fedora.oai
Interface Header

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleHeader

public interface Header

Title: Header.java

Description: Describes a record in the repository with the associated item identifier, record datestamp, item set membership, and record deletion indicator.

Version:

$Id: Header.java 3965 2005-04-21 12:52:40Z rlw $

Author:

cwilper@cs.cornell.edu

See Also:

http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/openarchivesprotocol.htm#Record

Method Summary

java.util.Date	getDatestamp() Get the date of creation, modification or deletion of the record (in UTC) for the purpose of selective harvesting.
java.lang.String	getIdentifier() Get the unique identifier of the item.
java.util.Set	getSetSpecs() Get a (possibly empty) Set of Strings indicating the repository 'set' membership of the item, for the purpose of selective harvesting.
boolean	isAvailable() Tells whether the record is currently available.

Method Detail

getIdentifier

java.lang.String getIdentifier()

Get the unique identifier of the item.

getDatestamp

java.util.Date getDatestamp()

Get the date of creation, modification or deletion of the record (in UTC) for the purpose of selective harvesting.

getSetSpecs

java.util.Set getSetSpecs()

Get a (possibly empty) Set of Strings indicating the repository 'set' membership of the item, for the purpose of selective harvesting.

isAvailable

boolean isAvailable()

Tells whether the record is currently available. This should only return false if the repository supports deletions.