org.dspace.importer.external.metadatamapping

Interface MetadataFieldMapping<RecordType,QueryType>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMetadataFieldMapping, PubmedFieldMapping

public interface MetadataFieldMapping<RecordType,QueryType>

Represents an interface for the mapping of the metadatum fields

Author:

Roeland Dillen (roeland at atmire dot com)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<MetadatumDTO>	resultToDCValueMapping(RecordType record) Create a collection of MetadatumDTO retrieved from a given RecordType
MetadatumDTO	toDCValue(MetadataFieldConfig field, String value)

Method Detail

toDCValue

MetadatumDTO toDCValue(MetadataFieldConfig field,
                       String value)

Parameters:

field - MetadataFieldConfig representing what to map the value to

value - The value to map to a MetadatumDTO

Returns:

A metadatumDTO created from the field and value

resultToDCValueMapping

Collection<MetadatumDTO> resultToDCValueMapping(RecordType record)

Create a collection of MetadatumDTO retrieved from a given RecordType

Parameters:

record - Used to retrieve the MetadatumDTO

Returns:

Collection of MetadatumDTO