org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.util

Class RecordMerger

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.util.RecordMerger

public final class RecordMerger
extends java.lang.Object

Helper class for merging records.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RecordMerger()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	mergeRecords(Record to, Record from, boolean mergeExistingAttributes) merge metadata and attachments of record 'from' into record 'to'.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RecordMerger

public RecordMerger()

Method Detail

mergeRecords

public static void mergeRecords(Record to,
                Record from,
                boolean mergeExistingAttributes)

merge metadata and attachments of record 'from' into record 'to'.

Parameters:

mergeExistingAttributes - if 'true' the values of equal metadata attributes in record 'to' and 'from' will be merged (create AnySeq of values resp. merge existing AnySeq's). If 'false', equal metadata attributes or attachments already exist in record 'to' they will be overwritten, only attribute recordid will be kept if it was set before.