LinkExtractor (autolink-java 0.11.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.nibor.autolink.LinkExtractor

```
public class LinkExtractor
extends Object
```
Extracts links from input.
Create and configure an extractor using builder(), then call extractLinks(java.lang.CharSequence).

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

static class LinkExtractor.Builder
Builder for configuring link extractor.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static LinkExtractor.Builder`	`builder()`
`Iterable<LinkSpan>`	`extractLinks(CharSequence input)`	Extract the links from the input text.
`Iterable<Span>`	`extractSpans(CharSequence input)`	Extract spans from the input text.

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

- Method Detail
  - builder
```
public static LinkExtractor.Builder builder()
```
  - extractLinks
```
public Iterable<LinkSpan> extractLinks(CharSequence input)
```
    Extract the links from the input text. Can be called multiple times with different inputs (thread-safe).
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the input text, must not be null
    
    Returns:
    
    a lazy iterable for the links in order that they appear in the input, never null
    
    See Also:
    
    extractSpans to also get spans for the plain text pieces of the input
  - extractSpans
```
public Iterable<Span> extractSpans(CharSequence input)
```
    Extract spans from the input text. A span is a substring of the input and represents either a link (see LinkSpan) or plain text outside a link.
    Using this is more convenient than extractLinks(java.lang.CharSequence) if you want to transform the whole input text to a different format.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the input text, must not be null
    
    Returns:
    
    a lazy iterable for the spans in order that they appear in the input, never null