Protocol Handler Interfaces

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Protocol handlers are the Enterprise Search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 components that access a content source in its native format, and expose documents and other content items to filter.

Enterprise Search supports the implementation of new protocol handlers to expand the content sources that can be crawled. Use the protocol handler interfaces, described in the following table, to implement a custom protocol handler.

Name Description

IProtocolHandlerSite Interface

Provides a UrlAccessor object access to services from the Filter Daemon.

ISearchProtocol Interface

Used between the search component and Filter Daemon to request and load additional Filters.

IUrlAccessor Interface

Main interface used for crawling items from the content source. Binds to the appropriate filter for the item.

See Also

Concepts

Protocol Handler Reference
Protocol Handler Data Structures
Protocol Handler Enumerations
Protocol Handler Error Messages