eu.dnetlib.data.utility.objectpackaging.rmi

Interface ObjectPackagingService

All Superinterfaces:

BaseService

public interface ObjectPackagingService
extends BaseService

The Object Packaging Service is used to combine the records spread into one information package, namely an Object Record.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
W3CEndpointReference	generatePackages(List<W3CEndpointReference> eprs, String xpath_ID) Return the EPR of the resultSet containing the generated packages
W3CEndpointReference	splitPackages(W3CEndpointReference epr) Return the EPR of the resultSet containing the unpackaged element

Methods inherited from interface eu.dnetlib.common.rmi.BaseService

identify, notify, start

Method Detail

generatePackages

W3CEndpointReference generatePackages(List<W3CEndpointReference> eprs,
                                      String xpath_ID)
                               throws ObjectPackagingException

Return the EPR of the resultSet containing the generated packages

Parameters:

eprs - A list of EPRs used to access the input resultSets. ResultSets MUST be ordered using an order key identified by xpath_ID

xpath_ID - A valid xpath, used to access the ordered ID of the elements of the input resultSets.

Returns:

EPR of the generated resultset

Throws:

ObjectPackagingException

splitPackages

W3CEndpointReference splitPackages(W3CEndpointReference epr)
                            throws ObjectPackagingException

Return the EPR of the resultSet containing the unpackaged element

Parameters:

epr - The epr used to access the resultset that contains input packages, packages are xml record in this format: REC1REC2REC3

Returns:

EPR of the generated resultset

Throws:

ObjectPackagingException