net.sf.torrentsniffer.tracker
Interface Tracker

All Known Implementing Classes:

TrackerImpl

public interface Tracker

Represents the Torrent's Tracker.

Author:

Larry Williams

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAnnounce()
java.lang.String	getScrapeUrl() Retrieves the scrape url for the tracker.
TorrentState[]	getTrackerState() Tries to retrieve the state of all torrents tracked by this server.
void	setAnnounce(java.lang.String url)

Method Detail

getAnnounce

public java.lang.String getAnnounce()

Returns:

Returns the url.

setAnnounce

public void setAnnounce(java.lang.String url)

Parameters:

url - The url to set.

getTrackerState

public TorrentState[] getTrackerState()

Tries to retrieve the state of all torrents tracked by this server. Uses scraping to do this. Not all trackers support this.

Returns:

getScrapeUrl

public java.lang.String getScrapeUrl()

Retrieves the scrape url for the tracker. Taken from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BitTorrent/message/3275 Take the tracker url. Find the last '/' in it. If the text immediately following that '/' isn't 'announce' it will be taken as a sign that that tracker doesn't support the scrape convention. If it does, substitute 'scrape' for 'announce' to find the scrape page.

Returns: