gov.nasa.worldwind.poi

Class YahooGazetteer

java.lang.Object

gov.nasa.worldwind.poi.YahooGazetteer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Gazetteer

public class YahooGazetteer
extends Object
implements Gazetteer

A gazetteer that uses Yahoo's geocoding service to find locations for requested places.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static String	GEOCODE_SERVICE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
YahooGazetteer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<PointOfInterest>	findPlaces(String lookupString) Find places identified in a string of free text.
protected boolean	isNumber(String lookupString)
protected ArrayList<PointOfInterest>	parseLocationString(String locationString)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

GEOCODE_SERVICE

protected static final String GEOCODE_SERVICE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

YahooGazetteer

public YahooGazetteer()

Method Detail

findPlaces

public List<PointOfInterest> findPlaces(String lookupString)
                                 throws NoItemException,
                                        ServiceException

Description copied from interface: Gazetteer

Find places identified in a string of free text.

Specified by:

findPlaces in interface Gazetteer

Parameters:

lookupString - a string containing the place description.

Returns:

the points-of-interest that match the place description.

Throws:

NoItemException - if the place description cannot be matched.

ServiceException - if the lookup service is not available or invocation of it fails.

isNumber

protected boolean isNumber(String lookupString)

parseLocationString

protected ArrayList<PointOfInterest> parseLocationString(String locationString)
                                                  throws WWRuntimeException

Throws:

WWRuntimeException