Package org.apache.nutch.crawl

Class SignatureFactory

java.lang.Object

org.apache.nutch.crawl.SignatureFactory

public class SignatureFactory
extends Object

Factory class, which instantiates a Signature implementation according to the current Configuration configuration. This newly created instance is cached in the Configuration instance, so that it could be later retrieved.

Author:

Andrzej Bialecki <ab@getopt.org>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Signature	getSignature(Configuration conf)	Return the Signature implementation for a given Configuration, or MD5Signature by default.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

getSignature

public static Signature getSignature(Configuration conf)

Return the Signature implementation for a given Configuration, or MD5Signature by default.

Parameters:

conf - a populated Configuration

Returns:

the Signature implementation