org.dspace.browse
Class BrowseItem

java.lang.Object
  org.dspace.content.DSpaceObject
      org.dspace.browse.BrowseItem

public class BrowseItem
extends DSpaceObject

Entity class to represent an item that is being used to generate Browse results. This behaves in many was similar to the Item object, but its metadata handling has been further optimised for performance in both reading and writing, and it does not deal with other objects related to items FIXME: this class violates some of the encapsulation of the Item, but there is unfortunately no way around this until DAOs and an interface are provided for the Item class.

Author:

Richard Jones

Constructor Summary

BrowseItem(Context context, int id, boolean in_archive, boolean withdrawn)
Construct a new browse item with the given context and the database id

Method Summary

String	getHandle() Get the Handle of the object.
int	getID() get the database id of the item
DCValue[]	getMetadata(String schema, String element, String qualifier, String lang) Get String array of metadata values matching the given parameters
String	getName() Get a proper name for the object.
Thumbnail	getThumbnail() Get a thumbnail object out of the item.
int	getType() Get the type of object.
int	getType(boolean real) Deprecated.
boolean	isArchived()
boolean	isWithdrawn()
void	setID(int id) Set the database id of the item
void	update()
void	updateLastModified()

Methods inherited from class org.dspace.content.DSpaceObject

addDetails, clearDetails, find, getAdminObject, getDetails, getParentObject, getTypeText

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BrowseItem

public BrowseItem(Context context,
                  int id,
                  boolean in_archive,
                  boolean withdrawn)

Construct a new browse item with the given context and the database id

Parameters:

context - the DSpace context

id - the database id of the item

in_archive -

withdrawn -

Method Detail

getMetadata

public DCValue[] getMetadata(String schema,
                             String element,
                             String qualifier,
                             String lang)
                      throws SQLException

Get String array of metadata values matching the given parameters

Parameters:

schema - metadata schema

element - metadata element

qualifier - metadata qualifier

lang - metadata language

Returns:

array of matching values

Throws:

SQLException

getType

public int getType()

Get the type of object. This object masquerades as an Item, so this returns the value of Constants.ITEM

Specified by:

getType in class DSpaceObject

Returns:

Constants.ITEM

getType

public int getType(boolean real)

Deprecated.

Parameters:

real -

getID

public int getID()

get the database id of the item

Specified by:

getID in class DSpaceObject

Returns:

database id of item

setID

public void setID(int id)

Set the database id of the item

Parameters:

id - the database id of the item

getHandle

public String getHandle()

Description copied from class: DSpaceObject

Get the Handle of the object. This may return null

Specified by:

getHandle in class DSpaceObject

Returns:

Handle of the object, or null if it doesn't have one

getThumbnail

public Thumbnail getThumbnail()
                       throws SQLException

Get a thumbnail object out of the item. Warning: using this method actually instantiates an Item, which has a corresponding performance hit on the database during browse listing rendering. That's your own fault for wanting to put images on your browse page!

Throws:

SQLException

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from class: DSpaceObject

Get a proper name for the object. This may return null. Name should be suitable for display in a user interface.

Specified by:

getName in class DSpaceObject

Returns:

Name for the object, or null if it doesn't have one

update

public void update()
            throws SQLException,
                   AuthorizeException

Specified by:

update in class DSpaceObject

Throws:

SQLException

AuthorizeException

updateLastModified

public void updateLastModified()

Specified by:

updateLastModified in class DSpaceObject

isArchived

public boolean isArchived()

isWithdrawn

public boolean isWithdrawn()