org.gcube.common.scan.scanners.url

Interface URLScanner

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractJarURLScanner, DirScanner, ExcludeScanner, JarFileScanner, JarJarScanner

public interface URLScanner

Scans URLs for ClasspathResources.

Author:

Fabio Simeoni

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Set<URL>	additional(URL url) Returns additional URLs to be scanned in addition to a given URL.
boolean	handles(URL url) Returns true if this handler can scan a given URL.
Collection<ClasspathResource>	scan(URL url) Scans a given URL for ClasspathResources.

Method Detail

handles

boolean handles(URL url)

Returns true if this handler can scan a given URL.

Parameters:

url - the URL

Returns:

true if this handler can scan the URL

additional

Set<URL> additional(URL url)
                    throws Exception

Returns additional URLs to be scanned in addition to a given URL.

Parameters:

url - the URL

Returns:

the additional URLs

Throws:

Exception - if the additional URLs cannot be derived

scan

Collection<ClasspathResource> scan(URL url)
                                   throws Exception

Scans a given URL for ClasspathResources.

Parameters:

url - the URL

Returns:

the scanned resources

Throws:

Exception - if the URL cannot be scanned