org.dlese.dpc.standards.asn
Class AsnTopics

java.lang.Object
  org.dlese.dpc.standards.asn.AsnTopics

public class AsnTopics
extends Object

Class to read the ASN topics document from ASN web service and provide topic lookup by topic purl.

Author:

Jonathan Ostwald

Method Summary

static void	cacheTopicsDoc(String srcDir) Utility to update cached Topics File
static AsnTopics	getInstance() Gets the AsnTopic instance
String	getTopic(String purl) Returns a topic for a given topic purl (e.g., http://purl.org/ASN/scheme/ASNTopic/behavioralStudies)
Map	getTopicMap() Returns a mapping from topic purl to topic label
static void	main(String[] args) The main program for the AsnTopics class - runs cacheTopicsDoc utility.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static AsnTopics getInstance()
                             throws Exception

Gets the AsnTopic instance

Returns:

The instance value

Throws:

Exception - if topicURL cannot be processed

cacheTopicsDoc

public static void cacheTopicsDoc(String srcDir)
                           throws Exception

Utility to update cached Topics File

Parameters:

srcDir - path to local src directory

Throws:

Exception - if file cannot be written

main

public static void main(String[] args)

The main program for the AsnTopics class - runs cacheTopicsDoc utility.

Parameters:

args - The command line arguments

getTopic

public String getTopic(String purl)

Returns a topic for a given topic purl (e.g., http://purl.org/ASN/scheme/ASNTopic/behavioralStudies)

Parameters:

purl - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

The topic value

getTopicMap

public Map getTopicMap()
                throws Exception

Returns a mapping from topic purl to topic label

Returns:

The topicMap value

Throws:

Exception - NOT YET DOCUMENTED