nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.artist.decider
Class GoogleDecider

java.lang.Object
  nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.artist.decider.ArtistDeciderBase
      nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.artist.decider.GoogleDecider

All Implemented Interfaces:

ArtistDecider, ParsedObject

public class GoogleDecider
extends ArtistDeciderBase

Class for utilizing a Google music finder web query to determine if a string matches an artist name or not. Note: this algorithm hits Google's servers enough that it rapidly triggers a banning - seeks permission before using.

Method Summary

protected void	lookup(java.lang.String name) Looks up the artist name on Google using a Google parser embedded in a single threaded CrawlerBase crawler.
static GoogleDecider	newInstance() Returns a static instance of this variable
void	setProxy(boolean p) Should the web crawler use a proxy or not.

Methods inherited from class nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.artist.decider.ArtistDeciderBase

addArtist, addChecked, isArtist, isChecked, output

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

newInstance

public static GoogleDecider newInstance()

Returns a static instance of this variable

Returns:

lookup

protected void lookup(java.lang.String name)

Looks up the artist name on Google using a Google parser embedded in a single threaded CrawlerBase crawler.

Specified by:

lookup in class ArtistDeciderBase

Parameters:

name - potential artist name.

setProxy

public void setProxy(boolean p)

Should the web crawler use a proxy or not.

Parameters:

p - true/false use a proxy