Package org.dspace.app.rest.utils

Class DSpaceObjectUtils

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.app.rest.utils.DSpaceObjectUtils

@Component
public class DSpaceObjectUtils
extends Object

Utility class providing methods to deal with generic DSpace Object of unknown type

Author:

Mykhaylo Boychuk (4science.it)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DSpaceObjectUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DSpaceObject	findDSpaceObject(Context context, UUID uuid)	Retrieve a DSpaceObject from its uuid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DSpaceObjectUtils

public DSpaceObjectUtils()

Method Details

findDSpaceObject

public DSpaceObject findDSpaceObject(Context context,
 UUID uuid)
                              throws SQLException

Retrieve a DSpaceObject from its uuid. As this method need to iterate over all the different services that support concrete class of DSpaceObject it has poor performance. Please consider the use of the direct service (ItemService, CommunityService, etc.) if you know in advance the type of DSpaceObject that you are looking for

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

uuid - the uuid to lookup

Returns:

the DSpaceObject if any with the supplied uuid

Throws:

SQLException