Metacat

	 * gets a list of organization names from metacat.properties. Parses the csv

	 * string into a vector

	 * 

	 * @return a Vector of Strings that hold all available organizations

	 * 

	 * TODO MCD this should be retrieved from ldap instead of metacat.properties

	 */

	public static Vector<String> getOrganizations() throws UtilException {

		Vector<String> shortOrgNames = new Vector<String>();

		Vector<String> longOrgNames = null;

		longOrgNames = PropertyService.getPropertyNamesByGroup("ldap.org");

		for (String longName : longOrgNames) {

			shortOrgNames.add(longName.substring(9));

		}

		return shortOrgNames;

	}

	/**

	 * gets a list of organization names from metacat.properties. Parses the csv

	 * string into a vector

	 * 

	 * @return a Vector of Strings that hold all available organizations

	 */

	public static Vector<String> getOrgDNs(String orgName) throws UtilException {

		String orgBaseList = null;

		try {

			orgBaseList = PropertyService.getProperty("ldap.base." + orgName);

		} catch (PropertyNotFoundException pnfe) {

			throw new UtilException("Could not get metacat property: ldap.base." 

					+ orgName + " : " + pnfe.getMessage());

		}

		// this will always return a vector (maybe an empty one)

		return StringUtil.toVector(orgBaseList, ',');

	}

	/**