org.exist.source
Class URLSource

java.lang.Object
  org.exist.source.AbstractSource
      org.exist.source.URLSource

All Implemented Interfaces:

Source

Direct Known Subclasses:

ClassLoaderSource

public class URLSource
extends AbstractSource

A source implementation reading from an URL.

Author:

wolf

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.exist.source.Source

INVALID, UNKNOWN, VALID

Constructor Summary

URLSource(java.net.URL url)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getContent()
java.lang.Object	getKey() Returns a unique key to identify the source, usually an URI.
java.io.Reader	getReader() Returns a Reader to read the contents of the source.
java.net.URL	getURL()
int	isValid(DBBroker broker) Is this source object still valid? Returns Source.UNKNOWN if the validity of the source cannot be determined.
int	isValid(Source other) Checks if the source object is still valid by comparing it to another version of the same source.

Methods inherited from class org.exist.source.AbstractSource

equals, getCacheTimestamp, hashCode, setCacheTimestamp

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

URLSource

public URLSource(java.net.URL url)

Method Detail

getURL

public java.net.URL getURL()

getKey

public java.lang.Object getKey()

Description copied from interface: Source

Returns a unique key to identify the source, usually an URI.

isValid

public int isValid(DBBroker broker)

Description copied from interface: Source

Is this source object still valid? Returns Source.UNKNOWN if the validity of the source cannot be determined. The DBBroker parameter is required by some implementations as they have to read resources from the database.

isValid

public int isValid(Source other)

Description copied from interface: Source

Checks if the source object is still valid by comparing it to another version of the same source. It depends on the concrete implementation how the sources are compared. Use this method if Source.isValid(DBBroker) return Source.UNKNOWN.

getReader

public java.io.Reader getReader()
                         throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from interface: Source

Returns a Reader to read the contents of the source.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getContent

public java.lang.String getContent()
                            throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException