source: main/trunk/greenstone3/src/java/org/greenstone/gsdl3/core/OAIReceptionist.java@ 32892

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package org.greenstone.gsdl3.core;

import org.greenstone.gsdl3.util.*;
import org.greenstone.gsdl3.action.*;
// XML classes
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

// other java classes
import java.io.File;
import java.util.*;

import org.apache.log4j.*;

/** a Receptionist, used for oai metadata response xml generation.
 * This receptionist talks to the message router directly, 
 * instead of via any action, hence no action map is needed.
 * @see the basic Receptionist
 */
public class OAIReceptionist implements ModuleInterface {
  
  static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(org.greenstone.gsdl3.core.OAIReceptionist.class.getName());
  
  /** Instead of a config_params object, only a site_name is needed by oai receptionist. */
  protected String site_name = null;
  /** The unique  repository identifier */
  protected String repository_id = null;
      
  /** the configure file of this receptionist passed from the oai servlet. */
  protected Element oai_config = null;

  /** contained in the OAIConfig.xml deciding whether the resumptionToken should be in use */
  protected int resume_after = -1 ;
  
  /** the message router that the Receptionist and Actions will talk to */
  protected ModuleInterface mr = null;
  
  // Some of the data/responses will not change while the servlet is running, so
  // we can cache them
  
  /** A list of all the collections available to this OAI server */
  protected Element collection_list = null;
  /** a vector of the names, for convenience */
  protected Vector<String> collection_name_list = null;
  /** a vector to be maintained in parallel to Vector collection_name_list in terms of adds/removes.
   * This is a list of Integers that denote whether the associated collection in collection_name_list is currently ACTIVE or DEACTIVATED.
   * The state for any collection can be changed when the building folder is moved to index during rebuilding, before and after which
   * activateOrDeactivateCollection() here is called to deactivate a collection and then activate it again, respectively.
   * Can't make collection_name_list a HashMap, since a map's keys are unique (i.e. a Set) whereas collection_name_list is a Vector.   
   * I've confirmed that collection_name_list is specifically a list of OAI collection names, not non-OAI collections.
  */
  protected Vector<Integer> collection_state_list = null;
  /** Possible states for a collection.
    * NOTE: Being done with Integer instead of int because they're put into Vectors and they can only contain Objects not primitive data types.
  */
  protected static final Integer DEACTIVATED = new Integer(0);
  protected static final Integer ACTIVE = new Integer(1);
  
  /** If this is true, then there are no OAI enabled collections, so can always return noRecordsMatch (after validating the request params) */
  protected boolean noRecordsMatch = false;
      
  /** A set of all known 'sets'. */
  protected HashSet<String> set_oaiset = null;

  protected boolean has_super_colls = false;
  /** a hash of super set-> collection list */
  protected HashMap<String, Vector<String>> super_coll_map = null;
  /** store the super coll elements for convenience */
  HashMap<String, Element> super_coll_data = null;
  /** store the metadata formats ??????*/
  /** The identify response */
  protected Element identify_response = null;
  /** The list set response */
  protected Element listsets_response = null;
  /** the list metadata formats response */
  protected Element listmetadataformats_response = null;
  
  public OAIReceptionist() {

  }
  
  public void cleanUp() {
    if (this.mr != null) {
      
      this.mr.cleanUp();
    }
    OAIResumptionToken.saveTokensToFile();
  }
  
  public void setSiteName(String site_name) {
    this.site_name = site_name;
  }
  /** sets the message router  - it should already be created and
   * configured in the init() of a servlet (OAIServer, for example) before being passed to the receptionist*/
  public void setMessageRouter(ModuleInterface mr) {
    this.mr = mr;
  }
  
  /** configures the receptionist */
  public boolean configure(Element config) {
    
    if (this.mr==null) {
      logger.error(" message routers must be set before calling oai configure");
      return false;
    }
    if (config == null) {
      logger.error(" oai configure file is null");
      return false;
    }
    oai_config = config;
    resume_after = getResumeAfter();
    
    repository_id = getRepositoryIdentifier(); 
    configureSuperSetInfo();
    if (!configureSetInfo()) {
      // there are no sets
      logger.error("No sets (collections) available for OAI");
      return false;
    }

    // load in tokens from OAIResumptionToken.xml, and then clear out any
    // expired ones. 
    OAIResumptionToken.init();
    OAIResumptionToken.clearExpiredTokens();
    
    return true;
  }

  // assuming that sets are static. If collections change then the servlet 
  // should be restarted.
  private boolean configureSuperSetInfo() {
    // do we have any super colls listed in web/WEB-INF/classes/OAIConfig.xml?
    // Will be like 
    // <oaiSuperSet>
    //   <SetSpec>xxx</SetSpec>
    //   <setName>xxx</SetName>
    //   <SetDescription>xxx</setDescription>
    // </oaiSuperSet>
    // The super set is listed in OAIConfig, and collections themselves state
    // whether they are part of the super set or not.
    NodeList super_coll_list = this.oai_config.getElementsByTagName(OAIXML.OAI_SUPER_SET);
    this.super_coll_data = new HashMap<String, Element>();
    if (super_coll_list.getLength() > 0) {
      this.has_super_colls = true;
      for (int i=0; i<super_coll_list.getLength(); i++) {
    Element super_coll = (Element)super_coll_list.item(i);
    Element set_spec = (Element)GSXML.getChildByTagName(super_coll, OAIXML.SET_SPEC);
    if (set_spec != null) {
      String name = GSXML.getNodeText(set_spec);
      if (!name.equals("")) {
        this.super_coll_data.put(name, super_coll);
        logger.info("adding in super coll "+name);
      }
    }
      }
    
      if (this.super_coll_data.size()==0) {
    this.has_super_colls = false;
      }
    }
    if (this.has_super_colls == true) {
      this.super_coll_map = new HashMap<String, Vector<String>>();
    }
    return true;
    
  }
  private boolean configureSetInfo() {
    this.set_oaiset = new HashSet<String>();

    // First, we get a list of all the OAI enabled collections
    // We get this by sending a listSets request to the MR
    Document doc = XMLConverter.newDOM();
    Element message = doc.createElement(GSXML.MESSAGE_ELEM);
    
