IDiscoveredLinkHandler.java

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package org.apache.manifoldcf.crawler.connectors.webcrawler;

import org.apache.manifoldcf.core.interfaces.*;

/** This interface describes the functionality needed by a link extractor to note a discovered link.
*/
public interface IDiscoveredLinkHandler
{
  /** Inform the world of a discovered link.
  *@param rawURL is the raw discovered url.  This may be relative, malformed, or otherwise unsuitable for use until final form is acheived.
  */
  public void noteDiscoveredLink(String rawURL)
    throws ManifoldCFException;
}