Package org.dspace.identifier

Class IdentifierProvider

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.identifier.IdentifierProvider

Direct Known Subclasses:

EZIDIdentifierProvider, FilteredIdentifierProvider, HandleIdentifierProvider, VersionedHandleIdentifierProvider, VersionedHandleIdentifierProviderWithCanonicalHandles

public abstract class IdentifierProvider
extends Object

Author:

Fabio Bolognesi (fabio at atmire dot com), Mark Diggory (markd at atmire dot com), Ben Bosman (ben at atmire dot com)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected ConfigurationService	configurationService
protected IdentifierService	parentService

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
IdentifierProvider()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract void	delete(Context context, DSpaceObject dso)	Unbind this type of identifier(s) from an object.
abstract void	delete(Context context, DSpaceObject dso, String identifier)	Unbind the given identifier from an object.
abstract String	lookup(Context context, DSpaceObject object)	Return the identifier for a DSpaceObject.
abstract String	mint(Context context, DSpaceObject dso)	Create an identifier for a DSpaceObject.
abstract String	register(Context context, DSpaceObject item)	Create and apply an identifier to a DSpaceObject.
abstract void	register(Context context, DSpaceObject object, String identifier)	Create a specific identifier and apply it to an object.
abstract void	reserve(Context context, DSpaceObject dso, String identifier)	Set an object's identifier.
abstract DSpaceObject	resolve(Context context, String identifier, String... attributes)	Find the object named by a given identifier.
void	setConfigurationService(ConfigurationService configurationService)
void	setParentService(IdentifierService parentService)
abstract boolean	supports(Class<? extends Identifier> identifier)	Can this provider provide identifiers of a given type?
abstract boolean	supports(String identifier)	Can this provider provide identifiers of a given type?

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

parentService

protected IdentifierService parentService

configurationService

protected ConfigurationService configurationService

Constructor Detail

IdentifierProvider

public IdentifierProvider()

Method Detail

setConfigurationService

@Autowired(required=true)
public void setConfigurationService(ConfigurationService configurationService)

setParentService

public void setParentService(IdentifierService parentService)

supports

public abstract boolean supports(Class<? extends Identifier> identifier)

Can this provider provide identifiers of a given type?

Parameters:

identifier - requested type.

Returns:

true if the given type is assignable from this provider's type.

supports

public abstract boolean supports(String identifier)

Can this provider provide identifiers of a given type?

Parameters:

identifier - requested type.

Returns:

true if this provider can provide the named type of identifier.

register

public abstract String register(Context context,
                                DSpaceObject item)
                         throws IdentifierException

Create and apply an identifier to a DSpaceObject.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

item - object to be named.

Returns:

existing identifier of item if it has one, else a new identifier.

Throws:

IdentifierException - if identifier error

mint

public abstract String mint(Context context,
                            DSpaceObject dso)
                     throws IdentifierException

Create an identifier for a DSpaceObject.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

dso - object to be named.

Returns:

existing identifier of dso if it has one, else a new identifier.

Throws:

IdentifierException - if identifier error

resolve

public abstract DSpaceObject resolve(Context context,
                                     String identifier,
                                     String... attributes)
                              throws IdentifierNotFoundException,
                                     IdentifierNotResolvableException

Find the object named by a given identifier.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

identifier - to be resolved.

attributes - additional information for resolving identifier.

Returns:

the named object.

Throws:

IdentifierNotFoundException - if identifier not found

IdentifierNotResolvableException - if identifier not resolvable

lookup

public abstract String lookup(Context context,
                              DSpaceObject object)
                       throws IdentifierNotFoundException,
                              IdentifierNotResolvableException

Return the identifier for a DSpaceObject.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

object - The object to be looked up.

Returns:

identifier for object.

Throws:

IdentifierNotFoundException - if identifier not found

IdentifierNotResolvableException - if identifier not resolvable

delete

public abstract void delete(Context context,
                            DSpaceObject dso)
                     throws IdentifierException

Unbind this type of identifier(s) from an object.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

dso - object to lose its identity.

Throws:

IdentifierException - if identifier error

delete

public abstract void delete(Context context,
                            DSpaceObject dso,
                            String identifier)
                     throws IdentifierException

Unbind the given identifier from an object.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

dso - object to be de-identified.

identifier - to be removed.

Throws:

IdentifierException - if identifier error

reserve

public abstract void reserve(Context context,
                             DSpaceObject dso,
                             String identifier)
                      throws IdentifierException

Set an object's identifier.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

dso - object to be identified.

identifier - to be set on the object.

Throws:

IdentifierException - if identifier error

register

public abstract void register(Context context,
                              DSpaceObject object,
                              String identifier)
                       throws IdentifierException

Create a specific identifier and apply it to an object.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

object - to be identified.

identifier - to be created.

Throws:

IdentifierException - if identifier error