ConverterPlugin (DSpace Kernel :: API and Implementation 7.0-beta2.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

MetadataConverterPlugin, SimpleDSORelationsConverterPlugin, StaticDSOConverterPlugin
```
public interface ConverterPlugin
```
Author:

Pascal-Nicolas Becker (dspace -at- pascal -hyphen- becker -dot- de)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model`	`convert(Context context, DSpaceObject dso)`	Convert the specified DSpaceObject or a part of it into RDF.
`void`	`setConfigurationService(ConfigurationService configurationService)`
`boolean`	`supports(int type)`	Returns all type of DSpaceObjects that are supported by this plugin.

- Method Detail
  - setConfigurationService
```
void setConfigurationService(ConfigurationService configurationService)
```
  - convert
```
com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model convert(Context context,
                                        DSpaceObject dso)
                                 throws SQLException,
                                        AuthorizeException
```
    Convert the specified DSpaceObject or a part of it into RDF.
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - Please check the READ permission for the provided context before converting any data!
    
    dso - The DSpaceObject that should be converted.
    
    Returns:
    
    A Jena Model containing the generated RDF.
    
    Throws:
    
    SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.
    
    AuthorizeException - Exception indicating the current user of the context does not have permission to perform a particular action.
  - supports
```
boolean supports(int type)
```
    Returns all type of DSpaceObjects that are supported by this plugin.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - Resource type as defined in org.dspace.core.Constants.
    
    Returns:
    
    A boolean whether the requested type is supported by this plugin.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constants