    Element request = GSXML.createBasicRequest(doc, OAIXML.OAI_SET_LIST, "", null);
    message.appendChild(request);
    Node msg_node = mr.process(message);
    
    if (msg_node == null) {
      logger.error("returned msg_node from mr is null");
      return false;
    }
    Element resp = (Element)GSXML.getChildByTagName(msg_node, GSXML.RESPONSE_ELEM);
    Element coll_list = (Element)GSXML.getChildByTagName(resp, GSXML.COLLECTION_ELEM + GSXML.LIST_MODIFIER);
    if (coll_list == null) {
      logger.error("coll_list is null");
      return false;
    }

    this.collection_list = (Element)doc.importNode(coll_list, true);

    // go through and store a list of collection names for convenience
    // also create a 'to' attribute for the next request to the MR, which
    // is a ListSets request to each collection
    Node child = this.collection_list.getFirstChild();
    if (child == null) {
      logger.error("collection list has no children");
      noRecordsMatch = true;
      return false;
    }
    
    this.collection_name_list = new Vector<String>();
    this.collection_state_list = new Vector<Integer>();
    StringBuffer to = new StringBuffer();
    boolean first = true;
    while (child != null) {
      if (child.getNodeName().equals(GSXML.COLLECTION_ELEM)) {
    String coll_id =((Element) child).getAttribute(GSXML.NAME_ATT);
    this.collection_name_list.add(coll_id);
    this.collection_state_list.add(ACTIVE); // collections start out active (they get activated during configuring) until deactivation takes place
    if (!first) {
      to.append(',');
    }
    first = false;
    to.append(coll_id+"/"+OAIXML.LIST_SETS);
      }
      child = child.getNextSibling();
    }
    if (first) {
      // we haven't found any collections
      logger.error("found no collection elements in collectionList");
      noRecordsMatch = true;
      return false;
    }
    Document listsets_doc = XMLConverter.newDOM();
    Element listsets_element = listsets_doc.createElement(OAIXML.LIST_SETS);
    this.listsets_response = getMessage(listsets_doc, listsets_element);
    
    // Now, for each collection, get a list of all its sets
    // might include subsets (classifiers) or super colls
    // We'll reuse the first message, changing its type and to atts
    request.setAttribute(GSXML.TYPE_ATT, "");
    request.setAttribute(GSXML.TO_ATT, to.toString());
    // send to MR
    msg_node = mr.process(message);
    //logger.info("*** " + XMLConverter.getPrettyString(msg_node));
    NodeList response_list =  ((Element)msg_node).getElementsByTagName(GSXML.RESPONSE_ELEM);
    for (int c=0; c<response_list.getLength(); c++) {
      // for each collection's response
      Element response = (Element)response_list.item(c);
      String coll_name = GSPath.getFirstLink(response.getAttribute(GSXML.FROM_ATT));
      logger.info("*** coll from response "+coll_name);
      NodeList set_list = response.getElementsByTagName(OAIXML.SET);
      for (int j=0; j<set_list.getLength(); j++) {
    // now check if it a super collection
    Element set = (Element)set_list.item(j);
    String set_spec = GSXML.getNodeText((Element)GSXML.getChildByTagName(set, OAIXML.SET_SPEC));
    logger.info("*** set spec = "+set_spec);
    // this may change if we add site name back in
    // setSpecs will be collname or collname:subset or supercollname
    if (set_spec.indexOf(":")==-1 && ! set_spec.equals(coll_name)) {
      // it must be a super coll spec
      logger.info("*** found super coll, "+set_spec);
      // check that it is a valid one from config
      if (this.has_super_colls == true && this.super_coll_data.containsKey(set_spec)) {
        Vector <String> subcolls = this.super_coll_map.get(set_spec);
        if (subcolls == null) {
          logger.info("*** it's new!!");
          // not in there yet
          subcolls = new Vector<String>();
          this.set_oaiset.add(set_spec);
          this.super_coll_map.put(set_spec, subcolls);
          // the first time a supercoll is mentioned, add into the set list
          logger.info("*** finding the set info "+XMLConverter.getPrettyString(this.super_coll_data.get(set_spec)));
          listsets_element.appendChild(GSXML.duplicateWithNewName(listsets_doc, this.super_coll_data.get(set_spec), OAIXML.SET, true));
        }
        // add this collection to the list for the super coll
        subcolls.add(coll_name);
      }
    } else { // its either the coll itself or a subcoll
      // add in the set
      listsets_element.appendChild(listsets_doc.importNode(set, true));
      this.set_oaiset.add(set_spec);
    }
      } // for each set in the collection
    } // for each OAI enabled collection
    
    return true;
  }

  protected void resetMessageRouter() {
    // we just need to send a configure request to MR
    Document doc = XMLConverter.newDOM();
    Element mr_request_message = doc.createElement(GSXML.MESSAGE_ELEM);
    Element mr_request = GSXML.createBasicRequest(doc, GSXML.REQUEST_TYPE_SYSTEM, "", null);
    mr_request_message.appendChild(mr_request);
    
    Element system = doc.createElement(GSXML.SYSTEM_ELEM);
    mr_request.appendChild(system);
    system.setAttribute(GSXML.TYPE_ATT, GSXML.SYSTEM_TYPE_CONFIGURE);

    Element response = (Element) this.mr.process(mr_request_message);
    logger.info("*** configure response = "+XMLConverter.getPrettyString(response));
  }
  
  protected boolean activateOrDeactivateCollection(String collName, int activationState) {
    // Send a request like: a=s&sa=<a|d>&st=collection&sn=<collName>
    Document doc = XMLConverter.newDOM();
    Element mr_request_message = doc.createElement(GSXML.MESSAGE_ELEM);
    Element mr_request = GSXML.createBasicRequest(doc, GSXML.REQUEST_TYPE_SYSTEM, "", null);
    mr_request_message.appendChild(mr_request);
    
    Element system = doc.createElement(GSXML.SYSTEM_ELEM);
    mr_request.appendChild(system);
    if(activationState == OAIXML.ACTIVATION) {
        system.setAttribute(GSXML.TYPE_ATT, GSXML.SYSTEM_TYPE_ACTIVATE);
    } else {
        system.setAttribute(GSXML.TYPE_ATT, GSXML.SYSTEM_TYPE_DEACTIVATE);
    }
    system.setAttribute(GSXML.SYSTEM_MODULE_TYPE_ATT, GSXML.COLLECTION_ELEM);
    system.setAttribute(GSXML.SYSTEM_MODULE_NAME_ATT, collName);

