thredds.cataloggen
Interface DatasetEnhancer

All Known Implementing Classes:

RegExpAndDurationTimeCoverageEnhancer

public interface DatasetEnhancer

An interface to allow for enhancing of InvDatasets.

Since:

Dec 1, 2005 9:29:18 PM

Author:

edavis

Method Summary

boolean	addMetadata(InvDataset dataset, CrawlableDataset crDataset) Add metadata to the given InvDataset possibly using information from the corresponding CrawlableDataset.
Object	getConfigObject() Return the configuration object.

Method Detail

addMetadata

boolean addMetadata(InvDataset dataset,
                    CrawlableDataset crDataset)

Add metadata to the given InvDataset possibly using information from the corresponding CrawlableDataset.

Parameters:

dataset - the InvDataset to enhance with additional metadata.

crDataset - the CrawlableDataset that corresponds with the given InvDataset, possibly used to gather information not available from the InvDataset.

Returns:

true if the InvDataset is successfully enhanced, otherwise false.

getConfigObject

Object getConfigObject()

Return the configuration object.

Returns:

the configuration Object (may be null).