SignatureFactory (apache-nutch 1.20 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.nutch.crawl.SignatureFactory

```
public class SignatureFactory
extends Object
```
Factory class, which instantiates a Signature implementation according to the current Configuration configuration. This newly created instance is cached in the Configuration instance, so that it could be later retrieved.

Author:

Andrzej Bialecki <ab@getopt.org>

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static Signature`	`getSignature(Configuration conf)`	Return the `Signature` implementation for a given `Configuration`, or `MD5Signature` by default.

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

- Method Detail
  - getSignature
```
public static Signature getSignature(Configuration conf)
```
    Return the Signature implementation for a given Configuration, or MD5Signature by default.
    
    Parameters:
    
    conf - a populated Configuration
    
    Returns:
    
    the Signature implementation