    Element response = (Element) this.mr.process(mr_request_message);
    logger.info("*** (de)activate response = "+XMLConverter.getPrettyString(response));
    
    boolean success = false;
    NodeList elements = response.getElementsByTagName(GSXML.STATUS_ELEM);
    if(elements.getLength() <= 0) {
        logger.error("***** No result status");
        return false;
    }
    
    String result = GSXML.getNodeText((Element)elements.item(0));
    if(result.contains("could not be")) { // could not be (de)activated
        return false;
    } else {
        // the collection's state has successfully been set to the requested activationState (be it ACTIVE or DEACTIVATED)
        Integer changedState = (activationState == OAIXML.ACTIVATION) ? ACTIVE : DEACTIVATED;
        int index = this.collection_name_list.indexOf(collName); // TODO: Check that whatever collname passed in by servercontrol.pm is fully qualified, to account for super/sub collections.
        if(index != -1) { // shouldn't be? since startup never calls this method. This method is only called when building an existing collection?
            this.collection_state_list.set(index, changedState);
        } else {
            logger.error("@@@@ index == -1, could not find collection " + collName +  " in collection_name_list");
        }   
        return true;
    }
  }
      
  /** process using strings - just calls process using Elements */
  public String process(String xml_in) {
    
    Node message_node = XMLConverter.getDOM(xml_in);
    Node page = process(message_node);
    return XMLConverter.getString(page);
  }

  //Compose a message/response element used to send back to the OAIServer servlet. 
  //This method is only used within OAIReceptionist
  private Element getMessage(Document doc, Element e) {
    Element msg = doc.createElement(GSXML.MESSAGE_ELEM);
    Element response = doc.createElement(GSXML.RESPONSE_ELEM);
    msg.appendChild(response);
    response.appendChild(e);
    return msg;
  }

  /** process - produce xml data in response to a request
   * if something goes wrong, it returns null -
   */
  public Node process(Node message_node) {
    logger.info("*** OAIReceptionist received request");

    Element message = GSXML.nodeToElement(message_node);
    logger.info("*** " + XMLConverter.getString(message));

    // check that its a correct message tag
    if (!message.getTagName().equals(GSXML.MESSAGE_ELEM)) {
      logger.error(" Invalid message. GSDL message should start with <"+GSXML.MESSAGE_ELEM+">, instead it starts with:"+message.getTagName()+".");
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_ARGUMENT, "Internal messaging error");
    }
   
    // get the request out of the message - assume that there is only one
    Element request = (Element)GSXML.getChildByTagName(message, GSXML.REQUEST_ELEM);
    if (request == null) {
      logger.error(" message had no request!");
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_ARGUMENT, "Internal messaging error");
    }

    // Special cases: certain non-OAI commands/non-verbs are recognised
    // special case, reset=true for reloading the MR and recept data
    String reset = request.getAttribute("reset");
    if (!reset.equals("")) {
      resetMessageRouter();
      configureSetInfo();
      return OAIXML.createResetResponse(true);
    }
    
    // special case 2: activate=<collname> or deactivate=<collname> can be passed to oaiserver servlet too
    if (request.hasAttribute(GSXML.SYSTEM_TYPE_ACTIVATE)) {     
        String collname = request.getAttribute(GSXML.SYSTEM_TYPE_ACTIVATE);
        // don't bother activating if it's not an OAI collection
        if (!this.collection_name_list.contains(collname)) {
            return OAIXML.createDeActivationOfNonOAICollResponse(OAIXML.ACTIVATION, collname);
        }
        boolean success = activateOrDeactivateCollection(collname, OAIXML.ACTIVATION);
        return OAIXML.createActivationStateResponse(success, OAIXML.ACTIVATION, collname);
    } else if (request.hasAttribute(GSXML.SYSTEM_TYPE_DEACTIVATE)) {
        String collname = request.getAttribute(GSXML.SYSTEM_TYPE_DEACTIVATE);
        // don't bother deactivating if it's not an OAI collection
        if (!this.collection_name_list.contains(collname)) {
            return OAIXML.createDeActivationOfNonOAICollResponse(OAIXML.DEACTIVATION, collname);
        }
        boolean success = activateOrDeactivateCollection(collname, OAIXML.DEACTIVATION);
        return OAIXML.createActivationStateResponse(success, OAIXML.DEACTIVATION, collname);
    }
    
    //At this stage, the value of 'to' attribute of the request must be the 'verb'
    //The only thing that the oai receptionist can be sure is that these verbs are valid, nothing else.
    String verb = request.getAttribute(GSXML.TO_ATT);
    if (verb.equals(OAIXML.IDENTIFY)) {
      return doIdentify();
    }
    if (verb.equals(OAIXML.LIST_METADATA_FORMATS)) {
      return doListMetadataFormats(request);
    }
    if (verb.equals(OAIXML.LIST_SETS)) {
      // we have composed the list sets response on init
      // Note this means that list sets never uses resumption tokens
      return this.listsets_response; 
    }
    if (verb.equals(OAIXML.GET_RECORD)) {
      return doGetRecord(request);
    }
    if (verb.equals(OAIXML.LIST_IDENTIFIERS)) {
      return doListIdentifiersOrRecords(request,OAIXML.LIST_IDENTIFIERS , OAIXML.HEADER);
    }
    if (verb.equals(OAIXML.LIST_RECORDS)) {
      return doListIdentifiersOrRecords(request, OAIXML.LIST_RECORDS, OAIXML.RECORD);
    }
    // should never get here as verbs were checked in OAIServer
    return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_VERB, "Unexpected things happened");
    
  }


  private int getResumeAfter() {
    Element resume_after = (Element)GSXML.getChildByTagName(oai_config, OAIXML.RESUME_AFTER);
    if(resume_after != null) return Integer.parseInt(GSXML.getNodeText(resume_after));
    return -1;
  }
  private String getRepositoryIdentifier() {
    Element ri = (Element)GSXML.getChildByTagName(oai_config, OAIXML.REPOSITORY_IDENTIFIER);
    if (ri != null) { 
      return GSXML.getNodeText(ri);
    }
    return "";
  }


