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/**
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* '$RCSfile$'
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* Copyright: 2000 Regents of the University of California and the
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* National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
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*
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* '$Author: jones $'
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* '$Date: 2003-08-08 16:16:24 -0700 (Fri, 08 Aug 2003) $'
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* '$Revision: 1780 $'
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*
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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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* (at your option) any later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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*/
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package edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.client;
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import java.io.Reader;
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/**
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* This class is a factory which allows the caller to create an instance of
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* a Metacat object for accessing a metacat server.
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*/
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public class MetacatFactory
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{
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private static final String metacatClientClass =
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"edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.client.MetacatClient";
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/**
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* Create a new instance of a Metacat object of raccessing a server.
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* @param metacatUrl the url location of the metacat server
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* @throws MetacatInaccessibleException when the metacat server can not
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* be reached
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*/
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public static Metacat createMetacatConnection(String metacatUrl)
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throws MetacatInaccessibleException
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{
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Metacat m = null;
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try {
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Class c = Class.forName(metacatClientClass);
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m = (Metacat)c.newInstance();
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} catch (InstantiationException e) {
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} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
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throw new MetacatInaccessibleException(e.getMessage());
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} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
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throw new MetacatInaccessibleException(e.getMessage());
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m.setMetacatUrl(metacatUrl);
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return m;
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}
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}
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