Metacat

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package edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.dataone;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;

import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.InputStream;

import java.io.OutputStream;

import java.io.PrintWriter;

import java.sql.SQLException;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.Enumeration;

import java.util.Hashtable;

import java.util.Timer;

import java.util.List;

import javax.servlet.ServletContext;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import org.dataone.service.exceptions.IdentifierNotUnique;

import org.dataone.service.exceptions.InsufficientResources;

import org.dataone.service.exceptions.InvalidRequest;

import org.dataone.service.exceptions.InvalidSystemMetadata;

import org.dataone.service.exceptions.InvalidToken;

import org.dataone.service.exceptions.NotAuthorized;

import org.dataone.service.exceptions.NotFound;

import org.dataone.service.exceptions.NotImplemented;

import org.dataone.service.exceptions.ServiceFailure;

import org.dataone.service.exceptions.UnsupportedType;

import org.dataone.service.mn.MemberNodeCrud;

import org.dataone.service.types.AuthToken;

import org.dataone.service.types.Checksum;

import org.dataone.service.types.DescribeResponse;

import org.dataone.service.types.Identifier;

import org.dataone.service.types.LogRecordSet;

import org.dataone.service.types.SystemMetadata;

import org.jibx.runtime.BindingDirectory;

import org.jibx.runtime.IBindingFactory;

import org.jibx.runtime.IMarshallingContext;

import org.jibx.runtime.IUnmarshallingContext;

import org.jibx.runtime.JiBXException;

import com.gc.iotools.stream.is.InputStreamFromOutputStream;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.AccessionNumberException;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.DocumentImpl;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.EventLog;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.IdentifierManager;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.McdbDocNotFoundException;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.McdbException;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.MetacatHandler;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.client.InsufficientKarmaException;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.properties.PropertyService;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.replication.ForceReplicationHandler;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.service.SessionService;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.util.DocumentUtil;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.util.SessionData;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.utilities.ParseLSIDException;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.utilities.PropertyNotFoundException;

/**

 * 

 * Implements DataONE MemberNode CRUD API for Metacat. 

 * 

 * @author Matthew Jones

 */

public class CrudService implements MemberNodeCrud {

    /*private ServletContext servletContext;

    private HttpServletRequest request;

    private HttpServletResponse response;*/

    private static CrudService crudService = null;

    private MetacatHandler handler;

    private Hashtable<String, String[]> params;

    Logger logMetacat = null;

    private String metacatUrl;

    /**

     * singleton accessor

     */

    public static CrudService getInstance()

    {

      if(crudService == null)

      {

        crudService = new CrudService();

      }

      return crudService;

    }

    /**

     * Initializes new instance by setting servlet context,request and response.

     * TODO: remove dependency on Servlet infrastructure

     * TODO: Make this a real service, and make it a Singleton

     */

    public CrudService() {

    //change crud service into a singleton.  dont pass servlet data structures here

        logMetacat = Logger.getLogger(CrudService.class);

        try

        {

            String server = PropertyService.getProperty("server.name");

            String port = PropertyService.getProperty("server.httpPort");

            String context = PropertyService.getProperty("application.context");

            metacatUrl = "http://" + server + ":" + port + "/" + context;

            logMetacat.debug("Initializing CrudService with url " + metacatUrl);

        }

        catch(Exception e)

        {

            logMetacat.error("Could not find servlet url in CrudService: " + e.getMessage());

            e.printStackTrace();

            throw new RuntimeException("Error getting servlet url in CrudService: " + e.getMessage());

        }

        /*this.servletContext = servletContext;

        this.request = request;

        this.response = response;*/

        params = new Hashtable<String, String[]>();

        handler = new MetacatHandler(new Timer());

    }

    /**

     * return the context url CrudService is using.

     */

    public String getContextUrl()

    {

        return metacatUrl;

    }

    /**

     * set the params for this service from an HttpServletRequest param list

     */

    public void setParamsFromRequest(HttpServletRequest request)

    {

        Enumeration paramlist = request.getParameterNames();

        while (paramlist.hasMoreElements()) {

            String name = (String) paramlist.nextElement();

            String[] value = (String[])request.getParameterValues(name);

            params.put(name, value);

        }

    }

    /**

     * set the parameter values needed for this request

     */

    public void setParameter(String name, String[] value)

    {

        params.put(name, value);

    }

    public Identifier create(AuthToken token, Identifier guid, 

            InputStream object, SystemMetadata sysmeta) throws InvalidToken, 

            ServiceFailure, NotAuthorized, IdentifierNotUnique, UnsupportedType, 

            InsufficientResources, InvalidSystemMetadata, NotImplemented {

        logMetacat.debug("Starting CrudService.create()...");

