com.day.cq.rewriter.linkchecker

Interface LinkChecker

public interface LinkChecker

The LinkChecker interface defines method needed for link checking of internal and external urls.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
LinkCheckerSettings	createSettings(SlingHttpServletRequest request) Returns the settings that are used for the given request.
Link	getLink(java.lang.String href, LinkCheckerSettings settings) This method checks if the passed url is a valid internal or external link.
LinkValidity	getLinkValidity(java.lang.String url, LinkCheckerSettings settings) Deprecated. since 5.3 - use getLink(java.lang.String, com.day.cq.rewriter.linkchecker.LinkCheckerSettings) instead.
boolean	isSpecial(java.lang.String url) Checks if the given url is a special link, i.e.

Method Detail

getLinkValidity

@Deprecated
LinkValidity getLinkValidity(java.lang.String url,
                                         LinkCheckerSettings settings)

Deprecated. since 5.3 - use getLink(java.lang.String, com.day.cq.rewriter.linkchecker.LinkCheckerSettings) instead.

This method checks if the passed url is a valid internal or external link. It might happen that a invalid external link is marked valid since the external link validation is implementation dependant and will for sure happen asynchronously (because of performance reasons)

Parameters:

url - url to validate

settings - linkchecker settings. see LinkCheckerSettings

Returns:

the validity information for this url

getLink

Link getLink(java.lang.String href,
             LinkCheckerSettings settings)

This method checks if the passed url is a valid internal or external link. It might happen that a invalid external link is marked valid since the external link validation is implementation dependant and will for sure happen asynchronously (because of performance reasons).

Parameters:

href - url to validate

settings - linkchecker settings. see LinkCheckerSettings

Returns:

the link information for this url

Since:

5.3

createSettings

LinkCheckerSettings createSettings(SlingHttpServletRequest request)

Returns the settings that are used for the given request. If the request does not contain them, new settings are created and set to the request.

Parameters:

request - the sling request

Returns:

linkchecker settings

isSpecial

boolean isSpecial(java.lang.String url)

Checks if the given url is a special link, i.e. starts with one of the configured prefixes.

Parameters:

url - url to check

Returns:

true if special