Class BasicLinkChecker

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    CurationTask
    Direct Known Subclasses:
    MetadataValueLinkChecker

    public class BasicLinkChecker
    extends AbstractCurationTask
    A basic link checker that is designed to be extended. By default this link checker will check that all links stored in anyschema.anyelement.uri metadata fields return a 20x status code. This link checker can be enhanced by extending this class, and overriding the getURLs and checkURL methods.
    Author:
    Stuart Lewis
    • Constructor Detail

      • BasicLinkChecker

        public BasicLinkChecker()
    • Method Detail

      • getURLs

        protected List<String> getURLs​(Item item)
        Get the URLs to check
        Parameters:
        item - The item to extract URLs from
        Returns:
        An array of URL Strings
      • checkURL

        protected boolean checkURL​(String url,
                                   StringBuilder results)
        Check the URL and perform appropriate reporting
        Parameters:
        url - The URL to check
        results - Result string with HTTP status codes
        Returns:
        If the URL was OK or not
      • getResponseStatus

        protected int getResponseStatus​(String url)
        Get the response code for a URL. If something goes wrong opening the URL, a response code of 0 is returned.
        Parameters:
        url - The url to open
        Returns:
        The HTTP response code (e.g. 200 / 301 / 404 / 500)
      • getItemHandle

        protected String getItemHandle​(Item item)
        Internal utitity method to get a description of the handle
        Parameters:
        item - The item to get a description of
        Returns:
        The handle, or in workflow