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21  package org.opencastproject.oaipmh.server;
22  
23  import org.opencastproject.oaipmh.persistence.SearchResultItem;
24  
25  import org.w3c.dom.Element;
26  
27  import java.util.Optional;
28  
29  /**
30   * A metadata provider provides XML serialized metadata for a certain OAI-PMH metadata prefix. For further information
31   * about metadata prefixes see the section
32   * <a href="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html#MetadataNamespaces">3.4 metadataPrefix and Metadata
33   * Schema</a> of the OAI-PMH specification.
34   */
35  public interface MetadataProvider {
36    /**
37     * Return the metadata format handled by this provider.
38     */
39    MetadataFormat getMetadataFormat();
40  
41    /**
42     * Transform a search result item into a piece of XML metadata.
43     */
44    Element createMetadata(OaiPmhRepository repository, SearchResultItem item, Optional<String> set);
45  
46  }