org.dspace.app.xmlui.wing.element

Class Metadata

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.app.xmlui.wing.element.AbstractWingElement

org.dspace.app.xmlui.wing.element.Container

org.dspace.app.xmlui.wing.element.TextContainer

org.dspace.app.xmlui.wing.element.Metadata

All Implemented Interfaces:

MetadataElement, WingElement

public class Metadata
extends TextContainer
implements MetadataElement

This is a class representing an individual metadata field in pseudo-dublin core format. The metadata elements carries generic metadata information in the form of an attribute-value pair.

Author:

Scott Phillips

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	A_ELEMENT The name of the element attribute
static java.lang.String	A_LANGUAGE The name of the language attribute
static java.lang.String	A_QUALIFIER The name of the qualifier attribute
static java.lang.String	E_METADATA The name of the metadata element

Fields inherited from class org.dspace.app.xmlui.wing.element.Container

contents

Fields inherited from class org.dspace.app.xmlui.wing.element.AbstractWingElement

context

Fields inherited from interface org.dspace.app.xmlui.wing.element.MetadataElement

A_REPOSITORY_IDENTIFIER

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Metadata(WingContext context, java.lang.String element, java.lang.String qualifier, java.lang.String language, boolean allowMultiple) Construct a new metadata.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected boolean	allowMultiple() If an metadata with the same element, qualifier, and language exist within the document should this metadata element be added into the document or should only one metadata be allowed.
protected boolean	equals(java.lang.String element, java.lang.String qualifier, java.lang.String language) Determine if the given element, qualifier, and lang are equal to this metadata.
void	toSAX(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler contentHandler, org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler lexicalHandler, org.xml.sax.helpers.NamespaceSupport namespaces) Translate into SAX events.

Methods inherited from class org.dspace.app.xmlui.wing.element.TextContainer

addContent, addContent, addContent

Methods inherited from class org.dspace.app.xmlui.wing.element.Container

dispose

Methods inherited from class org.dspace.app.xmlui.wing.element.AbstractWingElement

endElement, endElement, getWingContext, greater, lesser, require, require, requireFalse, requireTrue, restrict, sendCharacters, setWingContext, startElement, startElement

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

E_METADATA

public static final java.lang.String E_METADATA

The name of the metadata element

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Constant Field Values

A_ELEMENT

public static final java.lang.String A_ELEMENT

The name of the element attribute

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Constant Field Values

A_QUALIFIER

public static final java.lang.String A_QUALIFIER

The name of the qualifier attribute

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Constant Field Values

A_LANGUAGE

public static final java.lang.String A_LANGUAGE

The name of the language attribute

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Metadata

protected Metadata(WingContext context,
        java.lang.String element,
        java.lang.String qualifier,
        java.lang.String language,
        boolean allowMultiple)
            throws WingException

Construct a new metadata.

Parameters:

element - (Required) The element of this metadata

qualifier - (May be null) The qualifier of this metadata

language - (May be null) The language of this metadata

allowMultiple - (Required) Are multiple metadata elements with the same element, qualifier, and language allowed?

Throws:

WingException

Method Detail

allowMultiple

protected boolean allowMultiple()

If an metadata with the same element, qualifier, and language exist within the document should this metadata element be added into the document or should only one metadata be allowed.

equals

protected boolean equals(java.lang.String element,
             java.lang.String qualifier,
             java.lang.String language)

Determine if the given element, qualifier, and lang are equal to this metadata.

Parameters:

element - (Required) The element of this metadata

qualifier - (May be null) The qualifier of this metadata

language - (May be null) The language of this metadata

Returns:

True if the given parameters are equal to this metadata.

toSAX

public void toSAX(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler contentHandler,
         org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler lexicalHandler,
         org.xml.sax.helpers.NamespaceSupport namespaces)
           throws org.xml.sax.SAXException

Translate into SAX events.

Specified by:

toSAX in interface WingElement

Overrides:

toSAX in class Container

Parameters:

contentHandler - (Required) The registered contentHandler where SAX events should be routed too.

lexicalHandler - (Required) The registered lexicalHandler where lexical events (such as CDATA, DTD, etc) should be routed too.

namespaces - (Required) SAX Helper class to keep track of namespaces able to determine the correct prefix for a given namespace URI.

Throws:

org.xml.sax.SAXException