3.14. URL Normalizer

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Plugin Key

au_url_normalizer

Plugin Value Type

String

Plugin Value Format

The value is the fully-qualified name of a Java class that implements the org.lockss.plugin.UrlNormalizer interface.

Sample

<entry>
  <string>au_url_normalizer</string>
  <string>edu.example.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXUrlNormalizer</string>
</entry>

Description

A URL normalizer maps URL variants to a canonical representation, for example by re-arranging equivalent URL query strings into a canonical order, removing extraneous URL substrings (for instance session IDs), canonicalizing the case (for instance to lowercase), etc. so that equivalent variants are stored only once under the canonical name.