org.dspace.content.service

Interface MetadataSchemaService

All Known Implementing Classes:

MetadataSchemaServiceImpl

public interface MetadataSchemaService

Service interface class for the MetadataSchema object. The implementation of this class is responsible for all business logic calls for the MetadataSchema object and is autowired by spring

Author:

kevinvandevelde at atmire.com

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MetadataSchema	create(Context context, String name, String namespace) Creates a new metadata schema in the database, using the name and namespace.
void	delete(Context context, MetadataSchema metadataSchema) Delete the metadata schema.
MetadataSchema	find(Context context, int id) Get the schema corresponding with this numeric ID.
MetadataSchema	find(Context context, String shortName) Get the schema corresponding with this short name.
List<MetadataSchema>	findAll(Context context) Return all metadata schemas.
MetadataSchema	findByNamespace(Context context, String namespace) Get the schema object corresponding to this namespace URI.
void	update(Context context, MetadataSchema metadataSchema) Update the metadata schema in the database.

Method Detail

create

MetadataSchema create(Context context,
                    String name,
                    String namespace)
                      throws SQLException,
                             AuthorizeException,
                             NonUniqueMetadataException

Creates a new metadata schema in the database, using the name and namespace.

Parameters:

context - DSpace context object

name - name

namespace - namespace

Returns:

new MetadataSchema

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

AuthorizeException - if authorization error

NonUniqueMetadataException

findByNamespace

MetadataSchema findByNamespace(Context context,
                             String namespace)
                               throws SQLException

Get the schema object corresponding to this namespace URI.

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

namespace - namespace URI to match

Returns:

metadata schema object or null if none found.

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

update

void update(Context context,
          MetadataSchema metadataSchema)
            throws SQLException,
                   AuthorizeException,
                   NonUniqueMetadataException

Update the metadata schema in the database.

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

metadataSchema - metadata schema

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

AuthorizeException - if authorization error

NonUniqueMetadataException

delete

void delete(Context context,
          MetadataSchema metadataSchema)
            throws SQLException,
                   AuthorizeException

Delete the metadata schema.

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

metadataSchema - metadata schema

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

AuthorizeException - if authorization error

findAll

List<MetadataSchema> findAll(Context context)
                             throws SQLException

Return all metadata schemas.

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

Returns:

array of metadata schemas

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

find

MetadataSchema find(Context context,
                  int id)
                    throws SQLException

Get the schema corresponding with this numeric ID. The ID is a database key internal to DSpace.

Parameters:

context - context, in case we need to read it in from DB

id - the schema ID

Returns:

the metadata schema object

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

find

MetadataSchema find(Context context,
                  String shortName)
                    throws SQLException

Get the schema corresponding with this short name.

Parameters:

context - context, in case we need to read it in from DB

shortName - the short name for the schema

Returns:

the metadata schema object

Throws:

SQLException - if database error