org.dspace.app.xmlui.utils
Class HandleUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.dspace.app.xmlui.utils.HandleUtil

public class HandleUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Simple utility class for extracting handles.

Author:

Scott Phillips

Field Summary

protected static java.lang.String	DSPACE_OBJECT
protected static java.lang.String	HANDLE_PREFIX The URL prefix of all handle

Constructor Summary

HandleUtil()

Method Summary

static void	buildHandleTrail(DSpaceObject dso, PageMeta pageMeta, java.lang.String contextPath) Build a list of trail metadata starting with the owning collection and ending with the root level parent.
static boolean	inheritsFrom(DSpaceObject dso, java.lang.String parent) Determine if the given DSO is an ancestor of the the parent handle.
static DSpaceObject	obtainHandle(java.util.Map objectModel) Obtain the current DSpace handle for the specified request.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

HANDLE_PREFIX

protected static final java.lang.String HANDLE_PREFIX

The URL prefix of all handle

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Constant Field Values

DSPACE_OBJECT

protected static final java.lang.String DSPACE_OBJECT

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

HandleUtil

public HandleUtil()

Method Detail

obtainHandle

public static DSpaceObject obtainHandle(java.util.Map objectModel)
                                 throws java.sql.SQLException

Obtain the current DSpace handle for the specified request.

Parameters:

objectModel - The cocoon model.

Returns:

A DSpace handle, or null if none found.

Throws:

java.sql.SQLException

inheritsFrom

public static boolean inheritsFrom(DSpaceObject dso,
                                   java.lang.String parent)
                            throws java.sql.SQLException

Determine if the given DSO is an ancestor of the the parent handle.

Parameters:

dso - The child DSO object.

parent - The Handle to test against.

Returns:

The matched DSO object or null if none found.

Throws:

java.sql.SQLException

buildHandleTrail

public static void buildHandleTrail(DSpaceObject dso,
                                    PageMeta pageMeta,
                                    java.lang.String contextPath)
                             throws java.sql.SQLException,
                                    WingException

Build a list of trail metadata starting with the owning collection and ending with the root level parent. If the Object is an item the item is not included but all it's parents are. However if the item is a community or collection then it is included along with all parents.

Parameters:

dso -

pageMeta -

Throws:

java.sql.SQLException

WingException