/** Used for redirections or when discovering sitemap URLs * */
  private void handleOutlink(Tuple t, URL sURL, String newUrl, Metadata sourceMetadata) {
    // build an absolute URL
    try {
      URL tmpURL = URLUtil.resolveURL(sURL, newUrl);
      newUrl = tmpURL.toExternalForm();
    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
      LOG.debug("MalformedURLException on {} or {}: {}", sURL.toExternalForm(), newUrl, e);
      return;
    }

    // apply URL filters
    if (this.urlFilters != null) {
      newUrl = this.urlFilters.filter(sURL, sourceMetadata, newUrl);
    }

    // filtered
    if (newUrl == null) {
      return;
    }

    Metadata metadata =
        metadataTransfer.getMetaForOutlink(newUrl, sURL.toExternalForm(), sourceMetadata);

    // TODO check that hasn't exceeded max number of redirections

    _collector.emit(
        com.digitalpebble.storm.crawler.Constants.StatusStreamName,
        t,
        new Values(newUrl, metadata, Status.DISCOVERED));
  }
  private List<Outlink> toOutlinks(
      String url, Metadata metadata, Map<String, List<String>> slinks) {
    List<Outlink> outlinks = new LinkedList<>();
    URL sourceUrl;
    try {
      sourceUrl = new URL(url);
    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
      // we would have known by now as previous components check whether
      // the URL is valid
      LOG.error("MalformedURLException on {}", url);
      eventCounter.scope("error_invalid_source_url").incrBy(1);
      return outlinks;
    }

    Map<String, List<String>> linksKept = new HashMap<>();

    for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> linkEntry : slinks.entrySet()) {
      String targetURL = linkEntry.getKey();
      // filter the urls
      if (urlFilters != null) {
        targetURL = urlFilters.filter(sourceUrl, metadata, targetURL);
        if (targetURL == null) {
          eventCounter.scope("outlink_filtered").incr();
          continue;
        }
      }
      // the link has survived the various filters
      if (targetURL != null) {
        List<String> anchors = linkEntry.getValue();
        linksKept.put(targetURL, anchors);
        eventCounter.scope("outlink_kept").incr();
      }
    }

    for (String outlink : linksKept.keySet()) {
      // configure which metadata gets inherited from parent
      Metadata linkMetadata = metadataTransfer.getMetaForOutlink(outlink, url, metadata);
      Outlink ol = new Outlink(outlink);
      // add the anchors to the metadata?
      if (trackAnchors) {
        List<String> anchors = linksKept.get(outlink);
        if (anchors.size() > 0) {
          linkMetadata.addValues(ANCHORS_KEY_NAME, anchors);
          // sets the first anchor
          ol.setAnchor(anchors.get(0));
        }
      }
      ol.setMetadata(linkMetadata);
      outlinks.add(ol);
    }
    return outlinks;
  }