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## org.htmlparser.parserapplications
Class SiteCapturer

    java.lang.Object
      org.htmlparser.parserapplications.SiteCapturer

Direct Known Subclasses:
  WikiCapturer

public class SiteCapturer
extends Object

Save a web site locally. Illustrative program to save a web site contents locally. It was created to demonstrate URL rewriting in it's simplest form. It uses customized tags in the NodeFactory to alter the URLs. This program has a number of limitations:

- it doesn't capture forms, this would involve too many assumptions
- it doesn't capture script references, so funky onMouseOver and other non-static content will not be faithfully reproduced
- it doesn't handle style sheets
- it doesn't dig into attributes that might reference resources, so for example, background images won't necessarily be captured
- worst of all, it gets confused when a URL both has content and is the prefix for other content, i.e. http://whatever.com/top and http://whatever.com/top/sub.html both yield content, since this cannot be faithfully replicated to a static directory structure (this happens a lot with servlet based sites)

Field Summary
`protected boolean` | `mCaptureResources` If `true`, save resources locally too, otherwise, leave resource links pointing to original page.
`protected HashSet` | `mCopied` The set of resources already copied.
`protected NodeFilter` | `mFilter` The filter to apply to the nodes retrieved.
`protected HashSet` | `mFinished` The set of pages already captured.
`protected ArrayList` | `mImages` The list of resources to copy.
`protected ArrayList` | `mPages` The list of pages to capture.
`protected Parser` | `mParser` The parser to use for processing.
`protected String` | `mSource` The web site to capture.
`protected String` | `mTarget` The local directory to capture to.
`protected int` | `TRANSFER_SIZE` Copy buffer size.

Constructor Summary
`SiteCapturer()` Create a web site capturer.

Method Summary
`void` | `capture()` Perform the capture.
`protected void` | `copy()` Copy a resource (image) locally.
`boolean` | `getCaptureResources()` Getter for property captureResources.
`NodeFilter` | `getFilter()` Getter for property filter.
`String` | `getSource()` Getter for property source.
`String` | `getTarget()` Getter for property target.
`protected boolean` | `isHtml(String link)` Returns `true` if the link contains text/html content.
`protected boolean` | `isToBeCaptured(String link)` Returns `true` if the link is one we are interested in.
`static void` | `main(String[] args)` Mainline to capture a web site locally.
`protected String` | `makeLocalLink(String link, String current)` Converts a link to local.
`protected void` | `process(NodeFilter filter)` Process a single page.
`void` | `setCaptureResources(boolean capture)` Setter for property captureResources.
`void` | `setFilter(NodeFilter filter)` Setter for property filter.
`void` | `setSource(String source)` Setter for property source.
`void` | `setTarget(String target)` Setter for property target.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### mSource

    protected String mSource

  The web site to capture. This is used as the base URL in deciding whether to adjust a link and whether to capture a page or not.

### mTarget

    protected String mTarget

  The local directory to capture to. This is used as a base prefix for files saved locally.

### mPages

    protected ArrayList mPages

  The list of pages to capture. Links are added to this list as they are discovered, and removed in sequential order (FIFO queue) leading to a breadth first traversal of the web site space.

### mFinished

    protected HashSet mFinished

  The set of pages already captured. Used to avoid repeated acquisition of the same page.

### mImages

    protected ArrayList mImages

  The list of resources to copy. Images and other resources are added to this list as they are discovered.

### mCopied

    protected HashSet mCopied

  The set of resources already copied. Used to avoid repeated acquisition of the same images and other resources.

### mParser

    protected Parser mParser

  The parser to use for processing.

### mCaptureResources

    protected boolean mCaptureResources

  If `true`, save resources locally too, otherwise, leave resource links pointing to original page.

### mFilter

    protected NodeFilter mFilter

  The filter to apply to the nodes retrieved.

### TRANSFER_SIZE

    protected final int TRANSFER_SIZE

  Copy buffer size. Resources are moved to disk in chunks this size or less.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

### SiteCapturer

    public SiteCapturer()

  Create a web site capturer.

Method Detail

### getSource

    public String getSource()

  Getter for property source.

  Returns:
    Value of property source.

### setSource

    public void setSource(String source)

  Setter for property source. This is the base URL to capture. URL's that don't start with this prefix are ignored (left as is), while the ones with this URL as a base are re-homed to the local target.

  Parameters:
    `source` - New value of property source.

### getTarget

    public String getTarget()

  Getter for property target.

  Returns:
    Value of property target.

### setTarget

    public void setTarget(String target)

  Setter for property target. This is the local directory under which to save the site's pages.

  Parameters:
    `target` - New value of property target.

### getCaptureResources

    public boolean getCaptureResources()

  Getter for property captureResources. If `true`, the images and other resources referenced by the site and within the base URL tree are also copied locally to the target directory. If `false`, the image links are left 'as is', still refering to the original site.

  Returns:
    Value of property captureResources.

### setCaptureResources

    public void setCaptureResources(boolean capture)

  Setter for property captureResources.

  Parameters:
    `capture` - New value of property captureResources.

### getFilter

    public NodeFilter getFilter()

  Getter for property filter.

  Returns:
    Value of property filter.

### setFilter

    public void setFilter(NodeFilter filter)

  Setter for property filter.

  Parameters:
    `filter` - New value of property filter.

### isToBeCaptured

    protected boolean isToBeCaptured(String link)

  Returns `true` if the link is one we are interested in.

  Parameters:
    `link` - The link to be checked.
  Returns:
    `true` if the link has the source URL as a prefix and doesn't contain '?' or '#'; the former because we won't be able to handle server side queries in the static target directory structure and the latter because presumably the full page with that reference has already been captured previously. This performs a case insensitive comparison, which is cheating really, but it's cheap.

### isHtml

    protected boolean isHtml(String link)
                      throws ParserException

  Returns `true` if the link contains text/html content.

  Returns:
    `true` if the HTTP header indicates the type is "text/html".
  Throws:
    `ParserException`

### makeLocalLink

    protected String makeLocalLink(String link,
                                   String current)

  Converts a link to local. A relative link can be used to construct both a URL and a file name. Basically, the operation is to strip off the base url, if any, and then prepend as many dot-dots as necessary to make it relative to the current page. A bit of a kludge handles the root page specially by calling it index.html, even though that probably isn't it's real file name. This isn't pretty, but it works for me.

  Parameters:
    `link` - The link to make relative.
    `current` - The current page URL, or empty if it's an absolute URL that needs to be converted.
  Returns:
    The URL relative to the current page.

### copy

    protected void copy()

  Copy a resource (image) locally. Removes one element from the 'to be copied' list and saves the resource it points to locally as a file.

### process

    protected void process(NodeFilter filter)
                    throws ParserException

  Process a single page.

  Throws:
    `ParserException`

### capture

    public void capture()

  Perform the capture.

### main

    public static void main(String[] args)
                     throws MalformedURLException,
                            IOException

  Mainline to capture a web site locally.

  Parameters:
    `args` - The command line arguments. There are three arguments the web site to capture, the local directory to save it to, and a flag (true or false) to indicate whether resources such as images and video are to be captured as well. These are requested via dialog boxes if not supplied.
  Throws:
    `MalformedURLException`
    `IOException`

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