org.dspace.app.bulkedit

Class MetadataExport

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.app.bulkedit.MetadataExport

public class MetadataExport
extends Object

Metadata exporter to allow the batch export of metadata into a file

Author:

Stuart Lewis

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Context	context
protected boolean	exportAll Whether to export all metadata, or just normally edited metadata
protected ItemService	itemService
protected Iterator<Item>	toExport The items to export

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	MetadataExport()
	MetadataExport(Context c, Community toExport, boolean exportAll) Method to export a community (and sub-communities and collections)
	MetadataExport(Context c, Iterator<Item> toExport, boolean exportAll) Set up a new metadata export

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Iterator<Item>	buildFromCommunity(Context context, Community community, int indent) Build an array list of item ids that are in a community (include sub-communities and collections)
DSpaceCSV	export() Run the export
static void	main(String[] argv) main method to run the metadata exporter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

toExport

protected Iterator<Item> toExport

The items to export

itemService

protected ItemService itemService

context

protected Context context

exportAll

protected boolean exportAll

Whether to export all metadata, or just normally edited metadata

Constructor Detail

MetadataExport

protected MetadataExport()

MetadataExport

public MetadataExport(Context c,
                      Iterator<Item> toExport,
                      boolean exportAll)

Set up a new metadata export

Parameters:

c - The Context

toExport - The ItemIterator of items to export

exportAll - whether to export all metadata or not (include handle, provenance etc)

MetadataExport

public MetadataExport(Context c,
                      Community toExport,
                      boolean exportAll)

Method to export a community (and sub-communities and collections)

Parameters:

c - The Context

toExport - The Community to export

exportAll - whether to export all metadata or not (include handle, provenance etc)

Method Detail

buildFromCommunity

protected Iterator<Item> buildFromCommunity(Context context,
                                            Community community,
                                            int indent)
                                     throws SQLException

Build an array list of item ids that are in a community (include sub-communities and collections)

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

community - The community to build from

indent - How many spaces to use when writing out the names of items added

Returns:

Iterator over the Collection of item ids

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

export

public DSpaceCSV export()

Run the export

Returns:

the exported CSV lines

main

public static void main(String[] argv)
                 throws Exception

main method to run the metadata exporter

Parameters:

argv - the command line arguments given

Throws:

Exception - if error occurs