Package edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.object.handler

Class NonXMLMetadataHandler

java.lang.Object

edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.object.handler.NonXMLMetadataHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

JsonLDHandler

public abstract class NonXMLMetadataHandler
extends Object

The abstract class to validate non-xml meta data objects

Author:

tao

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NonXMLMetadataHandler()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract boolean	validate(InputStream source)	The abstract method to validate the non-xml object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

NonXMLMetadataHandler

public NonXMLMetadataHandler()

Method Details

validate

public abstract boolean validate(InputStream source)
                          throws org.dataone.service.exceptions.InvalidRequest

The abstract method to validate the non-xml object

Parameters:

source - the input stream contains the content of the meta data object

Returns:

true if the content is valid; false otherwise.

Throws:

org.dataone.service.exceptions.InvalidRequest - when the content is not valid