org.dspace.app.mets
Class METSExport

java.lang.Object
  org.dspace.app.mets.METSExport

public class METSExport
extends Object

Tool for exporting DSpace AIPs with the metadata serialised in METS format

Version:

$Revision: 3739 $

Author:

Robert Tansley

Constructor Summary

METSExport()

Method Summary

static void	main(String[] args)
static void	writeAIP(Context context, Item item, String dest) Write out the AIP for the given item to the given directory.
static void	writeMETS(Context context, Item item, OutputStream os, boolean fullURL) Write METS metadata corresponding to the metadata for an item

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

METSExport

public METSExport()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

writeAIP

public static void writeAIP(Context context,
                            Item item,
                            String dest)
                     throws SQLException,
                            IOException,
                            AuthorizeException,
                            edu.harvard.hul.ois.mets.helper.MetsException

Write out the AIP for the given item to the given directory. A new directory will be created with the Handle (URL-encoded) as the directory name, and inside, a mets.xml file written, together with the bitstreams.

Parameters:

context - DSpace context to use

item - Item to write

dest - destination directory

Throws:

SQLException

IOException

AuthorizeException

edu.harvard.hul.ois.mets.helper.MetsException

writeMETS

public static void writeMETS(Context context,
                             Item item,
                             OutputStream os,
                             boolean fullURL)
                      throws SQLException,
                             IOException,
                             AuthorizeException

Write METS metadata corresponding to the metadata for an item

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

item - DSpace item to create METS object for

os - A stream to write METS package to (UTF-8 encoding will be used)

fullURL - if true, the <FLocat> values for each bitstream will be the full URL for that bitstream. Otherwise, only the filename itself will be used.

Throws:

SQLException

IOException

AuthorizeException