org.dice_research.squirrel.worker

Interface Worker

All Superinterfaces:

Runnable

public interface Worker
extends Runnable

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	crawl(List<CrawleableUri> uris) Crawls the given URIs and sends URIs that have been found while crawling to the frontier.
int	getId() Gives the unique id of the worker.
String	getUri() Gives the unique URI of the worker.
void	performCrawling(CrawleableUri uri) Crawls the given URI and adds new URIs that have been found while crawling to the given list of new URIs.
boolean	sendsAliveMessages() Indicates whether the worker sends alive messages in order to convince the Frontier that he is still alive.
void	setTerminateFlag(boolean terminateFlag)

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Runnable

run

Method Detail

crawl

void crawl(List<CrawleableUri> uris)

Crawls the given URIs and sends URIs that have been found while crawling to the frontier.

Parameters:

uris - the URIs that should be crawled

performCrawling

void performCrawling(CrawleableUri uri)

Crawls the given URI and adds new URIs that have been found while crawling to the given list of new URIs.

Parameters:

uri - the URI that should be crawled

getUri

String getUri()

Gives the unique URI of the worker.

Returns:

The URI of the worker.

sendsAliveMessages

boolean sendsAliveMessages()

Indicates whether the worker sends alive messages in order to convince the Frontier that he is still alive.

Returns:

True iff the worker sends alive messages.

getId

int getId()

Gives the unique id of the worker.

Returns:

The id of the worker.

setTerminateFlag

void setTerminateFlag(boolean terminateFlag)