org.dspace.embargo
Class EmbargoManager

java.lang.Object
  org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoManager

public class EmbargoManager
extends Object

Public interface to the embargo subsystem.

Configuration properties: (with examples)
# DC metadata field to hold the user-supplied embargo terms
embargo.field.terms = dc.embargo.terms
# DC metadata field to hold computed "lift date" of embargo
embargo.field.lift = dc.date.available
# String to indicate indefinite (forever) embargo in terms
embargo.terms.open = Indefinite
# implementation of embargo setter plugin
plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoSetter = edu.my.Setter
# implementation of embargo lifter plugin
plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoLifter = edu.my.Lifter

Author:

Larry Stone, Richard Rodgers

Field Summary

static DCDate

FOREVER Special date signalling an Item is to be embargoed forever.

Constructor Summary

EmbargoManager()

Method Summary

static DCDate	getEmbargoTermsAsDate(Context context, Item item) Get the embargo lift date for an Item, if any.
static void	liftEmbargo(Context context, Item item) Lift the embargo on an item which is assumed to be under embargo.
static void	main(String[] argv) Command-line service to scan for every Item with an expired embargo, and then lift that embargo.
static void	setEmbargo(Context context, Item item) Put an Item under embargo until the specified lift date.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

FOREVER

public static final DCDate FOREVER

Special date signalling an Item is to be embargoed forever. The actual date is the first day of the year 10,000 UTC.

Constructor Detail

EmbargoManager

public EmbargoManager()

Method Detail

setEmbargo

public static void setEmbargo(Context context,
                              Item item)
                       throws SQLException,
                              AuthorizeException,
                              IOException

Put an Item under embargo until the specified lift date. Calls EmbargoSetter plugin to adjust Item access control policies.

Parameters:

context - the DSpace context

item - the item to embargo

Throws:

SQLException

AuthorizeException

IOException

getEmbargoTermsAsDate

public static DCDate getEmbargoTermsAsDate(Context context,
                                           Item item)
                                    throws SQLException,
                                           AuthorizeException,
                                           IOException

Get the embargo lift date for an Item, if any. This looks for the metadata field configured to hold embargo terms, and gives it to the EmbargoSetter plugin's method to interpret it into an absolute timestamp. This is intended to be called at the time the Item is installed into the archive.

Note that the plugin is *always* called, in case it gets its cue for the embargo date from sources other than, or in addition to, the specified field.

Parameters:

context - the DSpace context

item - the item to embargo

Returns:

lift date on which the embargo is to be lifted, or null if none

Throws:

SQLException

AuthorizeException

IOException

liftEmbargo

public static void liftEmbargo(Context context,
                               Item item)
                        throws SQLException,
                               AuthorizeException,
                               IOException

Lift the embargo on an item which is assumed to be under embargo. Call the plugin to manage permissions in its own way, then delete the administrative metadata fields that dictated embargo date.

Parameters:

context - the DSpace context

item - the item on which to lift the embargo

Throws:

SQLException

AuthorizeException

IOException

main

public static void main(String[] argv)

Command-line service to scan for every Item with an expired embargo, and then lift that embargo.

Options:

-c,--check

Function: ONLY check the state of embargoed Items, do NOT lift any embargoes.

-h,--help

Help.

-i,--identifier

Process ONLY this Handle identifier(s), which must be an Item. Can be repeated.

-l,--lift

Function: ONLY lift embargoes, do NOT check the state of any embargoed Items.

-n,--dryrun

Do not change anything in the data model; print message instead.

-v,--verbose

Print a line describing action taken for each embargoed Item found.

-q,--quiet

No output except upon error.