Metacat

   * This method will get docid from an AccessionNumber. There is no assumption

   * the accessnumber will be str1.str2.str3. It can be more. So we think

   * the docid will be get rid of last part

   */

   public static String getDocIdFromAccessionNumber(String accessionNumber)

   {

     String docid = null;

     if (accessionNumber == null)

     {

       return docid;

     }

     String seperator=getOption("accNumSeparator");

     int indexOfLastSeperator = accessionNumber.lastIndexOf(seperator);

     docid=accessionNumber.substring(0, indexOfLastSeperator);

     MetaCatUtil.debugMessage("after parsing accessionnumber, docid is " + 

                              docid, 30);

     return docid;

   }

   /**

    * This method will call both getDocIdFromString and

    * getDocIdFromAccessionNumber. So first, if the string looks

    * str1.str2, the docid will be str1.str2.

    * If the string is str1.str2.str3, the docid will be str1.str2.

    * If the string is str1.str2.str3.str4 or more, the docid will be

    * str1.str2.str3.

    * If the string look like str1, null will be returned

    *

    */

    public static String getSmartDocId(String str)

    {

      String docid = null;

      //call geDocIdFromString first. 

      docid = getDocIdFromString(str);

      // If docid is null, try to call getDocIdFromAccessionNumber

      // it will handle the seperator more than2

      if (docid == null)

      {

         docid = getDocIdFromAccessionNumber(str);        

      }

      MetaCatUtil.debugMessage("The docid get from smart docid getor is " +

                                docid, 30);

      return docid;

    }

    /**

   * This method will get revision from an AccessionNumber. There is no assumption

   * the accessnumber will be str1.str2.str3. It can be more. So we think

   * the docid will be get rid of last part

   */

   public static int getRevisionFromAccessionNumber(String accessionNumber)

                                        throws NumberFormatException

   {

     String rev = null;

     int revNumber =-1;

     if (accessionNumber == null)

     {

       return revNumber;

     }

     String seperator=getOption("accNumSeparator");

     int indexOfLastSeperator = accessionNumber.lastIndexOf(seperator);

     rev =accessionNumber.substring(indexOfLastSeperator+1, 

                                    accessionNumber.length());

     revNumber = Integer.parseInt(rev);

     MetaCatUtil.debugMessage("after parsing accessionnumber, rev is " + 

                               revNumber, 30);

     return revNumber;

   }

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