org.dspace.app.bulkedit

Class MetadataImport

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.app.bulkedit.MetadataImport

public class MetadataImport
extends java.lang.Object

Metadata importer to allow the batch import of metadata from a file

Author:

Stuart Lewis

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MetadataImport(Context c, DSpaceCSV toImport) Create an instance of the metadata importer.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(java.lang.String[] argv) main method to run the metadata exporter
java.util.List<BulkEditChange>	runImport(boolean change, boolean useWorkflow, boolean workflowNotify, boolean useTemplate) Run an import.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MetadataImport

public MetadataImport(Context c,
              DSpaceCSV toImport)

Create an instance of the metadata importer. Requires a context and an array of CSV lines to examine.

Parameters:

c - The context

toImport - An array of CSV lines to examine

Method Detail

runImport

public java.util.List<BulkEditChange> runImport(boolean change,
                                       boolean useWorkflow,
                                       boolean workflowNotify,
                                       boolean useTemplate)
                                         throws MetadataImportException

Run an import. The import can either be read-only to detect changes, or can write changes as it goes.

Parameters:

change - Whether or not to write the changes to the database

useWorkflow - Whether the workflows should be used when creating new items

workflowNotify - If the workflows should be used, whether to send notifications or not

useTemplate - Use collection template if create new item

Returns:

An array of BulkEditChange elements representing the items that have changed

Throws:

MetadataImportException - if something goes wrong

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] argv)

main method to run the metadata exporter

Parameters:

argv - the command line arguments given