Package ddf.catalog.transformer.api

Interface MetacardMarshaller

All Known Implementing Classes:

MetacardMarshallerImpl

public interface MetacardMarshaller

MetacardMarshaller transforms a Metacard to a StringWriter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	marshal(ddf.catalog.data.Metacard metacard)	Transform a Metacard into an XML String.
String	marshal(ddf.catalog.data.Metacard metacard, Map<String,Serializable> arguments)	Transform a Metacard into an XML String.

Method Details

marshal

String marshal(ddf.catalog.data.Metacard metacard)
        throws org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException,
IOException,
ddf.catalog.transform.CatalogTransformerException

Transform a Metacard into an XML String.

Convenience method that always produces xml string with XML declaration prepended.

Parameters:

metacard - the Metacard instance to transform.

Returns:

String

Throws:

org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException

IOException

ddf.catalog.transform.CatalogTransformerException

marshal

String marshal(ddf.catalog.data.Metacard metacard,
 Map<String,Serializable> arguments)
        throws org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException,
IOException,
ddf.catalog.transform.CatalogTransformerException

Transform a Metacard into an XML String.

Use the map of arguments to configure the xml output. For example, to turn off the XML declaration, do arguments.put("OMIT_XML_DECLARATION", Boolean.TRUE).

Parameters:

metacard - the Metacard instance to transform.

arguments - map of arguments.

Returns:

String

Throws:

org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException

IOException

ddf.catalog.transform.CatalogTransformerException