Package org.dspace.content

Class MetadataValue

java.lang.Object
org.dspace.content.MetadataValue
All Implemented Interfaces:
ReloadableEntity<Integer>
Direct Known Subclasses:
RelationshipMetadataValue
@Entity public class MetadataValue extends Object implements ReloadableEntity<Integer>
Database access class representing a Dublin Core metadata value. It represents a value of a given MetadataField on an Item. (The Item can have many values of the same field.) It contains element, qualifier, value and language. the field (which names the schema, element, and qualifier), language, and a value.
Author:
Martin Hald
See Also:

  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • getID

      public Integer getID()
      Get the field ID the metadata value represents.
      Specified by:
      getID in interface ReloadableEntity<Integer>
      Returns:
      metadata value ID

    • getDSpaceObject

      public DSpaceObject getDSpaceObject()
      Get the dspaceObject
      Returns:
      dspaceObject

    • setDSpaceObject

      public void setDSpaceObject(DSpaceObject dso)
      Set the dspaceObject ID.
      Parameters:
      dso - new dspaceObject ID

    • getLanguage

      public String getLanguage()
      Get the language (e.g. "en").
      Returns:
      language

    • setLanguage

      public void setLanguage(String language)
      Set the language (e.g. "en").
      Parameters:
      language - new language

    • getPlace

      public int getPlace()
      Get the place ordering.
      Returns:
      place ordering

    • setPlace

      public void setPlace(int place)
      Set the place ordering.
      Parameters:
      place - new place (relative order in series of values)

    • getMetadataField

      public MetadataField getMetadataField()

    • setMetadataField

      public void setMetadataField(MetadataField metadataField)

    • getMetadataFieldId

      protected Integer getMetadataFieldId()
      Returns:
      MetadataField#getID()

    • getValue

      public String getValue()
      Get the metadata value.
      Returns:
      metadata value

    • setValue

      public void setValue(String value)
      Set the metadata value
      Parameters:
      value - new metadata value

    • getAuthority

      public String getAuthority()
      Get the metadata authority
      Returns:
      metadata authority

    • setAuthority

      public void setAuthority(String value)
      Set the metadata authority
      Parameters:
      value - new metadata authority

    • getConfidence

      public int getConfidence()
      Get the metadata confidence
      Returns:
      metadata confidence

    • setConfidence

      public void setConfidence(int value)
      Set the metadata confidence
      Parameters:
      value - new metadata confidence

    • equals

      public boolean equals(Object obj)
      Return true if other is the same MetadataValue as this object, false otherwise
      Overrides:
      equals in class Object
      Parameters:
      obj - object to compare to
      Returns:
      true if object passed in represents the same MetadataValue as this object

    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class Object