Package org.dspace.content

Class DSpaceObject

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.content.DSpaceObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, ReloadableEntity<UUID>

Direct Known Subclasses:

Bitstream, Bundle, Collection, Community, EPerson, Group, Item, Site

@Entity
public abstract class DSpaceObject
extends Object
implements Serializable, ReloadableEntity<UUID>

Abstract base class for DSpace objects

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected UUID	id
protected UUID	predefinedUUID	This will read our predefinedUUID property to pass it along to the UUID generator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	DSpaceObject()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	addDetails(String d)	Add a string to the cache of event details.
void	addHandle(Handle handle)	Append to this object's list of Handles.
protected void	addMetadata(MetadataValue metadataValue)
void	clearDetails()	Reset the cache of event details.
void	clearModified()
String	getDetails()
String	getHandle()	Get the Handle of the object.
List<Handle>	getHandles()
UUID	getID()	Get the internal ID (database primary key) of this object
List<MetadataValue>	getMetadata()
abstract String	getName()
UUID	getPredefinedUUID()
List<ResourcePolicy>	getResourcePolicies()
abstract int	getType()	Get the type of this object, found in Constants
boolean	isMetadataModified()
boolean	isModified()
protected void	removeMetadata(List<MetadataValue> metadataValues)
protected void	removeMetadata(MetadataValue metadataValue)
void	setMetadata(List<MetadataValue> metadata)
protected void	setMetadataModified()
protected void	setModified()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

id

protected UUID id

predefinedUUID

protected UUID predefinedUUID

This will read our predefinedUUID property to pass it along to the UUID generator

Constructor Detail

DSpaceObject

protected DSpaceObject()

Method Detail

getPredefinedUUID

public UUID getPredefinedUUID()

clearDetails

public void clearDetails()

Reset the cache of event details.

addDetails

protected void addDetails(String d)

Add a string to the cache of event details. Automatically separates entries with a comma. Subclass can just start calling addDetails, since it creates the cache if it needs to.

Parameters:

d - detail string to add.

getDetails

public String getDetails()

Returns:

summary of event details, or null if there are none.

getType

public abstract int getType()

Get the type of this object, found in Constants

Returns:

type of the object

getID

public UUID getID()

Get the internal ID (database primary key) of this object

Specified by:

getID in interface ReloadableEntity<UUID>

Returns:

internal ID of object

getName

public abstract String getName()

getHandle

public String getHandle()

Get the Handle of the object. This may return null

Returns:

Handle of the object, or null if it doesn't have one

addHandle

public void addHandle(Handle handle)

Append to this object's list of Handles.

Parameters:

handle - the new Handle to be added.

getHandles

public List<Handle> getHandles()

getMetadata

public List<MetadataValue> getMetadata()

setMetadata

public void setMetadata(List<MetadataValue> metadata)

removeMetadata

protected void removeMetadata(MetadataValue metadataValue)

removeMetadata

protected void removeMetadata(List<MetadataValue> metadataValues)

addMetadata

protected void addMetadata(MetadataValue metadataValue)

getResourcePolicies

public List<ResourcePolicy> getResourcePolicies()

isMetadataModified

public boolean isMetadataModified()

setMetadataModified

protected void setMetadataModified()

isModified

public boolean isModified()

clearModified

public void clearModified()

setModified

protected void setModified()