org.dspace.handle
Class HandleManager

java.lang.Object
  org.dspace.handle.HandleManager

public class HandleManager
extends Object

Interface to the CNRI Handle System .

Currently, this class simply maps handles to local facilities; handles which are owned by other sites (including other DSpaces) are treated as non-existent.

Version:

$Revision: 3705 $

Author:

Peter Breton

Method Summary

static String	createHandle(Context context, DSpaceObject dso) Creates a new handle in the database.
static String	createHandle(Context context, DSpaceObject dso, String suppliedHandle) Creates a handle entry, but with a handle supplied by the caller (new Handle not generated)
static String	findHandle(Context context, DSpaceObject dso) Return the handle for an Object, or null if the Object has no handle.
static String	getCanonicalForm(String handle) Transforms handle into the canonical form hdl:handle.
static DSpaceObject	resolveToObject(Context context, String handle) Return the object which handle maps to, or null.
static String	resolveToURL(Context context, String handle) Return the local URL for handle, or null if handle cannot be found.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

resolveToURL

public static String resolveToURL(Context context,
                                  String handle)
                           throws SQLException

Return the local URL for handle, or null if handle cannot be found. The returned URL is a (non-handle-based) location where a dissemination of the object referred to by handle can be obtained.

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

handle - The handle

Returns:

The local URL

Throws:

SQLException - If a database error occurs

getCanonicalForm

public static String getCanonicalForm(String handle)

Transforms handle into the canonical form hdl:handle. No attempt is made to verify that handle is in fact valid.

Parameters:

handle - The handle

Returns:

The canonical form

createHandle

public static String createHandle(Context context,
                                  DSpaceObject dso)
                           throws SQLException

Creates a new handle in the database.

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

dso - The DSpaceObject to create a handle for

Returns:

The newly created handle

Throws:

SQLException - If a database error occurs

createHandle

public static String createHandle(Context context,
                                  DSpaceObject dso,
                                  String suppliedHandle)
                           throws SQLException

Creates a handle entry, but with a handle supplied by the caller (new Handle not generated)

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

dso - DSpaceObject

suppliedHandle - existing handle value

Returns:

the Handle

Throws:

SQLException

resolveToObject

public static DSpaceObject resolveToObject(Context context,
                                           String handle)
                                    throws SQLException

Return the object which handle maps to, or null. This is the object itself, not a URL which points to it.

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

handle - The handle to resolve

Returns:

The object which handle maps to, or null if handle is not mapped to any object.

Throws:

SQLException - If a database error occurs

findHandle

public static String findHandle(Context context,
                                DSpaceObject dso)
                         throws SQLException

Return the handle for an Object, or null if the Object has no handle.

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

dso - The object to obtain a handle for

Returns:

The handle for object, or null if the object has no handle.

Throws:

SQLException - If a database error occurs