Class Parser

Object

Parser

public class Parser
extends Object

Fetch web page from URL, extract and return content.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Parser()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getBody(Document doc) Method to get and return the contents of a web pages body.
Document	getDocument(String url) Get the web page, create a Document object and return it You should use JSoup to do that and customize all the exceptions by throwing ParseException
Elements	getLinks(Document doc) Method to extract and enumerate all links on a given web page

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Detail

Parser

public Parser()

Method Detail

getDocument

public Document getDocument(String url)
                     throws ParseException

Get the web page, create a Document object and return it You should use JSoup to do that and customize all the exceptions by throwing ParseException

Parameters:

url - - webpage to capture as a Document object

Returns:

the web page as a Document object

Throws:

ParseException - - Simple custom exception with a message.

getLinks

public Elements getLinks(Document doc)
                  throws ParseException

Method to extract and enumerate all links on a given web page

Parameters:

doc - - Document object to parse

Returns:

an Elements object which contains all links

Throws:

ParseException - - thrown when document is null

getBody

public String getBody(Document doc)
               throws ParseException

Method to get and return the contents of a web pages body. The returned String should be in lowercase.

Parameters:

doc - - Document object to parse

Returns:

the body of the given web page as a String object

Throws:

ParseException - - thrown when document is null