Late reply, so this one is for the record: Markers are used for controlling the set of urls for processing:
Generator --> Sets fetch markers for the Fetcher. Fetcher --> Reads the urls markers and checks if it needs to fetch them. etc. http://wiki.apache.org/nutch/Nutch2Crawling On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 1:51 PM, 高睿 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > What's the different between marker and metadata? > > public class WebPage extends PersistentBase { > //... > public Utf8 getFromMarkers(Utf8 key) { > if (markers == null) { return null; } > return markers.get(key); > } > public void putToMarkers(Utf8 key, Utf8 value) { > getStateManager().setDirty(this, 20); > markers.put(key, value); > } > > //... > public ByteBuffer getFromMetadata(Utf8 key) { > if (metadata == null) { return null; } > return metadata.get(key); > } > public void putToMetadata(Utf8 key, ByteBuffer value) { > getStateManager().setDirty(this, 21); > metadata.put(key, value); > } > //... > } > > -- *Ferdy Galema* Kalooga Development -- *Kalooga* | Visual RelevanceCheck out our Visual Gallery Layer now!<http://spitsnieuws.nl/archives/entertainment/2012/12/huis-amy-winehouse-levert-weinig-op> Kalooga Helperpark 288 9723 ZA Groningen The Netherlands +31 50 2103400 www.kalooga.com [email protected] EMEA 53 Davies Street W1K 5JH London United Kingdom +44 20 7129 1430Kalooga Spain and LatAM Maria de Sevilla Diago No 3 28022 Madrid - Madrid Spain +34 670 580 872

