[NUTCH-2035] Regex filter using case sensitive rules.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.10
• Fix Version/s: 2.4, 1.14
• Component/s: plugin
• Labels: filters regex regex-urlfilter
• External issue URL: https://github.com/b-cube/nutch/commit/efe8a3a9d4c28224a14db67f44f5c8bf5b9877b3
• Assignee: Sebastian Nagel
• Reporter: Luis Lopez
• Created: 03/Jun/15 19:26
• Updated: 13/Mar/24 14:51
• Resolved: 15/Dec/17 16:52

Description

Regex expressions are computationally expensive and having “EXE|exe|JPG|jpg” etc etc..... adds up if we use complex rules.

Regex filter should use case insensitive rules to make the rules more readable and improve performance.