org.dspace.content.service

Interface DSpaceObjectLegacySupportService<T extends DSpaceObject>

All Known Subinterfaces:

BitstreamService, BundleService, CollectionService, CommunityService, EPersonService, GroupService, ItemService

All Known Implementing Classes:

BitstreamServiceImpl, BundleServiceImpl, CollectionServiceImpl, CommunityServiceImpl, EPersonServiceImpl, GroupServiceImpl, ItemServiceImpl

public interface DSpaceObjectLegacySupportService<T extends DSpaceObject>

Service interface class that adds support to retrieve DSpaceObject by the old integer based identifier which was used to identify DSpaceObjects prior to DSpace 6.0

Author:

kevinvandevelde at atmire.com

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	findByIdOrLegacyId(Context context, String id)
T	findByLegacyId(Context context, int id) Generic find for when the precise type of a DSO is not known, just the a pair of type number and database ID.
int	getSupportsTypeConstant() Returns the Constants which this service supports

Method Detail

findByIdOrLegacyId

T findByIdOrLegacyId(Context context,
                   String id)
                                          throws SQLException

Throws:

SQLException

findByLegacyId

T findByLegacyId(Context context,
               int id)
                                      throws SQLException

Generic find for when the precise type of a DSO is not known, just the a pair of type number and database ID.

Parameters:

context - - the context

id - - the legacy id within table of type'd objects

Returns:

the object found, or null if it does not exist.

Throws:

SQLException - only upon failure accessing the database.

getSupportsTypeConstant

int getSupportsTypeConstant()

Returns the Constants which this service supports

Returns:

a org.dspace.core.Constants that represents a DSpaceObjct type