org.ceryle.xml
Class MetadataSynchronizer

java.lang.Object
  org.ceryle.xml.MetadataSynchronizer

public class MetadataSynchronizer
extends Object

Provided with a DOM Document representing an XHTML document, synchronizes with a set of supplied DCMI metadata, returning the modified Document.

Since:

JDK1.4

Version:

$Id: MetadataSynchronizer.java,v 3.8 2007-06-15 12:10:29 altheim Exp $

Author:

Murray Altheim

Field Summary

static String	ATTR_DC_Date_created
static String	ATTR_DC_Date_modified
static String	ATTR_DC_Identifier_version

Constructor Summary

MetadataSynchronizer()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	resolve(Map metadata, String name, String value1, String value2) Resolve the conflict between the first and second values for the given DC term name, modifying the provided Map accordingly.
Document	sync(Document doc, Map metadata) Processes the supplied DOM Document, returning the same Document following successful processing.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ATTR_DC_Date_created

public static final String ATTR_DC_Date_created

ATTR_DC_Date_modified

public static final String ATTR_DC_Date_modified

ATTR_DC_Identifier_version

public static final String ATTR_DC_Identifier_version

Constructor Detail

MetadataSynchronizer

public MetadataSynchronizer()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

sync

public Document sync(Document doc,
                     Map metadata)
              throws DocumentException

Processes the supplied DOM Document, returning the same Document following successful processing. If no changes are made, returns null. Any error will result in throwing a DocumentException.

Throws:

DocumentException

resolve

public boolean resolve(Map metadata,
                       String name,
                       String value1,
                       String value2)

Resolve the conflict between the first and second values for the given DC term name, modifying the provided Map accordingly. This is based on the following policies:

DC Term	Policy
DC.Title	TBD
DC.Creator	TBD
DC.Subject	TBD
DC.Description	TBD

Returns:

true if any change to the provided Map occurs