Package org.opencastproject.oaipmh.server

Interface MetadataProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

MatterhornInlinedMetadataProvider, MatterhornMetadataProvider, OaiDcMetadataProvider

public interface MetadataProvider

A metadata provider provides XML serialized metadata for a certain OAI-PMH metadata prefix. For further information about metadata prefixes see the section 3.4 metadataPrefix and Metadata Schema of the OAI-PMH specification.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Element	createMetadata(OaiPmhRepository repository, SearchResultItem item, Option<String> set)	Transform a search result item into a piece of XML metadata.
MetadataFormat	getMetadataFormat()	Return the metadata format handled by this provider.

Method Details

getMetadataFormat

MetadataFormat getMetadataFormat()

Return the metadata format handled by this provider.

createMetadata

Element createMetadata(OaiPmhRepository repository,
 SearchResultItem item,
 Option<String> set)

Transform a search result item into a piece of XML metadata.