nesstar.example
Class MadieraExample

java.lang.Object
  nesstar.example.MadieraExample

public class MadieraExample
extends Object

Constructor Summary

MadieraExample()
Constructor NOTE: no real need to create an instance.

Method Summary

List	addListItem(List list, Term term) This adds a term to a list.
void	addSynonym(Term t, String syn) This adds a synonym to an Array of synonyms
static void	addToObjsToSave(Object obj, Set objsToSave) Add an object and its parts to the set of object to save
static void	addToSave(List parts, Set objsToSave) Add a list of objects to the list of objects to be saved in the RDF file
void	convertTableClass() This converts the contents of table dbo_elsst_class into Term and Concept objects.
void	convertTableScope() This populates the Term.comment or Term.translationNote fields from the dbo_elsst_scope table, depending on the value of the 'smark' field
void	convertTableThes() This manages the relationships between Terms based on the information in the dbo_elsst_thes table
String	getLanguageCode(int lang) this maps the language code from int to char
static String	getRDF(NetDB db, Collection roots) These three methods turn the collection of objects into the RDF description
void	initDB() This sets up the connection to the database using the jdbc:odbc driver
void	initNesstar() This initialises the Nesstar Client Protocol
static void	main(String[] args) main entry point required parameters: - ODBC source name (for connecting to the MS Access database) - target server ip address - target server port - target server name - target server username - target server password - xml output file
Concept	newConcept(String id) This creates a new Concept object, using the id
void	outputRDF()
void	parseDB()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MadieraExample

public MadieraExample()

Constructor NOTE: no real need to create an instance.

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)

main entry point required parameters: - ODBC source name (for connecting to the MS Access database) - target server ip address - target server port - target server name - target server username - target server password - xml output file

parseDB

public void parseDB()
             throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

convertTableClass

public void convertTableClass()
                       throws Exception

This converts the contents of table dbo_elsst_class into Term and Concept objects. Term & Concept objects are stored in hashtables by the getOrCreate methods

Throws:

Exception

getLanguageCode

public String getLanguageCode(int lang)

this maps the language code from int to char

newConcept

public Concept newConcept(String id)
                   throws Exception

This creates a new Concept object, using the id

Throws:

Exception

convertTableScope

public void convertTableScope()
                       throws Exception

This populates the Term.comment or Term.translationNote fields from the dbo_elsst_scope table, depending on the value of the 'smark' field

Throws:

Exception

convertTableThes

public void convertTableThes()
                      throws Exception

This manages the relationships between Terms based on the information in the dbo_elsst_thes table

Throws:

Exception

addListItem

public List addListItem(List list,
                        Term term)
                 throws Exception

This adds a term to a list. If that list is null, creates a new list

Throws:

Exception

addSynonym

public void addSynonym(Term t,
                       String syn)
                throws Exception

This adds a synonym to an Array of synonyms

Throws:

Exception

outputRDF

public void outputRDF()
               throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

getRDF

public static String getRDF(NetDB db,
                            Collection roots)
                     throws Exception

These three methods turn the collection of objects into the RDF description

Parameters:

root - the root of the object graph

Returns:

the RDF serialization of the object graph

Throws:

Exception

addToObjsToSave

public static void addToObjsToSave(Object obj,
                                   Set objsToSave)
                            throws Exception

Add an object and its parts to the set of object to save

Throws:

Exception

addToSave

public static void addToSave(List parts,
                             Set objsToSave)
                      throws Exception

Add a list of objects to the list of objects to be saved in the RDF file

Parameters:

parts - - the list of objects to save

objsToSave - - the total set of objects to save

Throws:

Exception

initNesstar

public void initNesstar()
                 throws Exception

This initialises the Nesstar Client Protocol

Throws:

Exception

initDB

public void initDB()
            throws Exception

This sets up the connection to the database using the jdbc:odbc driver

Throws:

Exception