Class Result

Object

Result

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Result>

public class Result
extends Object
implements Serializable, Comparable<Result>

Result class will represent the a web page and it's score.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
int	score The score for this Result
static long	serialVersionUID
String	url URL of this Result
int	urlID ID for this URL

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Result(String url, int urlID) Constructor for a Result.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(Result candidate) When we have finished building our Results list, we need to sort the list by each Results score so that we can return the ranked list.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Override for the equals() method so that contains() will do proper comparison for ArrayList
int	getScore() Get the score of this Result
String	getURL() Get the URL of this Result as a String
int	getURLID() Get the URL ID for this Result.
void	incrementScore() Update the score by just one.
void	updateScore(int score) Update the score for this reference by a given amount.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

public static final long serialVersionUID

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Constant Field Values

url

public String url

URL of this Result

score

public int score

The score for this Result

urlID

public int urlID

ID for this URL

Constructor Detail

Result

public Result(String url,
              int urlID)

Constructor for a Result. The default score is set to 1 and changed as more and more occurences happen.

Parameters:

url - String representation of the Result

urlID - ID of the Page

Method Detail

updateScore

public void updateScore(int score)

Update the score for this reference by a given amount.

Parameters:

score - score to add to the existing score

incrementScore

public void incrementScore()

Update the score by just one.

getScore

public int getScore()

Get the score of this Result

Returns:

int score of the total score

getURL

public String getURL()

Get the URL of this Result as a String

Returns:

String result

getURLID

public int getURLID()

Get the URL ID for this Result. These are the same associations you made in the Page object.

Returns:

int of the URL ID

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Override for the equals() method so that contains() will do proper comparison for ArrayList

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - Result object to be compared

compareTo

public int compareTo(Result candidate)

When we have finished building our Results list, we need to sort the list by each Results score so that we can return the ranked list. Our list should be sorted in descending order (highest scores first).

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<Result>

Parameters:

candidate - Result being compared to 'this' Result

Returns:

-1 if this Result has a higher score, 0 if the same, 1 if score is lower.