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# Interface w3c.jigsaw.indexer.ResourceIndexer

public interface ResourceIndexer

Jigsaw indexer. The indexer is an object that given some global configuration informations, tries to build default resources for files that the server doesn't know about. A ResourceIndexer must be a resource it is to be added permanently to the IndexersCatalog.

See Also:
  IndexerCatalogs

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createResource(ContainerResource, Request, File, String, Hashtable)
  Try to create a resource for the given file.
lastModified()
  When was this indexer configuration last modified.

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lastModified

     public abstract long lastModified()

  When was this indexer configuration last modified.

  Returns:
    The date at which that indexer was last modified, as a number of milliseconds since Java epoch.

createResource

     public abstract HTTPResource createResource(ContainerResource container,
                                                 Request request,
                                                 File directory,
                                                 String name,
                                                 Hashtable defs)

  Try to create a resource for the given file. This method makes its best efforts to try to build a default resource out of a file.

  Parameters:
    container - The container making the call.
    request - The HTTP request that triggered the call to the indexer (may be null).
    directory - The directory the file is in.
    name - The name of the file.
    defs - Any default attribute values that should be provided to the created resource at initialization time.
  Returns:
    A Resource instance, or null if the given file can't be truned into a resource given our configuration database.

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