  /** if the param_map contains strings other than those in valid_strs, return false;
   *  otherwise true.
   */
  private boolean areAllParamsValid(HashMap<String, String> param_map, HashSet<String> valid_strs) {
    ArrayList<String> param_list = new ArrayList<String>(param_map.keySet());
    for(int i=0; i<param_list.size(); i++) {
      logger.info("*** param, key =  "+param_list.get(i)+", value = "+param_map.get(param_list.get(i)));
      if (valid_strs.contains(param_list.get(i)) == false) {
        return false;
      }
    }
    return true;
  }

  private Element doListIdentifiersOrRecords(Element req, String verb, String record_type) {
    // options: from, until, set, metadataPrefix, resumptionToken
    // exceptions: badArgument, badResumptionToken, cannotDisseminateFormat, noRecordMatch, and noSetHierarchy
    HashSet<String> valid_strs = new HashSet<String>();
    valid_strs.add(OAIXML.FROM);
    valid_strs.add(OAIXML.UNTIL);
    valid_strs.add(OAIXML.SET);
    valid_strs.add(OAIXML.METADATA_PREFIX);
    valid_strs.add(OAIXML.RESUMPTION_TOKEN);
    
    Document result_doc = XMLConverter.newDOM();
    Element result_element = result_doc.createElement(verb);
    boolean result_token_needed = false; // does this result need to include a
    // resumption token

    NodeList params = GSXML.getChildrenByTagName(req, GSXML.PARAM_ELEM);

    HashMap<String, String> param_map = GSXML.getParamMap(params); 
    
    // are all the params valid?
    if (!areAllParamsValid(param_map, valid_strs)) {
      logger.error("One of the params is invalid");
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_ARGUMENT, "There was an invalid parameter");
      // TODO, need to tell the user which one was invalid ??
    }     
    
    // Do we have a resumption token??
    String token = null;
    String from = null;
    String until = null;
    boolean set_requested = false;
    String set_spec_str = null;
    String prefix_value = null;
    int cursor = 0;
    int current_cursor = 0;
    String current_set = null;
    long initial_time = 0;
    
    int total_size = -1; // we are only going to set this in resumption 
    // token if it is easy to work out, i.e. not sending extra requests to
    // MR just to calculate total size

    if(param_map.containsKey(OAIXML.RESUMPTION_TOKEN)) {
      // Is it an error to have other arguments? Do we need to check to make sure that resumptionToken is the only arg??
      // validate resumptionToken
      token = param_map.get(OAIXML.RESUMPTION_TOKEN);
      logger.info("has resumptionToken " + token);
      if(OAIResumptionToken.isValidToken(token) == false) {
    logger.error("token is not valid");
        return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_RESUMPTION_TOKEN, "");
      }
      result_token_needed = true; // we always need to send a token back if we have started with one. It may be empty if we are returning the end of the list
      // initialise the request params from the stored token data
      HashMap<String, String> token_data = OAIResumptionToken.getTokenData(token);
      from = token_data.get(OAIXML.FROM);
      until = token_data.get(OAIXML.UNTIL);
      set_spec_str = token_data.get(OAIXML.SET);
      if (set_spec_str != null) {
    set_requested = true;
      }
      prefix_value = token_data.get(OAIXML.METADATA_PREFIX);
      current_set = token_data.get(OAIResumptionToken.CURRENT_SET);
      try {
    cursor = Integer.parseInt(token_data.get(OAIXML.CURSOR));
    cursor = cursor + resume_after; // increment cursor
    current_cursor = Integer.parseInt(token_data.get(OAIResumptionToken.CURRENT_CURSOR));
    initial_time = Long.parseLong(token_data.get(OAIResumptionToken.INITIAL_TIME));
      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
    logger.error("tried to parse int from cursor data and failed");
      }
      
      // check that the collections/sets haven't changed since the token was issued
      if (collectionsChangedSinceTime(set_spec_str, initial_time)) {
    logger.error("one of the collections in set "+set_spec_str+" has changed since token issued. Expiring the token");
    OAIResumptionToken.expireToken(token);
    return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_RESUMPTION_TOKEN, "Repository data has changed since this token was issued. Resend original request");
      }
    }
    else {
      // no resumption token, lets check the other params
      // there must be a metadataPrefix
      if (!param_map.containsKey(OAIXML.METADATA_PREFIX)) {
    logger.error("metadataPrefix param required");
    return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_ARGUMENT, "metadataPrefix param required");
      }

      //if there are any date params, check they're of the right format
      Date from_date = null;
      Date until_date = null;

      from = param_map.get(OAIXML.FROM);
      if(from != null) {    
    from_date = OAIXML.getDate(from);
    if(from_date == null) {
      logger.error("invalid date: " + from);
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_ARGUMENT, "invalid format for "+ OAIXML.FROM);
    }
      }
      until = param_map.get(OAIXML.UNTIL);
      if(until != null) {   
    until_date = OAIXML.getDate(until);
    if(until_date == null) {
      logger.error("invalid date: " + until);
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_ARGUMENT, "invalid format for "+ OAIXML.UNTIL);
    } 
      }    

      if(from != null && until != null) { // check they are of the same date-time format (granularity)
    if(from.length() != until.length()) {
      logger.error("The request has different granularities (date-time formats) for the From and Until date parameters.");
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_ARGUMENT, "The request has different granularities (date-time formats) for the From and Until date parameters.");
    }

    if(from_date.compareTo(until_date) > 0) { // from date can't be later than until date
        return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.NO_RECORDS_MATCH, "");
    }
      }
      
      if(until_date != null) {
      
      // Also call until_date.compareTo(earliestdatestamp) as the until date can't precede the earliest timestamp
      // Unfortunately, this test has to be done after the granularity test
      // compareTo() returns the value 0 if the argument Date is equal to this Date; a value less than 0 if this Date is before 
      // the Date argument; and a value greater than 0 if this Date is after the Date argument.    
      long earliestDatestamp = getEarliestDateStamp(collection_list);
      String earliestDatestamp_str = OAIXML.getTime(earliestDatestamp);
      Date earliestDatestamp_date = OAIXML.getDate(earliestDatestamp_str);
      
      if(until_date.compareTo(earliestDatestamp_date) < 0) {
          return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.NO_RECORDS_MATCH, "");
      }
      }
      
