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Find the code that this line is referring to?

This is a batch downloader for images on Flickr. I'm curious about how the program gets the original url, so looking through the source code (Favorites.java line 271) I see this, but I wasn't able to find what it's referring to.

        String originalUrl = null;
        try {
            originalUrl = curPhoto.getOriginalUrl();
        } catch (FlickrException e) {
            // if the original url just isn't available, fine. no need
            // to panic.
        }

https://github.com/magnusvk/flickrfaves

I'm using Netbeans right now and it's not finding anything when I click on any of the Navigate > Go To buttons on curPhoto. I'd imagine there's an easy way to find the code that it's referring to, but I don't really know what to search on google to learn how to do it.

My question is, where can I find the code for curPhoto.getOriginalUrl() and how should I be finding things like this on my own?

Solution

  • Looks like they are using flickrj to interface with Flickr.

    curPhoto is of type Photo, and if you look in the imports, Photo is imported as import com.aetrion.flickr.photos.Photo;. I did a google search for com.aetrion.flickr and it turned up that library.

    The documentation for that function can be found here