Package org.dspace.app.rest.converter

Class ItemConverter

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.app.rest.converter.DSpaceObjectConverter<org.dspace.content.Item,ItemRest>

org.dspace.app.rest.converter.ItemConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

DSpaceConverter<org.dspace.content.Item,ItemRest>, IndexableObjectConverter<org.dspace.content.Item,ItemRest>

@Component
public class ItemConverter
extends DSpaceObjectConverter<org.dspace.content.Item,ItemRest>
implements IndexableObjectConverter<org.dspace.content.Item,ItemRest>

This is the converter from/to the Item in the DSpace API data model and the REST data model

Author:

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ItemConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ItemRest	convert(org.dspace.content.Item obj, Projection projection)
Class<org.dspace.content.Item>	getModelClass()
MetadataValueList	getPermissionFilteredMetadata(org.dspace.core.Context context, org.dspace.content.Item obj)	Retrieves the metadata list filtered according to the hidden metadata configuration When the context is null, it will return the metadatalist as for an anonymous user Overrides the parent method to include virtual metadata
protected ItemRest	newInstance()
boolean	supportsModel(org.dspace.discovery.IndexableObject idxo)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ItemConverter

public ItemConverter()

Method Detail

convert

public ItemRest convert(org.dspace.content.Item obj,
                        Projection projection)

Specified by:

convert in interface DSpaceConverter<org.dspace.content.Item,ItemRest>

Overrides:

convert in class DSpaceObjectConverter<org.dspace.content.Item,ItemRest>

getPermissionFilteredMetadata

public MetadataValueList getPermissionFilteredMetadata(org.dspace.core.Context context,
                                                       org.dspace.content.Item obj)

Retrieves the metadata list filtered according to the hidden metadata configuration When the context is null, it will return the metadatalist as for an anonymous user Overrides the parent method to include virtual metadata

Overrides:

getPermissionFilteredMetadata in class DSpaceObjectConverter<org.dspace.content.Item,ItemRest>

Parameters:

context - The context

obj - The object of which the filtered metadata will be retrieved

Returns:

A list of object metadata (including virtual metadata) filtered based on the the hidden metadata configuration

newInstance

protected ItemRest newInstance()

Specified by:

newInstance in class DSpaceObjectConverter<org.dspace.content.Item,ItemRest>

getModelClass

public Class<org.dspace.content.Item> getModelClass()

Specified by:

getModelClass in interface DSpaceConverter<org.dspace.content.Item,ItemRest>

supportsModel

public boolean supportsModel(org.dspace.discovery.IndexableObject idxo)

Specified by:

supportsModel in interface IndexableObjectConverter<org.dspace.content.Item,ItemRest>

Parameters:

idxo - the IndexableObject to check

Returns:

true if the actual converter implementation is able to manage the supplied IndexableObject