com.redfin.sitemapgenerator

Class GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator

java.lang.Object

com.redfin.sitemapgenerator.GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator

public class GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator
extends Object

Builds a sitemap for Google News. To configure options, use builder(URL, File)

Author:

Dan Fabulich

See Also:

Creating a News Sitemap

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	MAX_URLS_PER_SITEMAP 1000 URLs max in a Google News sitemap.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator(String baseUrl) Configures the generator with a base URL and a null directory.
GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator(String baseUrl, File baseDir) Configures the generator with a base URL and directory to write the sitemap files.
GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator(URL baseUrl) Configures the generator with a base URL and a null directory.
GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator(URL baseUrl, File baseDir) Configures the generator with a base URL and directory to write the sitemap files.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
THIS	addUrl(String url) Add one URL of the appropriate type to this sitemap.
THIS	addUrl(U url) Add one URL of the appropriate type to this sitemap.
THIS	addUrl(URL url) Add one URL of the appropriate type to this sitemap.
THIS	addUrls(Iterable<? extends U> urls) Add multiple URLs of the appropriate type to this sitemap, one at a time.
THIS	addUrls(String... urls) Add multiple URLs of the appropriate type to this sitemap, one at a time.
THIS	addUrls(U... urls) Add multiple URLs of the appropriate type to this sitemap, one at a time.
THIS	addUrls(URL... urls) Add multiple URLs of the appropriate type to this sitemap, one at a time.
static SitemapGeneratorBuilder<GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator>	builder(String baseUrl, File baseDir) Configures a builder so you can specify sitemap generator options
static SitemapGeneratorBuilder<GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator>	builder(URL baseUrl, File baseDir) Configures a builder so you can specify sitemap generator options
List<File>	write() Write out remaining URLs; this method can only be called once.
List<String>	writeAsStrings() Writes out the sitemaps as a list of strings.
void	writeSitemapsWithIndex() After you've called write(), call this to generate a sitemap index of all sitemaps you generated.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MAX_URLS_PER_SITEMAP

public static final int MAX_URLS_PER_SITEMAP

1000 URLs max in a Google News sitemap.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator

public GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator(String baseUrl,
                                  File baseDir)
                           throws MalformedURLException

Configures the generator with a base URL and directory to write the sitemap files.

Parameters:

baseUrl - All URLs in the generated sitemap(s) should appear under this base URL

baseDir - Sitemap files will be generated in this directory as either "sitemap.xml" or "sitemap1.xml" "sitemap2.xml" and so on.

Throws:

MalformedURLException

GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator

public GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator(URL baseUrl,
                                  File baseDir)

Configures the generator with a base URL and directory to write the sitemap files.

Parameters:

baseUrl - All URLs in the generated sitemap(s) should appear under this base URL

baseDir - Sitemap files will be generated in this directory as either "sitemap.xml" or "sitemap1.xml" "sitemap2.xml" and so on.

GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator

public GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator(String baseUrl)
                           throws MalformedURLException

Configures the generator with a base URL and a null directory. The object constructed is not intended to be used to write to files. Rather, it is intended to be used to obtain XML-formatted strings that represent sitemaps.

Parameters:

baseUrl - All URLs in the generated sitemap(s) should appear under this base URL

Throws:

MalformedURLException

GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator

public GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator(URL baseUrl)

Configures the generator with a base URL and a null directory. The object constructed is not intended to be used to write to files. Rather, it is intended to be used to obtain XML-formatted strings that represent sitemaps.

Parameters:

baseUrl - All URLs in the generated sitemap(s) should appear under this base URL

Method Detail

builder

public static SitemapGeneratorBuilder<GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator> builder(URL baseUrl,
                                                                          File baseDir)

Configures a builder so you can specify sitemap generator options

Parameters:

baseUrl - All URLs in the generated sitemap(s) should appear under this base URL

baseDir - Sitemap files will be generated in this directory as either "sitemap.xml" or "sitemap1.xml" "sitemap2.xml" and so on.

Returns:

a builder; call .build() on it to make a sitemap generator

builder

public static SitemapGeneratorBuilder<GoogleNewsSitemapGenerator> builder(String baseUrl,
                                                                          File baseDir)
                                                                   throws MalformedURLException

Configures a builder so you can specify sitemap generator options

Parameters:

baseUrl - All URLs in the generated sitemap(s) should appear under this base URL

baseDir - Sitemap files will be generated in this directory as either "sitemap.xml" or "sitemap1.xml" "sitemap2.xml" and so on.

Returns:

a builder; call .build() on it to make a sitemap generator

Throws:

MalformedURLException

addUrl

public THIS addUrl(U url)

Add one URL of the appropriate type to this sitemap. If we have reached the maximum number of URLs, we'll throw an exception if allowMultipleSitemaps is false, or else write out one sitemap immediately.

Parameters:

url - the URL to add to this sitemap

Returns:

this

addUrls

public THIS addUrls(Iterable<? extends U> urls)

Add multiple URLs of the appropriate type to this sitemap, one at a time. If we have reached the maximum number of URLs, we'll throw an exception if allowMultipleSitemaps is false, or write out one sitemap immediately.

Parameters:

urls - the URLs to add to this sitemap

Returns:

this

addUrls

public THIS addUrls(U... urls)

Add multiple URLs of the appropriate type to this sitemap, one at a time. If we have reached the maximum number of URLs, we'll throw an exception if allowMultipleSitemaps is false, or write out one sitemap immediately.

Parameters:

urls - the URLs to add to this sitemap

Returns:

this

addUrls

public THIS addUrls(String... urls)
             throws MalformedURLException

Add multiple URLs of the appropriate type to this sitemap, one at a time. If we have reached the maximum number of URLs, we'll throw an exception if allowMultipleSitemaps is false, or write out one sitemap immediately.

Parameters:

urls - the URLs to add to this sitemap

Returns:

this

Throws:

MalformedURLException

addUrl

public THIS addUrl(String url)
            throws MalformedURLException

Add one URL of the appropriate type to this sitemap. If we have reached the maximum number of URLs, we'll throw an exception if allowMultipleSitemaps is false, or else write out one sitemap immediately.

Parameters:

url - the URL to add to this sitemap

Returns:

this

Throws:

MalformedURLException

addUrls

public THIS addUrls(URL... urls)

Add multiple URLs of the appropriate type to this sitemap, one at a time. If we have reached the maximum number of URLs, we'll throw an exception if allowMultipleSitemaps is false, or write out one sitemap immediately.

Parameters:

urls - the URLs to add to this sitemap

Returns:

this

addUrl

public THIS addUrl(URL url)

Add one URL of the appropriate type to this sitemap. If we have reached the maximum number of URLs, we'll throw an exception if allowMultipleSitemaps is false, or write out one sitemap immediately.

Parameters:

url - the URL to add to this sitemap

Returns:

this

write

public List<File> write()

Write out remaining URLs; this method can only be called once. This is necessary so we can keep an accurate count for writeSitemapsWithIndex().

Returns:

a list of files we wrote out to disk

writeAsStrings

public List<String> writeAsStrings()

Writes out the sitemaps as a list of strings. Each string in the list is a formatted list of URLs. We return a list because the URLs may not all fit -- google specifies a maximum of 50,000 URLs in one sitemap.

Returns:

a list of XML-formatted strings

writeSitemapsWithIndex

public void writeSitemapsWithIndex()

After you've called write(), call this to generate a sitemap index of all sitemaps you generated.