  
      // check the set arg is a set we know about
      set_requested = param_map.containsKey(OAIXML.SET);
      set_spec_str = null;
      if(set_requested == true) {
    set_spec_str = param_map.get(OAIXML.SET);
    if (!this.set_oaiset.contains(set_spec_str)) {
      // the set is not one we know about
      logger.error("requested set is not found in this repository");
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_ARGUMENT, "invalid set parameter");   
      
    }
      }
      // Is the metadataPrefix arg one this repository supports?
      prefix_value = param_map.get(OAIXML.METADATA_PREFIX);
      if (repositorySupportsMetadataPrefix(prefix_value) == false) {
    logger.error("requested metadataPrefix is not found in OAIConfig.xml");
    return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.CANNOT_DISSEMINATE_FORMAT, "metadata format "+prefix_value+" not supported by this repository");
      }
      
    } // else no resumption token, check other params    
    
    // Whew. Now we have validated the params, we can work on doing the actual
    // request


    Document doc = XMLConverter.newDOM();
    Element mr_msg = doc.createElement(GSXML.MESSAGE_ELEM);
    Element mr_req = doc.createElement(GSXML.REQUEST_ELEM);
    // TODO does this need a type???
    mr_msg.appendChild(mr_req);

    // copy in the from/until params if there
    if (from != null) {
      mr_req.appendChild(GSXML.createParameter(doc, OAIXML.FROM, from));
    }
    if (until != null) {
      mr_req.appendChild(GSXML.createParameter(doc, OAIXML.UNTIL, until));
    }
    // add metadataPrefix
    mr_req.appendChild(GSXML.createParameter(doc, OAIXML.METADATA_PREFIX, prefix_value));
    
    // do we have a set???
    // if no set, we send to all collections in the collection list
    // if super set, we send to all collections in super set list
    // if a single collection, send to it
    // if a subset, send to the collection
    Vector<String> current_coll_list = getCollectionListForSet(set_spec_str); // return value is now safe to modify such as with .remove() operations
    boolean single_collection = false;
    if (current_coll_list.size() == 1) {
      single_collection = true;
      
      // now handle any deactivated OAI collections. OAI collections can be deactivated briefly during build, when the building folder gets moved to index
      String collName = current_coll_list.get(0); //set_spec_str;
      
      int index = collection_name_list.indexOf(collName);
      if(collection_state_list.get(index).equals(DEACTIVATED)) {
         // forced to send this as an OAI error message, since the XML output is of OAI schema
         // and has to match http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/OAI-PMH.xsd, which has no info message
        //return OAIXML.createCollectionDeactivatedMessage(collName); 
        String errorCode = (record_type.equals(OAIXML.RECORD)) ? OAIXML.NO_RECORDS_MATCH : OAIXML.ID_DOES_NOT_EXIST; // GetRecords vs GetIdentifiers request
        return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(errorCode, "OAI collection " + collName + " is temporarily inactive. Likely it's in the final stages of being rebuilt. Check back shortly.");
      }     
    } else {
        
        for(int i = 0; i < collection_name_list.size(); i++) {          
            if(collection_state_list.get(i).equals(DEACTIVATED)) {
                String collName = collection_name_list.get(i);
                // remove from the list of collections for which we're going to get identifiers/records
                // so we won't get identifiers/records for any deactivated collections
                current_coll_list.remove(collName);             
            }           
        }
        
        // Have we 0 active OAI collections?
        if (current_coll_list.size() == 0) {
            // 0 collections are active, but (the remaining one) would have been deactivated, not other reason
            String errorCode = (record_type.equals(OAIXML.RECORD)) ? OAIXML.NO_RECORDS_MATCH : OAIXML.ID_DOES_NOT_EXIST; // GetRecords vs GetIdentifiers request
            return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(errorCode, "OAI collections temporarily inactive. Likely because of (a) collection rebuilding. Check back shortly.");
        }
    }
    if (set_spec_str != null && set_spec_str.indexOf(":") != -1) {
      // we have a subset - add the set param back in
      mr_req.appendChild(GSXML.createParameter(doc, OAIXML.SET, set_spec_str));
    }

    int num_collected_records = 0;
    int start_point = current_cursor; // may not be 0 if we are using a resumption token
    String resumption_collection = "";
    boolean empty_result_token = false; // if we are sending the last part of a list, then the token value will be empty
    
    // iterate through the list of collections and send the request to each

    int start_coll=0;
    if (current_set != null) {
      // we are resuming a previous request, need to locate the first collection
      for (int i=0; i<current_coll_list.size(); i++) {
    if (current_set.equals(current_coll_list.get(i))) {
      start_coll = i;
      break;
    }
      }
    }
    
    for (int i=start_coll; i<current_coll_list.size(); i++) {
      String current_coll = current_coll_list.get(i);
      mr_req.setAttribute(GSXML.TO_ATT, current_coll+"/"+verb);

      Element result = (Element)mr.process(mr_msg);
      //logger.info("*** " + verb+ " result for coll "+current_coll);
      //logger.info("*** " + XMLConverter.getPrettyString(result));
      if (result == null) {
    logger.info("message router returns null");
    // do what??? carry on? fail??
    return OAIXML.createErrorMessage("Internal service returns null", "");
      }
      Element res = (Element)GSXML.getChildByTagName(result, GSXML.RESPONSE_ELEM);
      if(res == null) {
        logger.info("response element in xml_result is null");
        return OAIXML.createErrorMessage("Internal service returns null", "");
      }
      NodeList record_list = res.getElementsByTagName(record_type);
      int num_records = record_list.getLength();
      if(num_records == 0) {
    logger.info("message router returns 0 records for coll "+current_coll);
    continue; // try the next collection
      }  
      if (single_collection) {
    total_size = num_records;
      }
      int records_to_add = (resume_after > 0 ? resume_after - num_collected_records : num_records);
      if (records_to_add > (num_records-start_point)) {
    records_to_add = num_records-start_point;
      }
      addRecordsToList(result_doc, result_element, record_list, start_point, records_to_add);
      num_collected_records += records_to_add;
      
