Package org.dspace.app.suggestion

Class SuggestionUtils

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.app.suggestion.SuggestionUtils

public class SuggestionUtils
extends Object

This utility class provides convenient methods to deal with the ExternalDataObject for the purpose of the Suggestion framework

Author:

Andrea Bollini (andrea.bollini at 4science.it)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static List<String>	getAllEntriesByMetadatum(ExternalDataObject record, String metadataFieldKey)	This method receive an ExternalDataObject and a metadatum key.
static List<String>	getAllEntriesByMetadatum(ExternalDataObject record, String schema, String element, String qualifier)	This method receive an ExternalDataObject and a metadatum key.
static String	getFirstEntryByMetadatum(ExternalDataObject record, String metadataFieldKey)	This method receive and ExternalDataObject and a metadatum key.
static String	getFirstEntryByMetadatum(ExternalDataObject record, String schema, String element, String qualifier)	This method receive and ExternalDataObject and a metadatum key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

getAllEntriesByMetadatum

public static List<String> getAllEntriesByMetadatum(ExternalDataObject record,
 String schema,
 String element,
 String qualifier)

This method receive an ExternalDataObject and a metadatum key. It return only the values of the Metadata associated with the key.

Parameters:

record - the ExternalDataObject to extract metadata from

schema - schema of the searching record

element - element of the searching record

qualifier - qualifier of the searching record

Returns:

value of the first matching record

getAllEntriesByMetadatum

public static List<String> getAllEntriesByMetadatum(ExternalDataObject record,
 String metadataFieldKey)

This method receive an ExternalDataObject and a metadatum key. It return only the values of the Metadata associated with the key.

Parameters:

record - the ExternalDataObject to extract metadata from

metadataFieldKey - the metadata field key (i.e. dc.title or dc.contributor.author), the jolly char is not supported

Returns:

value of the first matching record

getFirstEntryByMetadatum

public static String getFirstEntryByMetadatum(ExternalDataObject record,
 String schema,
 String element,
 String qualifier)

This method receive and ExternalDataObject and a metadatum key. It return only the value of the first Metadatum from the list associated with the key.

Parameters:

record - the ExternalDataObject to extract metadata from

schema - schema of the searching record

element - element of the searching record

qualifier - qualifier of the searching record

Returns:

value of the first matching record

getFirstEntryByMetadatum

public static String getFirstEntryByMetadatum(ExternalDataObject record,
 String metadataFieldKey)

This method receive and ExternalDataObject and a metadatum key. It return only the value of the first Metadatum from the list associated with the key.

Parameters:

record - the ExternalDataObject to extract metadata from

metadataFieldKey - the metadata field key (i.e. dc.title or dc.contributor.author), the jolly char is not supported

Returns:

value of the first matching record