Metacat

            // here is hack for handle docid=john.10(in order to tell mike.jim.10.1

            // mike.jim.10, we require to provide entire docid with rev). But

            // some old client they only provide docid without rev, so we need

            // to handle this suituation. First we will check how many

            // seperator here, if only one, we will append the rev in xml_documents

            // to the id.

            docid = appendRev(docid);

    /*

     * If the given docid only have one seperter, we need 

     * append rev for it. The rev come from xml_documents

     */

    private static String appendRev(String docid) throws Exception

    {

        String newAccNum = null;

        String separator = MetaCatUtil.getOption("accNumSeparator");

        int firstIndex = docid.indexOf(separator);

        int lastIndex = docid.lastIndexOf(separator);

        if (firstIndex == lastIndex)

        {

           //only one seperater

            int rev = DBUtil.getLatestRevisionInDocumentTable(docid);

            if (rev == -1)

            {

                throw new Exception("Couldn't find the document "+docid);

            }

            else

            {

                newAccNum = docid+ separator+ rev;

            }

        }

        else

        {

            // in other suituation we don't change the docid

            newAccNum = docid;

        }

        MetaCatUtil.debugMessage("The docid will be read is "+newAccNum, 20);

        return newAccNum;

    }