      // do we need to stop here, and do we need to issue a resumption token?
      if (resume_after > 0 && num_collected_records == resume_after) {
    // we have finished collecting records at the moment.
    // but are we conincidentally at the end? or are there more to go?
    if (records_to_add < (num_records - start_point)) {
      // we have added less than this collection had
      start_point += records_to_add;
      resumption_collection = current_coll;
      result_token_needed = true;
    }
    else {
      // we added all this collection had to offer
      // is there another collection in the list??
      if (i<current_coll_list.size()-1) {
        result_token_needed = true;
        start_point = 0;
        resumption_collection = current_coll_list.get(i+1);
      } 
      else {
        // we have finished one collection and there are no more collection
        // if we need to send a resumption token (in this case, only because we started with one, then it will be empty
        logger.info("*** at end of list, need empty result token");
        empty_result_token = true;
      }
    }
    break;
      }
      start_point = 0; // only the first one will have start non-zero, if we
      // have a resumption token
      
    } // for each collection

    if (num_collected_records ==0) {
      // there were no matching results
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.NO_RECORDS_MATCH, "");
    }

    if (num_collected_records < resume_after) {
      // we have been through all collections, and there are no more
      // if we need a result token - only because we started with one, so we need to send an empty one, then make sure everyone knows we are just sending an empty one
      if (result_token_needed) {
    empty_result_token = true;
      }
    }
    
    if (result_token_needed) {
      // we need a resumption token
      if (empty_result_token) {
    logger.info("*** have empty result token");
    token = "";
      } else {
    if (token != null) {
      // we had a token for this request, we can just update it
      token = OAIResumptionToken.updateToken(token, ""+cursor, resumption_collection, ""+start_point);
    } else {
      // we are generating a new one
      token = OAIResumptionToken.createAndStoreResumptionToken(set_spec_str, prefix_value, from, until, ""+cursor, resumption_collection, ""+start_point );
    }
      }

      // result token XML
      long expiration_date = -1;
      if (empty_result_token) {
    // we know how many records in total as we have sent them all
    total_size = cursor+num_collected_records;
      } else {
    // non-empty token, set the expiration date
    expiration_date = OAIResumptionToken.getExpirationDate(token);
      }
      Element token_elem = OAIXML.createResumptionTokenElement(result_doc, token, total_size, cursor, expiration_date); 
      // OAIXML.addToken(token_elem); // store it
      result_element.appendChild(token_elem); // add to the result
    }
  

    return getMessage(result_doc, result_element);
  }

  private Vector<String> getCollectionListForSet(String set) {
    if (set == null) {
      // no set requested, need the complete collection list
      
      // Important to return a clone of the member variable, since collection names can be locally removed from the Vector by
      // the caller for any collection that is deactivated. This is so the caller can determine which collections are active and
      // thus have records/identifiers to display. We don't want to remove elements from the member variable collection_name_list itself.
      return (Vector<String>)this.collection_name_list.clone();
    }
    if (has_super_colls && super_coll_map.containsKey(set)) {
      Vector<String> supercoll_list = super_coll_map.get(set);
      return (Vector<String>)supercoll_list.clone(); // see comment just above, don't want member data structure modified by caller's destructive operations
    }

    Vector<String> coll_list = new Vector<String>();
    if (set.indexOf(":") != -1) {
      String col_name = set.substring(0, set.indexOf(":"));
      coll_list.add(col_name);
    }
    else {
      coll_list.add(set);
    }
    return coll_list;
  }
  private void addRecordsToList(Document doc, Element result_element, NodeList
                record_list, int start_point, int num_records) {
    int end_point = start_point + num_records;
    for (int i=start_point; i<end_point; i++) {
      result_element.appendChild(doc.importNode(record_list.item(i), true));
    }
  }

  private Element collectAll(Element result, Element msg, String verb, String elem_name) {
    if(result == null) {
      //in the first round, result is null
      return msg;
    }
    Element res_in_result = (Element)GSXML.getChildByTagName(result, GSXML.RESPONSE_ELEM);
    if(res_in_result == null) { // return the results of all other collections accumulated so far
      return msg;
    }
    Element verb_elem = (Element)GSXML.getChildByTagName(res_in_result, verb);
    if(msg == null) {
      return result;
    }

    //e.g., get all <record> elements from the returned message. There may be none of
    //such element, for example, the collection service returned an error message
    NodeList elem_list = msg.getElementsByTagName(elem_name);
    
    for (int i=0; i<elem_list.getLength(); i++) {
      verb_elem.appendChild(res_in_result.getOwnerDocument().importNode(elem_list.item(i), true));
    }
    return result;
  }

  
  /** there are three possible exception conditions: bad argument, idDoesNotExist, and noMetadataFormat.
   * The first one is handled here, and the last two are processed by OAIPMH.
   */
  private Element doListMetadataFormats(Element req) {
    //if the verb is ListMetadataFormats, there could be only one parameter: identifier
    //, or there is no parameter; otherwise it is an error
    //logger.info("" + XMLConverter.getString(msg));
    
    NodeList params = GSXML.getChildrenByTagName(req, GSXML.PARAM_ELEM);
    Element param = null;
    Document lmf_doc = XMLConverter.newDOM();
    if(params.getLength() == 0) {
      //this is requesting metadata formats for the whole repository
      //read the oaiConfig.xml file, return the metadata formats specified there.
      if (this.listmetadataformats_response != null) {
    // we have already created it
    return this.listmetadataformats_response;
      }

      Element list_metadata_formats = lmf_doc.createElement(OAIXML.LIST_METADATA_FORMATS);
      // get all the formats out of oai_config
      NodeList formats = oai_config.getElementsByTagName(OAIXML.METADATA_FORMAT);
      if (formats.getLength() ==0) {
        logger.error("OAIConfig.xml must contain the supported metadata formats");
        // TODO this is internal error, what to do???
        return getMessage(lmf_doc, list_metadata_formats);
      }
    
      for(int i=0; i<formats.getLength(); i++) {
    Element f = OAIXML.getMetadataFormatShort(lmf_doc, (Element)formats.item(i));
    list_metadata_formats.appendChild(f);
     }
      this.listmetadataformats_response = getMessage(lmf_doc, list_metadata_formats);
      return this.listmetadataformats_response;
      