        // authenticate & get user info

        SessionData sessionData = getSessionData(token);

        String username = sessionData.getUserName();

        String[] groups = sessionData.getGroupNames();

        // verify that guid == SystemMetadata.getIdentifier()

        logMetacat.debug("Comparing guid|sysmeta_guid: " + guid.getValue() + "|" + sysmeta.getIdentifier().getValue());

        if (!guid.getValue().equals(sysmeta.getIdentifier().getValue())) {

            throw new InvalidSystemMetadata("1180", 

                "GUID in method call does not match GUID in system metadata.");

        }

        logMetacat.debug("Checking if identifier exists...");

        // Check that the identifier does not already exist

        IdentifierManager im = IdentifierManager.getInstance();

        if (im.identifierExists(guid.getValue())) {

            throw new IdentifierNotUnique("1120", 

                "GUID is already in use by an existing object.");

        }

        // Check if we are handling metadata or data

        boolean isScienceMetadata = isScienceMetadata(sysmeta);

        if (isScienceMetadata) {

            // CASE METADATA:

            try {

                this.insertDocument(object, guid, sessionData);

            } catch (IOException e) {

                String msg = "Could not create string from XML stream: " +

                    " " + e.getMessage();

                logMetacat.debug(msg);

                throw new ServiceFailure("1190", msg);

            }

        } else {

            // DEFAULT CASE: DATA (needs to be checked and completed)

            insertDataObject(object, guid, sessionData);

        }

        // For Metadata and Data, insert the system metadata into the object store too

        insertSystemMetadata(sysmeta, sessionData);

        logMetacat.debug("Returning from CrudService.create()");

        return guid;

    }

    /**

     * update an existing object with a new object.  Change the system metadata

     * to reflect the changes and update it as well.

     */

    public Identifier update(AuthToken token, Identifier guid, 

            InputStream object, Identifier obsoletedGuid, SystemMetadata sysmeta) 

            throws InvalidToken, ServiceFailure, NotAuthorized, IdentifierNotUnique, 

            UnsupportedType, InsufficientResources, NotFound, InvalidSystemMetadata, 

            NotImplemented {

        try

        {

            SessionData sessionData = getSessionData(token);

            //find the old systemmetadata (sm.old) document id (the one linked to obsoletedGuid)

            SystemMetadata sm = getSystemMetadata(token, obsoletedGuid);

            //change sm.old's obsoletedBy field 

            List l = sm.getObsoletedByList();

            l.add(guid);

            sm.setObsoletedByList(l);

            //update sm.old

            updateSystemMetadata(sm, sessionData);

            //change the obsoletes field of the new systemMetadata (sm.new) to point to the id of the old one

            sysmeta.addObsolete(obsoletedGuid);

            //insert sm.new

            insertSystemMetadata(sysmeta, sessionData);

            boolean isScienceMetadata = isScienceMetadata(sysmeta);

            if(isScienceMetadata)

            {

                //update the doc

                updateDocument(object, obsoletedGuid, guid, sessionData);

            }

            else

            {

                //update a data file, not xml

                insertDataObject(object, guid, sessionData);

            }

            return guid;

        }

        catch(Exception e)

        {

            throw new ServiceFailure("1030", "Error updating document in CrudService: " + e.getMessage());

        }

    }

    public Identifier delete(AuthToken token, Identifier guid)

            throws InvalidToken, ServiceFailure, NotAuthorized, NotFound, 

            NotImplemented {

        throw new NotImplemented("1000", "This method not yet implemented.");

    }

    public DescribeResponse describe(AuthToken token, Identifier guid)

            throws InvalidToken, ServiceFailure, NotAuthorized, NotFound, 

            NotImplemented {

        throw new NotImplemented("1000", "This method not yet implemented.");

    }

    public InputStream get(AuthToken token, Identifier guid)

            throws InvalidToken, ServiceFailure, NotAuthorized, NotFound, 

            NotImplemented {

        // Retrieve the session information from the AuthToken

        // If the session is expired, then the user is 'public'

        final SessionData sessionData = getSessionData(token);

        // Look up the localId for this global identifier

        IdentifierManager im = IdentifierManager.getInstance();

        try {

            final String localId = im.getLocalId(guid.getValue());

            final InputStreamFromOutputStream<String> objectStream = 

                new InputStreamFromOutputStream<String>() {

                @Override

                public String produce(final OutputStream dataSink) throws Exception {

                    try {

                        handler.readFromMetacat(metacatUrl, null, 

                                dataSink, localId, "xml",

                                sessionData.getUserName(), 

                                sessionData.getGroupNames(), true, params);

