Package com.norconex.crawler.web

Class WebCrawler

java.lang.Object

com.norconex.crawler.web.WebCrawler

public final class WebCrawler
extends Object

Facade for launching or obtaining a Web Crawler.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Crawler	create(WebCrawlerConfig crawlerConfig)	Creates a Web Crawler instance.
static int	launch(String... args)	Launches the Web Crawler.
static void	main(String[] args)	Invokes the Web Crawler from the command line.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Invokes the Web Crawler from the command line. You can invoke it without any arguments to get a list of command-line options.

Parameters:

args - command-line options

launch

public static int launch(String... args)

Launches the Web Crawler. Similar to main(String[]), but do not call System.exit(int) and returns the execution status code instead. It will throw a runtime exception upon failure (typically a CrawlerException).

Parameters:

args - command line arguments

Returns:

execution status code

create

public static Crawler create(WebCrawlerConfig crawlerConfig)

Creates a Web Crawler instance.

Parameters:

crawlerConfig - Web Crawler configuration

Returns:

crawler