API-A (Fedora Access service API)

Anchor(anchor_describeRepository)

describeRepository

Gets information that describes the repository.

Returns:

• [:/../DataStructures#RepositoryInfo: RepositoryInfo]

Throws:

• java.rmi.RemoteException

Anchor(anchor_getDatastreamDissemination)

getDatastreamDissemination

Gets the content of a datastream.

Input parameters:

• String pid The PID of the object.

• String dsID The datastream ID.

• String asOfDateTime A dateTime indicating the version of the datastream to retrieve. If null, Fedora will use the most recent version.

Returns:

• [:/../DataStructures#MIMETypedStream: MIMETypedStream] The header will be empty, or if applicable, contain the http header as name/value pairs.

Throws:

• java.rmi.RemoteException

Anchor(getDissemination)

getDissemination

Disseminates the content produced by executing the method specified in the service definition associated the specified digital object. See also [#listMethods]

Input parameters:

• String pid The pid of the object.

• String serviceDefinitionPid The PID of the Service Definition object.

• String methodName The name of the method to be executed.

• Property[] parameters An array of name-value pairs.

• String asOfDateTime The versioning dateTime. If null, Fedora will use the most recent version.

Returns:

• [:/../DataStructures#MIMETypedStream: MIMETypedStream] The header will be empty, or if applicable, contain the http header as name/value pairs.

Throws:

• java.rmi.RemoteException

Anchor(anchor_getObjectHistory)

getObjectHistory

Gets a list of timestamps that correspond to modification dates of components. This currently includes changes to Datastreams and disseminators.

Input parameters:

• String pid The pid of the object.

Returns:

• String[] An array containing the list of timestamps indicating when changes were made to the object.

Throws:

• java.rmi.RemoteException

Anchor(anchor_getObjectProfile)

getObjectProfile

Gets the ObjectProfile of an object, which includes key metadata fields and URLs for the object Dissemination Index and the object Item Index. Can be thought of as a default view of the object.

Input parameters:

• String pid The pid of the object.

• String asOfDateTime The date/time stamp specifying the desired version of the object. If null, the current version of the object (the most recent time) is assumed.

Returns:

• ObjectProfile The ObjectProfile of the object. (See definition of [#anchor_ObjectProfile ObjectProfile] under Data structures below)

Throws:

• java.rmi.RemoteException

Anchor(anchor_listDatastreams)

listDatastreams

Lists the datastreams of an object.

Input parameters:

• String pid The pid of the object.

• String asOfDateTime The date/time stamp specifying the desired version of the object. If null, the current version of the object (the most recent time) is assumed.

Returns:

• DatastreamDef[] A sequence of DatastreamDefs. (See definition of [#anchor_DatastreamDef DatastreamDef] under Data structures below)

Throws:

• java.rmi.RemoteException

Anchor(listMethods)

listMethods

Lists all the methods that the object supports.

Input parameters:

• String pid The pid of the object.

• String asOfDateTime The date/time stamp specifying the desired version of the object. If null, the current version of the object (the most recent time) is assumed.

Returns:

• ObjectMethodsDef[] A sequence of ObjectMethodsDefs. (See definition of [#anchor_ObjectMethodsDef ObjectMethodsDef] under Data structures below)

Throws:

• java.rmi.RemoteException