Package org.dspace.content

Class MetadataValue

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.content.MetadataValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

ReloadableEntity<Integer>

Direct Known Subclasses:

RelationshipMetadataValue

@Entity
public class MetadataValue
extends Object
implements ReloadableEntity<Integer>

Database access class representing a Dublin Core metadata value. It represents a value of a given MetadataField on an Item. (The Item can have many values of the same field.) It contains element, qualifier, value and language. the field (which names the schema, element, and qualifier), language, and a value.

Author:

Martin Hald

See Also:

MetadataSchema, MetadataField

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected DSpaceObject	dSpaceObject

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	MetadataValue()	Protected constructor, create object using: MetadataValueService.create(Context, DSpaceObject, MetadataField)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)	Return true if other is the same MetadataValue as this object, false otherwise
String	getAuthority()	Get the metadata authority
int	getConfidence()	Get the metadata confidence
DSpaceObject	getDSpaceObject()	Get the dspaceObject
Integer	getID()	Get the field ID the metadata value represents.
String	getLanguage()	Get the language (e.g.
MetadataField	getMetadataField()
int	getPlace()	Get the place ordering.
String	getValue()	Get the metadata value.
int	hashCode()
void	setAuthority(String value)	Set the metadata authority
void	setConfidence(int value)	Set the metadata confidence
void	setDSpaceObject(DSpaceObject dso)	Set the dspaceObject ID.
void	setLanguage(String language)	Set the language (e.g.
void	setMetadataField(MetadataField metadataField)
void	setPlace(int place)	Set the place ordering.
void	setValue(String value)	Set the metadata value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

dSpaceObject

protected DSpaceObject dSpaceObject

Constructor Detail

MetadataValue

protected MetadataValue()

Protected constructor, create object using: MetadataValueService.create(Context, DSpaceObject, MetadataField)

Method Detail

getID

public Integer getID()

Get the field ID the metadata value represents.

Specified by:

getID in interface ReloadableEntity<Integer>

Returns:

metadata value ID

getDSpaceObject

public DSpaceObject getDSpaceObject()

Get the dspaceObject

Returns:

dspaceObject

setDSpaceObject

public void setDSpaceObject(DSpaceObject dso)

Set the dspaceObject ID.

Parameters:

dso - new dspaceObject ID

getLanguage

public String getLanguage()

Get the language (e.g. "en").

Returns:

language

setLanguage

public void setLanguage(String language)

Set the language (e.g. "en").

Parameters:

language - new language

getPlace

public int getPlace()

Get the place ordering.

Returns:

place ordering

setPlace

public void setPlace(int place)

Set the place ordering.

Parameters:

place - new place (relative order in series of values)

getMetadataField

public MetadataField getMetadataField()

setMetadataField

public void setMetadataField(MetadataField metadataField)

getValue

public String getValue()

Get the metadata value.

Returns:

metadata value

setValue

public void setValue(String value)

Set the metadata value

Parameters:

value - new metadata value

getAuthority

public String getAuthority()

Get the metadata authority

Returns:

metadata authority

setAuthority

public void setAuthority(String value)

Set the metadata authority

Parameters:

value - new metadata authority

getConfidence

public int getConfidence()

Get the metadata confidence

Returns:

metadata confidence

setConfidence

public void setConfidence(int value)

Set the metadata confidence

Parameters:

value - new metadata confidence

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Return true if other is the same MetadataValue as this object, false otherwise

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - object to compare to

Returns:

true if object passed in represents the same MetadataValue as this object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object