Package org.dspace.content

Interface RelationshipMetadataService

All Known Implementing Classes:
RelationshipMetadataServiceImpl
public interface RelationshipMetadataService
Interface used for the RelationshipMetadataServiceImpl This will define methods regarding the RelationshipMetadata

  • Method Details

    • getRelationshipMetadata

      List<RelationshipMetadataValue> getRelationshipMetadata(Item item, boolean enableVirtualMetadata)
      This method retrieves a list of MetadataValue objects that get constructed from processing the given Item's Relationships through the config given to the VirtualMetadataPopulator
      Parameters:
      item - The Item that will be processed through it's Relationships
      enableVirtualMetadata - This parameter will determine whether the list of Relationship metadata should be populated with metadata that is being generated through the VirtualMetadataPopulator functionality or not
      Returns:
      The list of MetadataValue objects constructed through the Relationships

    • findRelationshipMetadataValueForItemRelationship

      List<RelationshipMetadataValue> findRelationshipMetadataValueForItemRelationship(Context context, Item item, String entityType, Relationship relationship, boolean enableVirtualMetadata) throws SQLException
      Retrieves the list of RelationshipMetadataValue objects specific to only one Relationship of the item. This method processes one Relationship of an Item and will return a list of RelationshipMetadataValue objects that are generated for this specific relationship for the item through the config in VirtualMetadataPopulator It returns a combination of the output of the findVirtualMetadataFromConfiguration method and the getRelationMetadataFromOtherItem method.
      Parameters:
      context - The context
      item - The item whose virtual metadata is requested
      entityType - The entity type of the given item
      relationship - The relationship whose virtual metadata is requested
      enableVirtualMetadata - Determines whether the VirtualMetadataPopulator should be used. If false, only the relation."relationname" metadata is populated If true, fields from the spring config virtual metadata is included as well
      Returns:
      The list of virtual metadata values
      Throws:
      SQLException

    • getEntityTypeStringFromMetadata

      @Deprecated String getEntityTypeStringFromMetadata(Item item)
      Deprecated.
      use ItemService.getEntityTypeLabel(Item) instead.
      This method will retrieve the EntityType String from an item
      Parameters:
      item - The Item for which the entityType String will be returned
      Returns:
      A String value indicating the entityType