Package com.day.cq.rewriter.linkchecker

Interface ExternalLinkChecker

public interface ExternalLinkChecker

Service that validates external links.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	check(String uri)	Checks the given uri.
LinkInfo	checkLink(String link, boolean force)	Checks the given link store in the repository and checks it for validity.
void	checkLinks()	Walks through the links stored in the repository and checks them for validity if necessary or removes them from the repository if they are no longer used.

Method Details

check

int check(String uri)
   throws UnknownServiceException,
URISyntaxException,
ConnectException,
NoRouteToHostException,
UnknownHostException,
IOException

Checks the given uri.

Parameters:

uri - the uri to check

Returns:

the http status response

Throws:

UnknownServiceException - if the protocol is not supported

URISyntaxException - if the uri is malformed

ConnectException - if the connect failed

NoRouteToHostException - if there is no route to the host

UnknownHostException - if the host is unknown

IOException - if a general I/O error occured

checkLinks

void checkLinks()

Walks through the links stored in the repository and checks them for validity if necessary or removes them from the repository if they are no longer used.

checkLink

LinkInfo checkLink(String link,
 boolean force)

Checks the given link store in the repository and checks it for validity.

Parameters:

link - link to check

force - if true force a re-check

Returns:

the updated link info or null if it was removed.