Changes between Version 23 and Version 24 of ApertureDataSource

Timestamp:

10/17/05 14:44:35 (19 years ago)

Author:

sauermann

Comment:

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ApertureDataSource

@@ -18 +18 @@
 
         /**
-         * Method added from Gnowsis
-         *
-         *
-         *
          * get the configuration of this datasource.
-         * The configuration is always passed to the constructor.
          * @return the configuration
          */
-        public DataSourceConfig getDSConfig();
- 
+        public Map getConfiguration();
+
         /**
-         * Method added from Gnowsis
-         *
-         * The Aduna Interface identifies DataSources by ID and Name.
-         * Gnowsis uses Uris 
-         *
-         * return the uri identifying this datasource inside gnowsis.
-         * The uri is usually the uri of the resource in the DSConfig.
-         * The uri is unique inside one gnowsis installation.
-         * @return the uri of this datasource
+         * Initialize the datasource using the passed configuration map.
+         * each parameter relevant to the datasource (data path, passwords, usernames, timeouts, rules, etc) is passed
+         * this method must only be called once.
+         * TODO: should it check the configuration (passwords allright, etc) now or when the crawler starts?
+         * @throws InitializationException when the configuration contains syntactically wrong parameters 
+         * or does not function correctly.
          */
-         public String getUri();
+        public void initConfiguration(Map configuration) throws InitializationException;
 
         /**
          * Gets the id of this data source.
-         * 
-         * @return A identifier for the data source.
+         * The Aduna Interface identifies DataSources by ID and Name.
+         * Gnowsis uses Uris. This ID SHOULD conform to the URI scheme norm!
+         * TODO: should it be a URI or not? for future's sake: yes!
+         * @return A URI identifier for the data source.
          */
         public String getID();