Private search engines list
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With that in mind, read on for our list of the best (and free) private search engines in 2025. One of private search engines – DuckDuckGo. 6 Best Private Search Engines With that in mind, read on for our list of the best (and free) private search engines in 2025. One of private search engines – DuckDuckGo. 6 Best Private Search Engines
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File name- * @return an report entry+ * @return a report entry */ private ReportEntry searchOnInternet(List searchEngines, String code, String fileName) {- ReportEntry toret = null;+ ReportEntry toRet = null; List found = new ArrayList(); for (ISearchEngine searchEngine : searchEngines) { if (searchEngine.isCodeFound(code.toString())) {@@ -226,36 +226,36 @@ } } if (!found.isEmpty()) {- toret = new ReportEntry(found, code, fileName);- }- return toret;+ toRet = new ReportEntry(found, code, fileName);+ }+ return toRet; } /**- * @param heuristicCheckers lit of chosen heuristic checkers+ * @param heuristicCheckers list of chosen heuristic checkers * @param toCheck code to be checked * @return heuristicCheckerResult with proper information for sliding window * algorithm */ private HeuristicCheckerResult isCheckOnInternetNeaded(List heuristicCheckers, String toCheck) {- HeuristicCheckerResult toret = new HeuristicCheckerResult(false, true, toCheck, null);+ HeuristicCheckerResult toRet = new HeuristicCheckerResult(false, true, toCheck, null); for (IHeuristicChecker checker : heuristicCheckers) {- toret = checker.checkByHeuristic(toCheck);- if (toret.isShouldStretch()) {+ toRet = checker.checkByHeuristic(toCheck);+ if (toRet.isShouldStretch()) { break; } }- return toret;+ return toRet; } /** * Append tokens from start position until end. * * @param tokens list of tokens to combine- * @param start position- * @param end position+ * @param start index of start position+ * @param end index of end position * @return appended tokens */ private StringBuffer combineTokens(String[] tokens, int start, int end) {@@ -290,9 +290,9 @@ * * Example:Analyzing file : c:\HelloWorld.java Progress: 2/200 (1%) *- * @param whole is number of all tokens we iterate- * @param current is current position of iteration- * @param fileName is file name of source file+ * @param whole number of all tokens we iterate+ * @param current current position of iteration+ * @param fileName file name of source file */ private void printProgress(int whole, int current, String fileName) { // clear previous state=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/ISearchEngine.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/ISearchEngine.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ /** * Checks if code part exist on this code search engine *- * @param posibleCutAndPastedCode+ * @param possibleCopyAndPastedCode code currently being checked * @return boolean - true if this code is found on search engine */- boolean isCodeFound(String posibleCutAndPastedCode);+ boolean isCodeFound(String possibleCopyAndPastedCode); /** * This method can return search results with link where we can see exactly=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/KodersCodeSearchParser.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/KodersCodeSearchParser.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ private static final String serch = " @Override- public boolean isCodeFound(String posibleCutAndPastedCode) {+ public boolean isCodeFound(String possibleCopyAndPastedCode) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return false; }=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/Managable.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/Managable.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ * This function can retrieve information about potentially plagiarised code * from search engine. NOTE: for now there are only this types of exceptions *- * @param posibleCutAndPastedCode- * @return+ * @param possibleCopyAndPastedCode code currently being checked+ * @return information about if code is found * @throws IOException * @throws ServiceException */- boolean gueryEngine(String posibleCutAndPastedCode) throws IOException, ServiceException;-}+ boolean gueryEngine(String possibleCopyAndPastedCode) throws IOException, ServiceException;+}=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/RetryManager.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/RetryManager.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ * query SearchEngine for With that in mind, read on for our list of the best (and free) private search engines in 2025. One of private search engines – DuckDuckGo. 6 Best Private Search Engines With that in mind, read on for our list of the best (and free) private search engines in 2025. One of private search engines – DuckDuckGo. 6 Best Private Search Engines Revision: 53Author: maka82Date: Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009Log: Comments in whole project have been write down according to javadoc standard trying to give more informations about parameters and about returning informations for functions.Some misspelled words have been written correct now.Also, CamelCases are used now in a project where it is needed.Some TODOs are fixed. /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/PdCommandLine.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/PlagiarismDetector.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/SourceCodeAnalyser.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/ISearchEngine.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/KodersCodeSearchParser.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/Managable.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/RetryManager.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/google/GoogleCodeSearchParser.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/google/MultilineRegexGenerator.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/heuristic/functions/CPPFunctionHeuristicChecker.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/heuristic/functions/FortranFunctionHeuristicChecker.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/heuristic/misspellings/MisspellingsHeuristicChecker.