Changeset 8023 for trunk/gli/src/org/greenstone/gatherer/metadata/MetadataTools.java

Timestamp:

2004-08-23T16:02:45+12:00 (20 years ago)

Author:

mdewsnip

Message:

More new metadata code: metadata elements now have definitions and comments.

File:

• trunk/gli/src/org/greenstone/gatherer/metadata/MetadataTools.java (modified) (2 diffs)

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

@@ -6 +6 @@
 {
     static final public String NAMESPACE_SEPARATOR = ".";
+
+
+    static public String getMetadataElementName(String metadata_element_name_full)
+    {
+    // Full element name contains namespace
+    if (metadata_element_name_full.indexOf(NAMESPACE_SEPARATOR) != -1) {
+        return metadata_element_name_full.substring(metadata_element_name_full.indexOf(NAMESPACE_SEPARATOR) + 1);
+    }
+
+    // No namespace
+    return metadata_element_name_full;      
+    }
+
+
+    static public String getMetadataElementAttribute(MetadataElement metadata_element, String attribute_name, String language_code, String fallback_language_code)
+    {
+    String metadata_element_attribute = metadata_element.getAttribute(attribute_name, language_code);
+
+    // If the attribute isn't defined in the desired language, resort to the fallback
+    if (metadata_element_attribute == null && !language_code.equals(fallback_language_code)) {
+        metadata_element_attribute = metadata_element.getAttribute(attribute_name, fallback_language_code);
+    }
+
+    return metadata_element_attribute;
+    }
 
 
@@ -18 +43 @@
     return "";
     }
-
-
-    static public String getMetadataElementName(String metadata_element_name_full)
-    {
-    // Full element name contains namespace
-    if (metadata_element_name_full.indexOf(NAMESPACE_SEPARATOR) != -1) {
-        return metadata_element_name_full.substring(metadata_element_name_full.indexOf(NAMESPACE_SEPARATOR) + 1);
-    }
-
-    // No namespace
-    return metadata_element_name_full;      
-    }
 }