org.fcrepo.oai
Interface Record

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleRecord

public interface Record

Metadata expressed in a single format with a header and optional "about" data which is descriptive of the metadata (such as rights or provenance statements).

Author:

Chris Wilper

See Also:

http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/openarchivesprotocol.htm#Record

Method Summary

Set	getAbouts() Get the 'about' portions of the record.
Header	getHeader() Get the header portion of the record.
String	getMetadata() Get the metadata portion of the record.

Method Detail

getHeader

Header getHeader()

Get the header portion of the record.

getMetadata

String getMetadata()

Get the metadata portion of the record. This must be an xml chunk in which the W3C schema is identified by the root element's xsi:schemaLocation attribute. If getHeader().isAvailable() is false, this may be null.

getAbouts

Set getAbouts()

Get the 'about' portions of the record. There will be zero or more items in the resulting Set. These are descriptors of the metadata. These must be xml chunks in which the W3C schema is identified by the root element's xsi:schemaLocation attribute. If getHeader().isAvailable() is false, this may be null.