stockDataRetrieval
Class DownloadManagerAMEX

java.lang.Object
  stockDataRetrieval.DownloadManager
      stockDataRetrieval.DownloadManagerAMEX

public class DownloadManagerAMEX

extends DownloadManager

Controls the behavior and variables for the AMEX information - inherits from the DownloadManager

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class stockDataRetrieval.DownloadManager

Field Summary

private static java.lang.String	tickerFile the file name where to save this list of tickers once they are parsed from the page
private static java.lang.String	tickerSymbolPage the URL where the list of AMEX stocks resides

Fields inherited from class stockDataRetrieval.DownloadManager

Constructor Summary

DownloadManagerAMEX(int maxConnections)
Constructor takes the user defined max concurrent connections to be made with Yahoo and calls the super class's constructor with necessary data

Method Summary

void	getStockTickers() Compiles a list of all stock ticker symbols from the given market.

Methods inherited from class stockDataRetrieval.DownloadManager

createDirectory, createDirectoryStructure, getNewsStories, getStockHistoryFiles, getTickerAndCompany, main, writeDataToFile

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

tickerSymbolPage

private static java.lang.String tickerSymbolPage

the URL where the list of AMEX stocks resides

tickerFile

private static java.lang.String tickerFile

the file name where to save this list of tickers once they are parsed from the page

Constructor Detail

DownloadManagerAMEX

public DownloadManagerAMEX(int maxConnections)

Constructor takes the user defined max concurrent connections to be made with Yahoo and calls the super class's constructor with necessary data

Parameters:

maxConnections - the max concurent connections the user allows = a value of 0 will default to 5 concurrent connections at a time

Method Detail

getStockTickers

public void getStockTickers()

Compiles a list of all stock ticker symbols from the given market.

Delegates responsibility to functions to go to a specific website and repeatedly hit and parse pages containing company name and ticker symbols.

Specified by:

getStockTickers in class DownloadManager