from the keywords.
 o search
 public static Search search(String keywords,
                             int maxResults)
Search MetaCrawler.

Parameters:
keywords - list of keywords, separated by spaces
maxResults - maximum number of results to return
Returns:
enumeration of SearchEngineResults returned by an MetaCrawler query constructed from the keywords. The enumeration yields at most maxResults objects.

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