org.dspace.app.bulkedit

Class MetadataExport

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.app.bulkedit.MetadataExport

public class MetadataExport
extends Object

Metadata exporter to allow the batch export of metadata into a file

Author:

Stuart Lewis

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MetadataExport(Context c, Community toExport, boolean exportAll) Method to export a community (and sub-communities and collections)
MetadataExport(Context c, ItemIterator toExport, boolean exportAll) Set up a new metadata export

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DSpaceCSV	export() Run the export
static void	main(String[] argv) main method to run the metadata exporter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MetadataExport

public MetadataExport(Context c,
                      ItemIterator toExport,
                      boolean exportAll)

Set up a new metadata export

Parameters:

c - The Context

toExport - The ItemIterator of items to export

exportAll - whether to export all metadata or not (include handle, provenance etc)

MetadataExport

public MetadataExport(Context c,
                      Community toExport,
                      boolean exportAll)

Method to export a community (and sub-communities and collections)

Parameters:

c - The Context

toExport - The Community to export

exportAll - whether to export all metadata or not (include handle, provenance etc)

Method Detail

export

public DSpaceCSV export()

Run the export

Returns:

the exported CSV lines

main

public static void main(String[] argv)
                 throws Exception

main method to run the metadata exporter

Parameters:

argv - the command line arguments given

Throws:

Exception