    } 

    if (params.getLength() > 1) {
      //Bad argument. Can't be more than one parameters for ListMetadataFormats verb
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_ARGUMENT, "");
    } 
    
    // This is a request for the metadata of a particular item with an identifier
    /**the request xml is in the form: <request>
     *                                   <param name=.../>
     *                                 </request>
     *And there is a param element and one element only. (No paramList element in between).
     */
    param = (Element)params.item(0);
    String param_name = param.getAttribute(GSXML.NAME_ATT);
    String identifier = "";
    if (!param_name.equals(OAIXML.IDENTIFIER)) {
      //Bad argument
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_ARGUMENT, "");
    } 
      
    identifier = param.getAttribute(GSXML.VALUE_ATT);
    // the identifier is in the form: <coll_name>:<OID>
    // so it must contain at least one ':' characters 
    // (the oid itself may contain : chars)
    String[] strs = identifier.split(":", 2);
    if(strs.length != 2) {
      logger.error("identifier is not in the form coll:id" + identifier);
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.ID_DOES_NOT_EXIST, "");
    }
        
    // send request to message router
    // get the names
    String coll_name = strs[0];
    String oid = strs[1];

    Document msg_doc = XMLConverter.newDOM();
    Element message = msg_doc.createElement(GSXML.MESSAGE_ELEM);
    String verb = req.getAttribute(GSXML.TO_ATT);
    String new_to = coll_name + "/" + verb;
    Element request = GSXML.createBasicRequest(msg_doc, "oai???", new_to, null);
    message.appendChild(request);
    // add the id param
    GSXML.addParameterToList(request, OAIXML.OID, oid);

    //Now send the request to the message router to process
    Node result_node = mr.process(message);
    return GSXML.nodeToElement(result_node);
  }

  private void copyNamedElementfromConfig(Element to_elem, String element_name) {
    Element original_element = (Element)GSXML.getChildByTagName(oai_config, element_name);
    if(original_element != null) {
      GSXML.copyNode(to_elem, original_element);
    }
  }


  private Element doIdentify() {
    //The validation for this verb has been done in OAIServer.validate(). So no bother here.
    logger.info("");
    if (this.identify_response != null) {
      // we have already created it
      return getMessage(this.identify_response.getOwnerDocument(), this.identify_response);
    }
    Document doc = XMLConverter.newDOM();
    Element identify = doc.createElement(OAIXML.IDENTIFY);
    //do the repository name
    copyNamedElementfromConfig(identify, OAIXML.REPOSITORY_NAME);
    //do the baseurl
    copyNamedElementfromConfig(identify, OAIXML.BASE_URL);
    //do the protocol version
    copyNamedElementfromConfig(identify, OAIXML.PROTOCOL_VERSION);
        
    //There can be more than one admin email according to the OAI specification
    NodeList admin_emails = GSXML.getChildrenByTagName(oai_config, OAIXML.ADMIN_EMAIL);
    int num_admin = 0;
    Element from_admin_email = null;  
    if (admin_emails != null) {
      num_admin = admin_emails.getLength();
    }
    for (int i=0; i<num_admin; i++) {
      GSXML.copyNode(identify, admin_emails.item(i));
    }

    //do the earliestDatestamp
    //send request to mr to search through the earliest datestamp amongst all oai collections in the repository.
    //ask the message router for a list of oai collections
    //NodeList oai_coll = getOAICollectionList();
    long earliestDatestamp = getEarliestDateStamp(collection_list);
    String earliestDatestamp_str = OAIXML.getTime(earliestDatestamp);
    Element earliestDatestamp_elem = doc.createElement(OAIXML.EARLIEST_DATESTAMP);
    GSXML.setNodeText(earliestDatestamp_elem, earliestDatestamp_str);
    identify.appendChild(earliestDatestamp_elem);

    //do the deletedRecord
    copyNamedElementfromConfig(identify, OAIXML.DELETED_RECORD);
    //do the granularity
    copyNamedElementfromConfig(identify, OAIXML.GRANULARITY);
     
    // output the oai identifier
    Element description = doc.createElement(OAIXML.DESCRIPTION);
    identify.appendChild(description);
    // TODO, make this a valid id
    Element oaiIdentifier = OAIXML.createOAIIdentifierXML(doc, repository_id, "lucene-jdbm-demo", "ec159e");
    description.appendChild(oaiIdentifier);

    // if there are any oaiInfo metadata, add them in too.
    Element info = (Element)GSXML.getChildByTagName(oai_config, OAIXML.OAI_INFO);
    if (info != null) {
      NodeList meta = GSXML.getChildrenByTagName(info, OAIXML.METADATA);
      if (meta != null && meta.getLength() > 0) {
    Element gsdl = OAIXML.createGSDLElement(doc);
    description.appendChild(gsdl);
    for (int m = 0; m<meta.getLength(); m++) {
      GSXML.copyNode(gsdl, meta.item(m));
    }
    
      }
    }
    this.identify_response = identify;
    return getMessage(doc, identify);
  }
  /** split the identifier into <collection + OID> as an array 
      It has already been checked that the 'identifier' contains at least one ':'
  */

  /** validate if the specified metadata prefix value is supported by the repository
   *  by checking it in the OAIConfig.xml
   */
  private boolean repositorySupportsMetadataPrefix(String prefix_value) {
    NodeList prefix_list = oai_config.getElementsByTagName(OAIXML.METADATA_PREFIX);
    
    for(int i=0; i<prefix_list.getLength(); i++) {
      if(prefix_value.equals(GSXML.getNodeText((Element)prefix_list.item(i)).trim() )) {
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }
  private Element doGetRecord(Element req){
    logger.info("");
    /** arguments:
        identifier: required
        metadataPrefix: required
    *  Exceptions: badArgument; cannotDisseminateFormat; idDoesNotExist
    */ 
    Document doc = XMLConverter.newDOM();
    Element get_record = doc.createElement(OAIXML.GET_RECORD);

    HashSet<String> valid_strs = new HashSet<String>();
    valid_strs.add(OAIXML.IDENTIFIER);
    valid_strs.add(OAIXML.METADATA_PREFIX);

