org.dspace.eperson

Class SubscribeCLITool

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.eperson.SubscribeCLITool

public class SubscribeCLITool
extends Object

CLI tool used for sending new item e-mail alerts to users

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Robert Tansley

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(String[] argv) Method for invoking subscriptions via the command line
static void	processDaily(Context context, boolean test) Process subscriptions.
static void	sendEmail(Context context, EPerson eperson, List<Collection> collections, boolean test) Sends an email to the given e-person with details of new items in the given collections, items that appeared yesterday.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

processDaily

public static void processDaily(Context context,
                                boolean test)
                         throws SQLException,
                                IOException

Process subscriptions. This must be invoked only once a day. Messages are only sent out when a collection has actually received new items, so that people's mailboxes are not clogged with many "no new items" mails.

Yesterday's newly available items are included. If this is run at for example midday, any items that have been made available during the current day will not be included, but will be included in the next day's run.

For example, if today's date is 2002-10-10 (in UTC) items made available during 2002-10-09 (UTC) will be included.

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace Context.

test - If true, do a "dry run", i.e. don't actually send email, just log the attempt

Throws:

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

IOException - A general class of exceptions produced by failed or interrupted I/O operations.

sendEmail

public static void sendEmail(Context context,
                             EPerson eperson,
                             List<Collection> collections,
                             boolean test)
                      throws IOException,
                             javax.mail.MessagingException,
                             SQLException

Sends an email to the given e-person with details of new items in the given collections, items that appeared yesterday. No e-mail is sent if there aren't any new items in any of the collections.

Parameters:

context - DSpace context object

eperson - eperson to send to

collections - List of collection IDs (Integers)

test - If true, do a "dry run", i.e. don't actually send email, just log the attempt

Throws:

IOException - A general class of exceptions produced by failed or interrupted I/O operations.

javax.mail.MessagingException - A general class of exceptions for sending email.

SQLException - An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.

main

public static void main(String[] argv)

Method for invoking subscriptions via the command line

Parameters:

argv - the command line arguments given