01: /*
02: * WebSphinx web-crawling toolkit
03: *
04: * Copyright (c) 1998-2002 Carnegie Mellon University. All rights
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30: *
31: */
32:
33: package websphinx.searchengine;
34:
35: import websphinx.*;
36: import java.net.URL;
37:
38: /**
39: * Abstract representation of a search engine.
40: */
41: public interface SearchEngine extends Classifier {
42: /**
43: * Make a query URL for this search engine.
44: * @param keywords list of keywords, separated by spaces
45: * @return URL that submits the keywords to this search engine
46: */
47: public URL makeQuery(String keywords);
48:
49: /**
50: * Get number of results per page for this search engine.
51: * @return typical number of results per page
52: */
53: public int getResultsPerPage();
54: }
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