Static Public Member Functions
static String	getServerURL ()

static void	setServerURL (String server_url)

static StringBuilder	trimComma (StringBuilder in)

static List< Follower >	getAssociations (Follower identifier, int max)

static List< Tweet >	getAssociations (TwitterAccount identifier, int max)

static List< EarthquakeUSGS >	getAssociations (USGSaccount identifier, int max)

static List< EarthquakeTweet >	convertTweet (List< Tweet > aList)

static List< Actor >	getAssociations (Actor identifier, int max)

static List< Movie >	getAssociations (Movie identifier, int max)

static List< Tweet >	next (List< Tweet > aList, int max)

static List< EarthquakeUSGS >	next (List< EarthquakeUSGS > aList, int max, USGSaccount acu)

static int	validNumberOfTweets (int max)

static double	getEdgeWeight (String source, String target)

static ArrayList< EarthquakeUSGS >	getEarthquakeUSGSData (USGSaccount acctName, int maxElem) throws Exception

static ArrayList< ActorMovieIMDB >	getActorMovieIMDBData (String name, int maxElem) throws Exception

static ArrayList< GutenbergBook >	getGutenbergBookMetaData () throws Exception

static ArrayList< Game >	getGameData () throws Exception

static ArrayList< Shakespeare >	getShakespeareData () throws Exception

Protected Member Functions
	DataFormatter ()

Connector	getBackend ()

void	setBackend (Connector backend)

Detailed Description

Connection to the DataFormatters server.

Initialize this class before using it, and call complete() afterward.

Author: Sean Gallagher

Parameters

<E>	Mihai Mehedint

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

bridges.connect.DataFormatter.DataFormatter ( )

protected

Constructor

Member Function Documentation

static List<EarthquakeTweet> bridges.connect.DataFormatter.convertTweet ( List< Tweet > aList )

static

This method change the tweet object into an earthquake tweet object with more data extracted from the tweet content, like magnitude

Parameters

aList

Returns

static ArrayList<ActorMovieIMDB> bridges.connect.DataFormatter.getActorMovieIMDBData	(	String	name,
		int	maxElem
	)		throws Exception

static

static List<Follower> bridges.connect.DataFormatter.getAssociations	(	Follower	identifier,
		int	max
	)

static

Automatically choose whether to open a node identifier with: Twitter via followers(), TMDb with movies(), or RottenTomatoes with actors()

Parameters

identifier
max

Returns: a list of identifiers

Exceptions

QueryLimitException This Method returns the list of followers

Parameters

identifier	holds the name of the
max	holds the max number of followers

Returns

static List<Tweet> bridges.connect.DataFormatter.getAssociations	(	TwitterAccount	identifier,
		int	max
	)

static

This Method returns the list of tweets

Parameters

identifier	holds the name of the
max	holds the max number of tweets

Returns

Exceptions

MyExceptionClass

static List<EarthquakeUSGS> bridges.connect.DataFormatter.getAssociations	(	USGSaccount	identifier,
		int	max
	)

static

This Method returns the list of earthquakes

Parameters

identifier	holds the name of the
max	holds the max number of earthquakes

Returns

Exceptions

MyExceptionClass

static List<Actor> bridges.connect.DataFormatter.getAssociations	(	Actor	identifier,
		int	max
	)

static

This Method returns the list of actors

Parameters

identifier	holds the name of the movie
max	holds the max number of actors

Returns

static List<Movie> bridges.connect.DataFormatter.getAssociations	(	Movie	identifier,
		int	max
	)

static

This Method returns the list of movies

Parameters

identifier	holds the name of the movie
max	holds the max number of movies

Returns

Connector bridges.connect.DataFormatter.getBackend ( )

protected

Returns: the backend

static ArrayList<EarthquakeUSGS> bridges.connect.DataFormatter.getEarthquakeUSGSData	(	USGSaccount	acctName,
		int	maxElem
	)		throws Exception

static

static double bridges.connect.DataFormatter.getEdgeWeight	(	String	source,
		String	target
	)

static

Generate a sample Edge weight for two nodes

Parameters

source
target

Returns

static ArrayList<Game> bridges.connect.DataFormatter.getGameData ( ) throws Exception

static

static ArrayList<GutenbergBook> bridges.connect.DataFormatter.getGutenbergBookMetaData ( ) throws Exception

static

static String bridges.connect.DataFormatter.getServerURL ( )

static

static ArrayList<Shakespeare> bridges.connect.DataFormatter.getShakespeareData ( ) throws Exception

static

static List<Tweet> bridges.connect.DataFormatter.next	(	List< Tweet >	aList,
		int	max
	)

static

The next(List<Tweet>, int) method retrieves the next batch of tweets and adds deep copy of those tweets to the current list

Parameters

aList	holds the reference to the current list of tweets
max	the number of tweets in the new batch of tweets

Returns: the list of tweets containing the old and the new batch of tweets

Exceptions

MyExceptionClass

static List<EarthquakeUSGS> bridges.connect.DataFormatter.next	(	List< EarthquakeUSGS >	aList,
		int	max,
		USGSaccount	acu
	)

static

The next(List<EarthquakeUSGS>, int) method retrieves the next batch of eq and adds deep copy of those eq to the current list

Parameters

aList	holds the reference to the current list of eq
max	the number of eq in the new batch of eq

Returns: the list of eq containing the old and the new batch of tweets

Exceptions

MyExceptionClass

void bridges.connect.DataFormatter.setBackend ( Connector backend )

protected

Parameters

backend the backend to set

static void bridges.connect.DataFormatter.setServerURL ( String server_url )

static

static StringBuilder bridges.connect.DataFormatter.trimComma ( StringBuilder in )

static

Internal method for JSON preparation

Parameters

in	The original string

Returns: a string with all but the last character

static int bridges.connect.DataFormatter.validNumberOfTweets ( int max )

static

Check the validity of number of Tweets requested

Parameters

max	the number of tweets

Returns: returns true if the number is in the range 0 - 500

Exceptions

MyExceptionClass otherwise

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

link/connect/DataFormatter.java

Static Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation