Package edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.systemmetadata

Class SystemMetadataValidator

java.lang.Object

edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.systemmetadata.SystemMetadataValidator

public class SystemMetadataValidator
extends Object

A class to validate the given system metadata object

Author:

tao

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SystemMetadataValidator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	hasLatestVersion(org.dataone.service.types.v1.SystemMetadata sysmeta)	Check if the given system metadata has the latest version.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

SystemMetadataValidator

public SystemMetadataValidator()

Method Details

hasLatestVersion

public static boolean hasLatestVersion(org.dataone.service.types.v1.SystemMetadata sysmeta)
                                throws InvalidSystemMetadata,
org.dataone.service.exceptions.ServiceFailure

Check if the given system metadata has the latest version. If Metacat doesn't have a stored copy of the system metadata, of course this given system is the latest version; if Metacat does have a copy, we will check two parts - first, the last modified date should match the stored copy. second, the serial version should equal or be greater than the stored copy

Parameters:

sysmeta -

Returns:

true if it has the latest version; otherwise false.

Throws:

InvalidSystemMetadata

org.dataone.service.exceptions.ServiceFailure