    NodeList params = GSXML.getChildrenByTagName(req, GSXML.PARAM_ELEM);
    HashMap<String, String> param_map = GSXML.getParamMap(params);    
    
    if(!areAllParamsValid(param_map, valid_strs) ||
       params.getLength() == 0 ||
       param_map.containsKey(OAIXML.IDENTIFIER) == false ||
       param_map.containsKey(OAIXML.METADATA_PREFIX) == false ) {
      logger.error("must have the metadataPrefix/identifier parameter.");
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.BAD_ARGUMENT, "");
    }
    
    String prefix = param_map.get(OAIXML.METADATA_PREFIX);
    String identifier = param_map.get(OAIXML.IDENTIFIER);
    
    // verify the metadata prefix
    if (repositorySupportsMetadataPrefix(prefix) == false) {
      logger.error("requested prefix is not found in OAIConfig.xml");
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.CANNOT_DISSEMINATE_FORMAT, "");
    }

    // get the names
    String[] strs = identifier.split(":", 2);
    if(strs == null || strs.length < 2) {
      logger.error("identifier is not in the form coll:id" + identifier);
      return OAIXML.createErrorMessage(OAIXML.ID_DOES_NOT_EXIST, "");
    }    
    //String name_of_site = strs[0];
    String coll_name = strs[0];
    String oid = strs[1];
    
    //re-organize the request element
    // reset the 'to' attribute
    String verb = req.getAttribute(GSXML.TO_ATT);
    req.setAttribute(GSXML.TO_ATT, coll_name + "/" + verb);
    // reset the identifier element
    Element param = GSXML.getNamedElement(req, GSXML.PARAM_ELEM, GSXML.NAME_ATT, OAIXML.IDENTIFIER);
    if (param != null) {
      param.setAttribute(GSXML.NAME_ATT, OAIXML.OID);
      param.setAttribute(GSXML.VALUE_ATT, oid);
    }    

    //Now send the request to the message router to process
    Element msg = doc.createElement(GSXML.MESSAGE_ELEM);
    msg.appendChild(doc.importNode(req, true));
    Node result_node = mr.process(msg);
    return GSXML.nodeToElement(result_node);
  }

  // See OAIConfig.xml
  // dynamically works out what the earliestDateStamp is, since it varies by collection
  // returns this time in *milliseconds*.
  protected long getEarliestDateStamp(Element oai_coll_list) {
    // config earliest datstamp
    long config_datestamp = 0;
    Element config_datestamp_elem = (Element)GSXML.getChildByTagName(this.oai_config, OAIXML.EARLIEST_DATESTAMP);
    if (config_datestamp_elem != null) {
      String datest = GSXML.getNodeText(config_datestamp_elem);
      config_datestamp = OAIXML.getTime(datest);
      if (config_datestamp == -1) {
    config_datestamp = 0;
      }
    }
    //do the earliestDatestamp
    long current_time = System.currentTimeMillis();
    long earliestDatestamp = current_time;
    NodeList oai_coll = oai_coll_list.getElementsByTagName(GSXML.COLLECTION_ELEM);
    int oai_coll_size = oai_coll.getLength();
    if (oai_coll_size == 0) {
      logger.info("returned oai collection list is empty. Setting repository earliestDatestamp to be the earliest datestamp from OAIConfig.xml, or 1970-01-01 if not specified.");
      return config_datestamp;
    }
    // the earliestDatestamp is now stored as a metadata element in the collection's buildConfig.xml file
    // we get the earliestDatestamp among the collections
    for(int i=0; i<oai_coll_size; i++) {
    String collName = collection_name_list.get(i);
    long coll_earliestDatestamp = Long.parseLong(((Element)oai_coll.item(i)).getAttribute(OAIXML.EARLIEST_OAI_DATESTAMP)); // Taken from oai-inf db's OAI_EARLIEST_TIMESTAMP_OID entry, -1 if not found

    if (coll_earliestDatestamp > 0 && earliestDatestamp > coll_earliestDatestamp) {
        earliestDatestamp = coll_earliestDatestamp;
        //logger.info("@@@ Found earlier timestamp: " + earliestDatestamp + " ms");
    }
    }

    // we're no longer trying fallbacks for earliestDatestamp (other than the extreme fallback of
    // unix epoch time) because, going forward, all collections will have oai-inf db containing
    // an entry for earliesttimestamp. And all OAICollections will moreover have them stored and
    // will return them upon calling getEarliestOAIDatestamp().
    /*    
    if(earliestDatestamp == current_time) {
    logger.info("Can't determine earliesttimestamp from oai-inf.db for any OAI collection. Trying timestamps in build config...");
    for(int i=0; i<oai_coll_size; i++) {
        String collName = collection_name_list.get(i);
        long coll_earliestDatestamp = Long.parseLong(((Element)oai_coll.item(i)).getAttribute(OAIXML.EARLIEST_DATESTAMP)); // Taken from the earliest datestamp field in buildcfg
        if (coll_earliestDatestamp == 0) {
        // try last modified
        coll_earliestDatestamp = Long.parseLong(((Element)oai_coll.item(i)).getAttribute(OAIXML.LAST_MODIFIED));
        //logger.info("@@@ Falling back to using collection " + collName + "'s lastmodified date as its earliest timestamp: " + coll_earliestDatestamp);
        }
        if (coll_earliestDatestamp > 0) {
        earliestDatestamp = (earliestDatestamp > coll_earliestDatestamp)? coll_earliestDatestamp : earliestDatestamp;
        }
    }
    }
    */
    
    if (earliestDatestamp == current_time) {
      logger.info("no collection had a real datestamp, using value from OAIConfig");
      return config_datestamp;
    }
    return earliestDatestamp; 
  }

  private boolean collectionsChangedSinceTime(String set_spec_str, long initial_time) {

    // we need to look though all collections in the set to see if any have last modified dates > initial_time
    Vector<String> set_coll_list = getCollectionListForSet(set_spec_str);

    Node child = this.collection_list.getFirstChild();
    while (child != null) {
      if (child.getNodeName().equals(GSXML.COLLECTION_ELEM)) {
    String coll_id =((Element) child).getAttribute(GSXML.NAME_ATT);
    if (set_coll_list.contains(coll_id)) {
      long last_modified = Long.parseLong(((Element)child).getAttribute(OAIXML.LAST_MODIFIED));
      if (initial_time < last_modified) {
        return true;
      }
    }
      }
      child = child.getNextSibling();
    }
    return false;
 
  }

}