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/util/FileManipulator.java /trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/SlidingWindowAlgorithmTest.java /trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/google/RegexGeneratorTest.java /trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/rat/pd/heuristic/functions/CPPFunctionHeuristicCheckerTest.java=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/PdCommandLine.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/PdCommandLine.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ } catch (Exception e) { // oops, something went wrong this.out.println("Parsing failed. Reason: " + e.getMessage());- // if any error is happened, we can say that not all arguments are+ // if any error happened, we can say that not all arguments are // correct allArgumentsCorrect = false; }@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ * Parse arguments and gets parameters from them. * * @param args command line arguments+ * @throws ParseException+ * @throws NumberFormatException */ private void parseArguments(String[] args) throws ParseException, NumberFormatException { CommandLineParser parser = new GnuParser();@@ -260,7 +262,8 @@ * If some property is invalid an exception is thrown. * * @param line CommandLine- * @throws NumberFormatException , IllegalArgumentException+ * @throws NumberFormatException+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException */ private void parseCommandLineArguments(CommandLine line) throws NumberFormatException, IllegalArgumentException {=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/PlagiarismDetector.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/PlagiarismDetector.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ /** * @param args * @throws RatReportFailedException+ * @throws IOException */ public static void main(String[] args) throws RatReportFailedException, IOException { // instance of PlagiarismDetector@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ * Decide which format of report will be used. * * @param pdCommandLine command line object to read report format from- * @return+ * @return which format of report will be used */ private Report configureReport(PdCommandLine pdCommandLine) { Report reportDocument;=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/SourceCodeAnalyser.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/SourceCodeAnalyser.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ * @param searchEngines list of chosen search engine parsers * @param algorithmsForChecking list of chosen heuristic algorithms * @param reportDocument chosen report- * @param out printStream wnere current information are be printed+ * @param out printStream where current information are to be printed */ public SourceCodeAnalyser(List searchEngines, List algorithmsForChecking, Report reportDocument, PrintStream out) {@@ -133,18 +133,18 @@ * @throws IOException */ private String readFile(Reader reader) throws IOException {- String toret = "";+ String toRet = ""; // TODO encoding is system default now!!!! BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(reader); try { String line = null; while ((line = input.readLine()) != null) {- toret += line + "\n";+ toRet += line + "\n"; } } finally { input.close(); }- return toret;+ return toRet; } /**@@ -209,16 +209,16 @@ } /**- * Search for code in all engines. If code is found, an reportEntry will be- * returned Otherwise, null will be returned.+ * Search for code in all engines. If code is found, a reportEntry will be+ * returned. Otherwise, null will be returned. * * @param searchEngines list of chosen search engine parsers * @param code code to be checked * @param fileName sourceComments
File name- * @return an report entry+ * @return a report entry */ private ReportEntry searchOnInternet(List searchEngines, String code, String fileName) {- ReportEntry toret = null;+ ReportEntry toRet = null; List found = new ArrayList(); for (ISearchEngine searchEngine : searchEngines) { if (searchEngine.isCodeFound(code.toString())) {@@ -226,36 +226,36 @@ } } if (!found.isEmpty()) {- toret = new ReportEntry(found, code, fileName);- }- return toret;+ toRet = new ReportEntry(found, code, fileName);+ }+ return toRet; } /**- * @param heuristicCheckers lit of chosen heuristic checkers+ * @param heuristicCheckers list of chosen heuristic checkers * @param toCheck code to be checked * @return heuristicCheckerResult with proper information for sliding window * algorithm */ private HeuristicCheckerResult isCheckOnInternetNeaded(List heuristicCheckers, String toCheck) {- HeuristicCheckerResult toret = new HeuristicCheckerResult(false, true, toCheck, null);+ HeuristicCheckerResult toRet = new HeuristicCheckerResult(false, true, toCheck, null); for (IHeuristicChecker checker : heuristicCheckers) {- toret = checker.checkByHeuristic(toCheck);- if (toret.isShouldStretch()) {+ toRet = checker.checkByHeuristic(toCheck);+ if (toRet.isShouldStretch()) { break; } }- return toret;+ return toRet; } /** * Append tokens from start position until end. * * @param tokens list of tokens to combine- * @param start position- * @param end position+ * @param start index of start position+ * @param end index of end position * @return appended tokens */ private StringBuffer combineTokens(String[] tokens, int start, int end) {@@ -290,9 +290,9 @@ * * Example:Analyzing file : c:\HelloWorld.java Progress: 2/200 (1%) *- * @param whole is number of all tokens we iterate- * @param current is current position of iteration- * @param fileName is file name of source file+ * @param whole number of all tokens we iterate+ * @param current current position of iteration+ * @param fileName file name of source file */ private void printProgress(int whole, int current, String fileName) { // clear previous state=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/ISearchEngine.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/ISearchEngine.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ /** * Checks if code part exist on this code search engine *- * @param posibleCutAndPastedCode+ * @param possibleCopyAndPastedCode code currently being checked * @return boolean - true if this code is found on search engine */- boolean isCodeFound(String posibleCutAndPastedCode);+ boolean isCodeFound(String possibleCopyAndPastedCode); /** * This method can return search results with link where we can see exactly=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/KodersCodeSearchParser.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/KodersCodeSearchParser.