Changeset 13278 for trunk/gli/src/org/greenstone/gatherer/metadata/MetadataXMLFile.java

Timestamp:

2006-11-15T16:37:08+13:00 (17 years ago)

Author:

mdewsnip

Message:

Considered trying to disable the value trees for faster loading, but skimFile() is vital for too many important reasons. Extended the comments to explain this a bit more.

File:

• trunk/gli/src/org/greenstone/gatherer/metadata/MetadataXMLFile.java (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/gli/src/org/greenstone/gatherer/metadata/MetadataXMLFile.java

@@ -502 +502 @@
 
     /**
-     * Every metadata.xml file must be skimmed when a collection is opened, for two reasons:
-     *   - To build complete and accurate metadata value trees (needed for Enrich pane and hierarchy files)
-     *   - To handle any non-namespaced metadata in the file
+     * Every metadata.xml file must be skimmed when a collection is opened, for three very important reasons:
+     *   - To handle any non-namespaced metadata in the metadata.xml files (this is mapped and the files rewritten)
+     *   - To get a complete list of the metadata elements in the collection (used in Design and Format panes)
+     *   - To build complete and accurate metadata value trees (used in the Enrich pane)
      */
     public void skimFile()