org.dspace.browse
Interface BrowseItemDAO

All Known Implementing Classes:

BrowseItemDAOOracle, BrowseItemDAOPostgres

public interface BrowseItemDAO

Method Summary

BrowseItem[]	findAll() Get an array of all the items in the database
DCValue[]	queryMetadata(int itemId, String schema, String element, String qualifier, String lang) perform a database query to obtain the string array of values corresponding to the passed parameters.

Method Detail

findAll

BrowseItem[] findAll()
                     throws SQLException

Get an array of all the items in the database

Returns:

array of items

Throws:

SQLException

queryMetadata

DCValue[] queryMetadata(int itemId,
                        String schema,
                        String element,
                        String qualifier,
                        String lang)
                        throws SQLException

perform a database query to obtain the string array of values corresponding to the passed parameters. In general you should use: getMetadata(schema, element, qualifier, lang); As this will obtain the value from cache if available first.

Parameters:

itemId -

schema -

element -

qualifier -

lang -

Returns:

Throws:

SQLException