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ private static final String serch = " @Override- public boolean isCodeFound(String posibleCutAndPastedCode) {+ public boolean isCodeFound(String possibleCopyAndPastedCode) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return false; }=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/Managable.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/Managable.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ * This function can retrieve information about potentially plagiarised code * from search engine. NOTE: for now there are only this types of exceptions *- * @param posibleCutAndPastedCode- * @return+ * @param possibleCopyAndPastedCode code currently being checked+ * @return information about if code is found * @throws IOException * @throws ServiceException */- boolean gueryEngine(String posibleCutAndPastedCode) throws IOException, ServiceException;-}+ boolean gueryEngine(String possibleCopyAndPastedCode) throws IOException, ServiceException;+}=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/RetryManager.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/RetryManager.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ * query SearchEngine for
2025-04-22Revision: 53Author: maka82Date: Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009Log: Comments in whole project have been write down according to javadoc standard trying to give more informations about parameters and about returning informations for functions.Some misspelled words have been written correct now.Also, CamelCases are used now in a project where it is needed.Some TODOs are fixed. /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/PdCommandLine.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/PlagiarismDetector.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/SourceCodeAnalyser.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/ISearchEngine.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/KodersCodeSearchParser.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/Managable.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/RetryManager.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/google/GoogleCodeSearchParser.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/google/MultilineRegexGenerator.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/heuristic/functions/CPPFunctionHeuristicChecker.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/heuristic/functions/FortranFunctionHeuristicChecker.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/heuristic/misspellings/MisspellingsHeuristicChecker.java /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/util/FileManipulator.java /trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/SlidingWindowAlgorithmTest.java /trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/rat/pd/engines/google/RegexGeneratorTest.java /trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/rat/pd/heuristic/functions/CPPFunctionHeuristicCheckerTest.java=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/PdCommandLine.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/PdCommandLine.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ } catch (Exception e) { // oops, something went wrong this.out.println("Parsing failed. Reason: " + e.getMessage());- // if any error is happened, we can say that not all arguments are+ // if any error happened, we can say that not all arguments are // correct allArgumentsCorrect = false; }@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ * Parse arguments and gets parameters from them. * * @param args command line arguments+ * @throws ParseException+ * @throws NumberFormatException */ private void parseArguments(String[] args) throws ParseException, NumberFormatException { CommandLineParser parser = new GnuParser();@@ -260,7 +262,8 @@ * If some property is invalid an exception is thrown. * * @param line CommandLine- * @throws NumberFormatException , IllegalArgumentException+ * @throws NumberFormatException+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException */ private void parseCommandLineArguments(CommandLine line) throws NumberFormatException, IllegalArgumentException {=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/PlagiarismDetector.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/PlagiarismDetector.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ /** * @param args * @throws RatReportFailedException+ * @throws IOException */ public static void main(String[] args) throws RatReportFailedException, IOException { // instance of PlagiarismDetector@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ * Decide which format of report will be used. * * @param pdCommandLine command line object to read report format from- * @return+ * @return which format of report will be used */ private Report configureReport(PdCommandLine pdCommandLine) { Report reportDocument;=======================================--- /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/SourceCodeAnalyser.java Fri Aug 21 06:53:09 2009+++ /trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/pd/core/SourceCodeAnalyser.java Fri Aug 21 17:04:14 2009@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ * @param searchEngines list of chosen search engine parsers * @param algorithmsForChecking list of chosen heuristic algorithms * @param reportDocument chosen report- * @param out printStream wnere current information are be printed+ * @param out printStream where current information are to be printed */ public SourceCodeAnalyser(List searchEngines, List algorithmsForChecking, Report reportDocument, PrintStream out) {@@ -133,18 +133,18 @@ * @throws IOException */ private String readFile(Reader reader) throws IOException {- String toret = "";+ String toRet = ""; // TODO encoding is system default now!!!! BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(reader); try { String line = null; while ((line = input.readLine()) != null) {- toret += line + "\n";+ toRet += line + "\n"; } } finally { input.close(); }- return toret;+ return toRet; } /**@@ -209,16 +209,16 @@ } /**- * Search for code in all engines. If code is found, an reportEntry will be- * returned Otherwise, null will be returned.+ * Search for code in all engines. If code is found, a reportEntry will be+ * returned. Otherwise, null will be returned. * * @param searchEngines list of chosen search engine parsers * @param code code to be checked * @param fileName source
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