MetadataFieldMapping (DSpace Kernel :: API and Implementation 7.1.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMetadataFieldMapping, AbstractPlainMetadataSource, ArXivFieldMapping, BibtexImportMetadataSourceServiceImpl, CharacterSeparatedImportMetadataSourceServiceImpl, EndnoteImportMetadataSourceServiceImpl, PubmedFieldMapping, RisImportMetadataSourceServiceImpl
```
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

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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