Item (XOAI : OAI-PMH Java Toolkit 3.4.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

ItemIdentifier
```
public interface Item
extends ItemIdentifier
```
This is a required class to extend when implementing a specific OAI Data Provider. It works as a wrapper for all OAI Items.

Version:

3.1.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`List<About>`	`getAbout()`	Most of the implementations would return an empty list.
`ItemMetadata`	`getMetadata()`	Metadata associated to the OAI-PMH Record.

Methods inherited from interface com.lyncode.xoai.dataprovider.data.ItemIdentifier
getDatestamp, getIdentifier, getSets, isDeleted

- Method Detail
  - getAbout
```
List<About> getAbout()
```
    Most of the implementations would return an empty list. Anyway, the OAI-PMH protocol establishes an about section for each item.
    
    Returns:
    
    List of information about the item (marshable information)
  - getMetadata
```
ItemMetadata getMetadata()
```
    Metadata associated to the OAI-PMH Record.
    
    Returns:
    
    Metadata associated to the OAI-PMH Record