> Class net.nutch.parser.ParserFactory
> used by:
> - net.nutch.db.WebDBInjector
> - net.nutch.fetcher.Fetcher
> - net.nutch.parser.ParserChecker
>
> Class net.nutch.protocol.ProtocolFactory
> used by:
> - net.nutch.fetcher.Fetcher
> - net.nutch.parser.ParserChecker
>
> Class net.nutch.plugin.PluginRepository: used by all of the above
ParserFactory and ProtocolFactory are called directly from net.nutch.fetcher.Fetcher, to get the appropriate Parser and Protocol objects for a given content_type and url. They both use an instance of net.nutch.plugin.PluginRepository to find and load Java classes.
By default, nutch-default.xml tells PluginRepository to look for classes in a directory called "plugins" somewhere on the Java classpath. Normally you'll just use the one in your Nutch install directory.
<!-- plugin properties -->
<property>
<name>plugin.folders</name>
<value>plugins</value>
<description>Directories where nutch plugins are located. Each
element may be a relative or absolute path. If absolute, it is used
as is. If relative, it is searched for on the classpath.</description>
</property>
Inside the plugin directory you will find a handful of sub-directories, each containing a file called "plugin.xml" and one or more Java archive (.jar) files. Directories include:
parse-html
parse-text
parse-msword
parse-pdf
protocol-file
protocol-ftp
protocol-http
One directory, plus the "plugin.xml" and .jar file contents, constitutes one "plugin".
TheXML file is a descriptor that is read by PluginRepository to determine two main things:
What "extension point" (Java interface) the plugin implements, and
b. how to load its contents.
Here is the plugin.xml file for "protocol-file":
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<plugin
id="protocol-file"
name="File Protocol Plug-in"
version="1.0.0"
provider-name="nutch.org">
<extension-point
id="net.nutch.protocol.Protocol"
name="Nutch Protocol"/>
<runtime>
<library name="protocol-file.jar">
<export name="*"/>
</library>
</runtime>
<extension id="net.nutch.protocol.file"
name="FileProtocol"
point="net.nutch.protocol.Protocol">
<implementation id="net.nutch.protocol.file.File"
class="net.nutch.protocol.file.File"
protocolName="file"/>
</extension>
</plugin>
Since the plugin is named "protocol-file", you probably guessed already that this is a protocol handler for loading files on disk. But this descriptor tells us -- and PluginRepository -- precisely what it does:
the extension-point (Java interface) name is "net.nutch.protocol.Protocol"
the protocolName is "file"
Thus, when Nutch sees aURL that starts with "
file://", it will know to call this plugin to fetch that page.
Look at the descriptors for "protocol-http" and "protocol-ftp". You should see that the extension-point is exactly the same as for protocol-file, but the protocolName is different: "http" and "ftp", respectively.
Now let's examine the descriptor for parse-text:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<plugin
id="parse-text"
name="Text Parse Plug-in"
version="1.0.0"
provider-name="nutch.org">
<extension-point
id="net.nutch.parse.Parser"
name="Nutch Content Parser"/>
<runtime>
<library name="parse-text.jar">
<export name="*"/>
</library>
</runtime>
<extension id="net.nutch.parse.text"
name="TextParse"
point="net.nutch.parse.Parser">
<implementation id="net.nutch.parse.text.TextParser"
class="net.nutch.parse.text.TextParser"
contentType="text/plain"
pathSuffix="txt"/>
</extension>
</plugin>
Note that the extension-point is now net.nutch.parse.Parser. And this time, <extension><implementation> doesn't specify a protocolName. Instead, we see "contentType" and "pathSuffix".
So now we see how PluginRepository chooses which plugin to use for a given task:
It finds the set of plugins that implement a certain extension-point
Then, from that set, it finds one that works for the content at hand (protocolName, contentType, or pathSuffix).
Look at the descriptor for parse-html. You'll see that it follows these rules. It implements the same extension-point as parse-text (net.nutch.parse.Parser), but it has different values for contentType and pathSuffix values:
contentType="text/html"
pathSuffix=""
This entry looks a bit strange with the empty pathSuffix value. But that just means that this plugin doesn't match any pathSuffix value. So, parse-html is only used when we fetch remoteURLs, not anything residing on the local filesystem.
类net.nutch.parser.ParserFactory 被如下类使用
类Class net.nutch.protocol.ProtocolFactory 被如下类使用
类net.nutch.plugin.PluginRepository: 被上面所有类使用
net.nutch.fetcher.Fetcher直接调用ParserFactory 和 ProtocolFactory 根据传入的内容类型和url获取合适的Parser和Protocol对象 , 两个工厂类都使用net.nutch.plugin.PluginRepository 的实例获取和加载相关java类
默认情况下,nutch-default.xml告诉了PluginRepository 从位于类路径的plugins目录中获取类。通常情况下你应该使用你的Nutch安装目录中那个plugins目录<!-- plugin properties -->
<property>
<name>plugin.folders</name>
<value>plugins</value>
<description>Directories where nutch plugins are located. Each
element may be a relative or absolute path. If absolute, it is used
as is. If relative, it is searched for on the classpath.</description>
</property>
在plugin目录下,你会看到一些子目录。每个子目录包含一个名为plugin.xml的文件和一个或多个jar文件。目录包括
parse-html
parse-text
parse-msword
parse-pdf
protocol-file
protocol-ftp
一个目录加上目录里的plugin.xml及jar文件构成了一个插件
那个xml文件是个描述,由 PluginRepository 读取从而决定两个主要的事情:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<plugin
id="protocol-file"
name="File Protocol Plug-in"
version="1.0.0"
provider-name="nutch.org">
<extension-point
id="net.nutch.protocol.Protocol"
name="Nutch Protocol"/>
<runtime>
<library name="protocol-file.jar">
<export name="*"/>
</library>
</runtime>
<extension id="net.nutch.protocol.file"
name="FileProtocol"
point="net.nutch.protocol.Protocol">
<implementation id="net.nutch.protocol.file.File"
class="net.nutch.protocol.file.File"
protocolName="file"/>
</extension>
</plugin>
因为这个插件叫protocol-file,所以你很可能已经猜到这是一个加载磁盘文件的协议处理器。但这个xml描述能精确地告诉我们和PluginRepository 这个插件到底做什么用
协议名是 "file"
因此,当nutch看到一个url以file:// 开始,它就会用这个插件获取那个页面

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<plugin
id="parse-text"
name="Text Parse Plug-in"
version="1.0.0"
provider-name="nutch.org">
<extension-point
id="net.nutch.parse.Parser"
name="Nutch Content Parser"/>
<runtime>
<library name="parse-text.jar">
<export name="*"/>
</library>
</runtime>
<extension id="net.nutch.parse.text"
name="TextParse"
point="net.nutch.parse.Parser">
<implementation id="net.nutch.parse.text.TextParser"
class="net.nutch.parse.text.TextParser"
contentType="text/plain"
pathSuffix="txt"/>
</extension>
</plugin>

注意上面的扩展点是net.nutch.parse.Parser.这一次<extension><implementation>与协议无关了,我们看到的是contentType和pathSuffix
现在我们看看PluginRepository是如何根据给定任务选择插件的
我们来看看parse-html的描述。你将会发现如下规则:它实现了和parse-text (net.nutch.parse.Parser)同样的扩展点,但它有不同的内容类型和路径后缀
contentType="text/html"
pathSuffix=""
上面最后一句中路径后缀为空,这看上去有些奇怪。但这也意味着这个插件不匹配任何后缀。所以parse-html插件只用于我们获取远程url而不是位于本地文件系统的任何冬冬