Package org.dspace.app.util

Class CollectionDropDown

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.app.util.CollectionDropDown

public class CollectionDropDown
extends Object

Utility class for lists of collections.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	CollectionDropDown.CollectionPathEntry	A helper class to hold (collection, full path) pairs.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static CollectionDropDown.CollectionPathEntry[]	annotateWithPaths(Context context, List<Collection> collections)	Annotates an array of collections with their respective full paths (@see #collectionPath() method in this class).
static String	collectionPath(Context context, Collection col)	Get full path starting from a top-level community via subcommunities down to a collection.
static String	collectionPath(Context context, Collection col, int maxchars)	Get full path starting from a top-level community via subcommunities down to a collection.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

collectionPath

public static String collectionPath(Context context,
 Collection col)
                             throws SQLException

Get full path starting from a top-level community via subcommunities down to a collection. The full path will not be truncated.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

col - Get full path for this collection

Returns:

Full path to the collection

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

collectionPath

public static String collectionPath(Context context,
 Collection col,
 int maxchars)
                             throws SQLException

Get full path starting from a top-level community via subcommunities down to a collection. The full cat will be truncated to the specified number of characters and prepended with an ellipsis.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

col - Get full path for this collection

maxchars - Truncate the full path to maxchar characters. 0 means do not truncate.

Returns:

Full path to the collection (truncated)

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

annotateWithPaths

public static CollectionDropDown.CollectionPathEntry[] annotateWithPaths(Context context,
 List<Collection> collections)
                                                                  throws SQLException

Annotates an array of collections with their respective full paths (@see #collectionPath() method in this class).

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

collections - An array of collections to annotate with their hierarchical paths. The array and all its entries must be non-null.

Returns:

A sorted array of collection path entries (essentially collection/path pairs).

Throws:

SQLException - In case there are problems annotating a collection with its path.