trunk/src/java/org/apache/lenya/cms/metadata/dublincore/DublinCoreHelper.java

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package org.apache.lenya.cms.metadata.dublincore;

import org.apache.lenya.cms.metadata.MetaData;
import org.apache.lenya.cms.metadata.MetaDataException;
import org.apache.lenya.cms.metadata.MetaDataOwner;
import org.apache.lenya.cms.publication.Document;

/**
 * Helper class to access dublin core meta data.
 */
public class DublinCoreHelper {

    /**
     * @param owner The owner.
     * @return The dublin core title or <code>null</code> if the title is not set.
     * @throws MetaDataException if the owner has no dublin core meta data.
     */
    public static String getTitle(MetaDataOwner owner) throws MetaDataException {
        return getDublinCore(owner).getFirstValue(DublinCore.ELEMENT_TITLE);
    }
    
    /**
     * @param doc The document.
     * @param fallbackToUuid If the dublin core title is <code>null</code>, the document's UUID is returned.
     * @return The dublin core title.
     * @throws MetaDataException if the document has no dublin core meta data.
     */
    public static String getTitle(Document doc, boolean fallbackToUuid) throws MetaDataException {
        String title = DublinCoreHelper.getTitle(doc);
        return title == null ? doc.getUUID() : title;
    }
    
    protected static MetaData getDublinCore(MetaDataOwner owner) throws MetaDataException {
        return owner.getMetaData(DublinCore.DC_NAMESPACE);
    }
    
}