Package org.dspace.app.itemupdate

Class MetadataUtilities

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.app.itemupdate.MetadataUtilities

public class MetadataUtilities
extends Object

Miscellaneous methods for metadata handling that build on the API which might have general utility outside of the specific use in context in ItemUpdate. The XML methods were based on those in ItemImport

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected static ItemService	itemService

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	appendMetadata(Context context, Item item, org.dspace.app.itemupdate.DtoMetadata dtom, boolean isLanguageStrict, String textToAppend)	Append text to value metadata field to item
static boolean	deleteMetadataByValue(Context context, Item item, org.dspace.app.itemupdate.DtoMetadata dtom, boolean isLanguageStrict)	Working around Item API to delete a value-specific Metadatum For a given element/qualifier/lang: get all DCValues clear (i.e.
static String	getCompoundForm(String schema, String element, String qualifier)	Return compound form of a metadata field (i.e.
static String	getDCValueString(MetadataValue dcv)	Get display of Metadatum
static List<org.dspace.app.itemupdate.DtoMetadata>	loadDublinCore(DocumentBuilder docBuilder, InputStream is)	Modification of method from ItemImporter.loadDublinCore as a Factory method
static String[]	parseCompoundForm(String compoundForm)	Parses metadata field given in the form <schema>.<element>[.<qualifier>|.*] checks for correct number of elements (2 or 3) and for empty strings
static List<ContentsEntry>	readContentsFile(File f)	Rewrite of ItemImport's functionality but just the parsing of the file, not the processing of its elements.
static List<String>	readDeleteContentsFile(File f)
static void	writeDocument(Document doc, Transformer transformer, OutputStream out)	write xml document to output stream
static Document	writeDublinCore(DocumentBuilder docBuilder, List<org.dspace.app.itemupdate.DtoMetadata> dtomList)	Write dublin_core.xml

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

itemService

protected static final ItemService itemService

Method Detail

deleteMetadataByValue

public static boolean deleteMetadataByValue(Context context,
                                            Item item,
                                            org.dspace.app.itemupdate.DtoMetadata dtom,
                                            boolean isLanguageStrict)
                                     throws SQLException

Working around Item API to delete a value-specific Metadatum For a given element/qualifier/lang: get all DCValues clear (i.e. delete) all of these DCValues add them back, minus the one to actually delete

Parameters:

context - DSpace Context

item - Item Object

dtom - metadata field

isLanguageStrict - whether strict or not

Returns:

true if metadata field is found with matching value and was deleted

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

appendMetadata

public static void appendMetadata(Context context,
                                  Item item,
                                  org.dspace.app.itemupdate.DtoMetadata dtom,
                                  boolean isLanguageStrict,
                                  String textToAppend)
                           throws IllegalArgumentException,
                                  SQLException

Append text to value metadata field to item

Parameters:

context - DSpace Context

item - DSpace Item

dtom - metadata field

isLanguageStrict - if strict

textToAppend - text to append

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - - When target metadata field is not found

SQLException - if database error

loadDublinCore

public static List<org.dspace.app.itemupdate.DtoMetadata> loadDublinCore(DocumentBuilder docBuilder,
                                                                         InputStream is)
                                                                  throws SQLException,
                                                                         IOException,
                                                                         ParserConfigurationException,
                                                                         SAXException,
                                                                         TransformerException,
                                                                         AuthorizeException

Modification of method from ItemImporter.loadDublinCore as a Factory method

Parameters:

docBuilder - DocumentBuilder

is - - InputStream of dublin_core.xml

Returns:

list of DtoMetadata representing the metadata fields relating to an Item

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

IOException - if IO error

ParserConfigurationException - if parser config error

SAXException - if XML error

TransformerException - if transformer error

AuthorizeException - if authorization error

writeDublinCore

public static Document writeDublinCore(DocumentBuilder docBuilder,
                                       List<org.dspace.app.itemupdate.DtoMetadata> dtomList)
                                throws ParserConfigurationException,
                                       TransformerConfigurationException,
                                       TransformerException

Write dublin_core.xml

Parameters:

docBuilder - DocumentBuilder

dtomList - List of metadata fields

Returns:

xml document

Throws:

ParserConfigurationException - if parser config error

TransformerConfigurationException - if transformer config error

TransformerException - if transformer error

writeDocument

public static void writeDocument(Document doc,
                                 Transformer transformer,
                                 OutputStream out)
                          throws IOException,
                                 TransformerException

write xml document to output stream

Parameters:

doc - XML Document

transformer - XML Transformer

out - OutputStream

Throws:

IOException - if IO Error

TransformerException - if Transformer error

readContentsFile

public static List<ContentsEntry> readContentsFile(File f)
                                            throws FileNotFoundException,
                                                   IOException,
                                                   ParseException

Rewrite of ItemImport's functionality but just the parsing of the file, not the processing of its elements.

Parameters:

f - file

Returns:

list of ContentsEntry

Throws:

FileNotFoundException - if file doesn't exist

IOException - if IO error

ParseException - if parse error

readDeleteContentsFile

public static List<String> readDeleteContentsFile(File f)
                                           throws FileNotFoundException,
                                                  IOException

Parameters:

f - file

Returns:

list of lines as strings

Throws:

FileNotFoundException - if file doesn't exist

IOException - if IO Error

getDCValueString

public static String getDCValueString(MetadataValue dcv)

Get display of Metadatum

Parameters:

dcv - MetadataValue

Returns:

string displaying elements of the Metadatum

getCompoundForm

public static String getCompoundForm(String schema,
                                     String element,
                                     String qualifier)

Return compound form of a metadata field (i.e. schema.element.qualifier)

Parameters:

schema - schema

element - element

qualifier - qualifier

Returns:

a String representation of the two- or three-part form of a metadata element e.g. dc.identifier.uri

parseCompoundForm

public static String[] parseCompoundForm(String compoundForm)
                                  throws ParseException

Parses metadata field given in the form <schema>.<element>[.<qualifier>|.*] checks for correct number of elements (2 or 3) and for empty strings

Parameters:

compoundForm - compound form of metadata field

Returns:

String Array

Throws:

ParseException - if validity checks fail