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org.jabref.logic.importer

public Interface EntryBasedFetcher

extends WebFetcher
Known Direct Subinterfaces
org.jabref.logic.importer.EntryBasedParserFetcher
Known Direct Implementers
org.jabref.logic.importer.fetcher.DoiFetcher, org.jabref.logic.importer.fetcher.INSPIREFetcher, org.jabref.logic.importer.fetcher.IssnFetcher, org.jabref.logic.importer.fetcher.MrDLibFetcher, org.jabref.logic.importer.fetcher.OpenAlex, org.jabref.logic.importer.fetcher.ResearchGate, org.jabref.logic.importer.fetcher.SemanticScholar, org.jabref.logic.importer.fileformat.pdf.PdfMergeMetadataImporter.EntryBasedFetcherWrapper, org.jabref.logic.importer.fetcher.isbntobibtex.IsbnFetcher
Annotations
@NullMarked
Imports
java.util.List, org.jabref.model.entry.BibEntry, org.jspecify.annotations.NullMarked
Searches web resources for bibliographic information based on a BibEntry. Useful to complete an existing entry with fetched information. May return multiple search hits.

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public List<BibEntry>

Returns:

a list of BibEntry, which are matched by the query (may be empty)
performSearch(BibEntry
entry to search bibliographic information for
entry)

Looks for hits which are matched by the given BibEntry.

Inherited from org.jabref.logic.importer.WebFetcher:
getHelpPagegetNamegetUrlDownload

Method Detail

performSearchback to summary
public List<BibEntry> performSearch(BibEntry entry) throws FetcherException

Looks for hits which are matched by the given BibEntry.

Parameters
entry:BibEntry

entry to search bibliographic information for

Returns:List<BibEntry>

a list of BibEntry, which are matched by the query (may be empty)