IURLShortener

All Known Implementing Classes:

CustomURLShortener, DummyURLShortener, TinyURLShortener
```
public interface IURLShortener
```
Represents an URL shortener. Implementations are responsible for shortening a given URL.

Since:

6.1.0

Version:

$Revision: 14145 $ $Date: 2012-03-23 15:31:38 -0300 (Fri, 23 Mar 2012) $

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  String shorten(String url)
  Shortens a given URL.

- Method Detail
  - shorten
```
String shorten(String url)
        throws PortalException
```
    Shortens a given URL.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - the URL to be shortened.
    
    Returns:
    
    the shortened URL.
    
    Throws:
    
    PortalException - if some error occur in shortening process.
    
    Since:
    
    6.1.0