The LinkStatus Generator emits a list of links that are reachable. Please note that it is available only in Cocoon 2.1.

The LinkStatusGenerator has serveral configuration options.

include-name -

RE pattern for including links
By default include-name is empty.

exclude-name -

RE pattern for excluding links.
By default exclude-name is defined as .*\.gif(\?.*)?$, .*\.png(\?.*)?$, .*\.jpe?g(\?.*)?$, .*\.js(\?.*)?$, .*\.css(\?.*)?$ .

link-content-type -

expected MIME type of xml document requested on view link-query-view
By default link-content-type is set to application/x-cocoon-links.

link-view-query -

A query-string appended to the crawling URL
By default link-view-query is set to cocoon-view=links.

user-agent -

HTTP user-agent for requesting links, By default user-agent is set to value of org.apache.cocoon.Constants.COMPLETE_NAME, ie. Apache Cocoon 2.1-dev

accept -

Not currently used

• Name : linkStatus
• Class: org.apache.cocoon.generation.LinkStatusGenerator
• Cacheable: no.

A simple example might help to use the LinkStatusGenerator effectivly:

Add the LinkStatusGenerator to the components in your sitemap.xmap

	... <map:components> ... <map:generators default="file"> ... <map:generator name="linkStatus" src="org.apache.cocoon.generation.LinkStatusGenerator"/> </map:generators> <map:serialize default="html"> <map:serializer name="links" src="org.apache.cocoon.serialization.LinkSerializer"/> </map:serialize> </map:components> <map:views> <map:view> <map:view from-position="last" name="links"> <map:serialize type="links"/> </map:view> ... </map:view>

Next define in your pipeline to use the LinkStatusGenerator

	<map:match pattern="/linkStatus"> <map:generate type="linkStatus" name="my-root"/> ... <map:serialize/> </map:match>