org.licas_text.search.vendor

Class YahooSearchEngine

java.lang.Object

org.licas_text.search.vendor.VendorEngine

org.licas_text.search.vendor.YahooSearchEngine

public class YahooSearchEngine
extends VendorEngine

Execute a search query using Yahoo and return the whole web page reply. This now provides a very basic functionality and might not be suitable for all cases. You would probably need to parse the reply further.

Author:

Kieran Greer

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.licas_text.search.vendor.VendorEngine

baseUri, HTML, JSON, searchUri, searchUrls

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
YahooSearchEngine() Create a new instance of YahooSearchEngine

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	replyFormat() Return the type of format that the search reply is in.
protected java.lang.String	restOfURI(int pageNumber) Construct a basic 'rest of the URI' to add to the search request.

Methods inherited from class org.licas_text.search.vendor.VendorEngine

getSearchEngine, getSearchURI, getSearchVendors, setSearchURI, vendorSearch, vendorSearch

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

YahooSearchEngine

public YahooSearchEngine()

Create a new instance of YahooSearchEngine

Method Detail

replyFormat

public java.lang.String replyFormat()

Return the type of format that the search reply is in.

Specified by:

replyFormat in class VendorEngine

Returns:

the reply format, can be HTML or JSON.

restOfURI

protected java.lang.String restOfURI(int pageNumber)

Construct a basic 'rest of the URI' to add to the search request.

Specified by:

restOfURI in class VendorEngine

Parameters:

pageNumber - search page number to return.

Returns:

a formatted URI description part, for after the search request.