PaidLevelDomain (Crawler-commons 1.3 API)

java.lang.Object
- crawlercommons.domains.PaidLevelDomain

```
public class PaidLevelDomain
extends Object
```
Routines to extract the PLD (paid-level domain, as per the IRLbot paper) from a hostname or URL.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

PaidLevelDomain()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static String`	`getPLD(String hostname)`	Extract the PLD (paid-level domain) from the hostname.
`static String`	`getPLD(URL url)`	Extract the PLD (paid-level domain) from the URL.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - PaidLevelDomain
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public PaidLevelDomain()
```
- Method Detail
  - getPLD
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public static String getPLD(String hostname)
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    Extract the PLD (paid-level domain) from the hostname. If the format isn't recognized, the original hostname is returned.
    
    Parameters:
    
    hostname - - hostname from URL, e.g. www.domain.com.it
    
    Returns:
    
    - PLD, e.g. domain.com.it
  - getPLD
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public static String getPLD(URL url)
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    Extract the PLD (paid-level domain) from the URL.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - - Valid URL, e.g. http://www.domain.com.it
    
    Returns:
    
    - PLD e.g. domain.com.it