                    } catch (PropertyNotFoundException e) {

                        throw new ServiceFailure("1030", e.getMessage());

                    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {

                        throw new ServiceFailure("1030", e.getMessage());

                    } catch (IOException e) {

                        throw new ServiceFailure("1030", e.getMessage());

                    } catch (SQLException e) {

                        throw new ServiceFailure("1030", e.getMessage());

                    } catch (McdbException e) {

                        throw new ServiceFailure("1030", e.getMessage());

                    } catch (ParseLSIDException e) {

                        throw new NotFound("1020", e.getMessage());

                    } catch (InsufficientKarmaException e) {

                        throw new NotAuthorized("1000", "Not authorized for get().");

                    }

                    return "Completed";

                }

            };

            return objectStream;

        } catch (McdbDocNotFoundException e) {

            throw new NotFound("1020", e.getMessage());

        }

    }

    public Checksum getChecksum(AuthToken token, Identifier guid)

            throws InvalidToken, ServiceFailure, NotAuthorized, NotFound, 

            InvalidRequest, NotImplemented {

        throw new NotImplemented("1000", "This method not yet implemented.");

    }

    public Checksum getChecksum(AuthToken token, Identifier guid, 

            String checksumAlgorithm) throws InvalidToken, ServiceFailure, 

            NotAuthorized, NotFound, InvalidRequest, NotImplemented {

        throw new NotImplemented("1000", "This method not yet implemented.");

    }

    public LogRecordSet getLogRecords(AuthToken token, Date fromDate, Date toDate)

            throws InvalidToken, ServiceFailure, NotAuthorized, InvalidRequest, 

            NotImplemented {

        throw new NotImplemented("1000", "This method not yet implemented.");

    }

    public SystemMetadata getSystemMetadata(AuthToken token, Identifier guid)

            throws InvalidToken, ServiceFailure, NotAuthorized, NotFound, 

            InvalidRequest, NotImplemented {

        logMetacat.debug("CrudService.getSystemMetadata - for guid: " + guid.getValue());

        // Retrieve the session information from the AuthToken

        // If the session is expired, then the user is 'public'

        final SessionData sessionData = getSessionData(token);

        // TODO: Check access control rules

        try {

            IdentifierManager im = IdentifierManager.getInstance();

            final String localId = im.getSystemMetadataId(guid.getValue());

            // Read system metadata from metacat's db

            final InputStreamFromOutputStream<String> objectStream = 

                new InputStreamFromOutputStream<String>() {

                @Override

                public String produce(final OutputStream dataSink) throws Exception {

                    try {

                        handler.readFromMetacat(metacatUrl, null, 

                                dataSink, localId, "xml",

                                sessionData.getUserName(), 

                                sessionData.getGroupNames(), true, params);

                    } catch (PropertyNotFoundException e) {

                        throw new ServiceFailure("1030", e.getMessage());

                    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {

                        throw new ServiceFailure("1030", e.getMessage());

                    } catch (IOException e) {

                        throw new ServiceFailure("1030", e.getMessage());

                    } catch (SQLException e) {

                        throw new ServiceFailure("1030", e.getMessage());

                    } catch (McdbException e) {

                        throw new ServiceFailure("1030", e.getMessage());

                    } catch (ParseLSIDException e) {

                        throw new NotFound("1020", e.getMessage());

                    } catch (InsufficientKarmaException e) {

                        throw new NotAuthorized("1000", "Not authorized for get().");

                    }

                    return "Completed";

                }

            };

            // Deserialize the xml to create a SystemMetadata object

            SystemMetadata sysmeta = deserializeSystemMetadata(objectStream);

            return sysmeta;

        } catch (McdbDocNotFoundException e) {

            //e.printStackTrace();

            throw new NotFound("1000", e.getMessage());

        }                

    }

    /*

     * Look up the information on the session using the token provided in

     * the AuthToken.  The Session should have all relevant user information.

     * If the session has expired or is invalid, the 'public' session will

     * be returned, giving the user anonymous access.

     */

    private static SessionData getSessionData(AuthToken token) {

        SessionData sessionData = null;

        String sessionId = "PUBLIC";

        if (token != null) {

            sessionId = token.getToken();

        }

        // if the session id is registered in SessionService, get the

        // SessionData for it. Otherwise, use the public session.

        if (SessionService.isSessionRegistered(sessionId)) {

            sessionData = SessionService.getRegisteredSession(sessionId);

        } else {

            sessionData = SessionService.getPublicSession();

        }

        return sessionData;

    }

    /** 

     * Determine if a given object should be treated as an XML science metadata

     * object. 

     * 

     * TODO: This test should be externalized in a configuration dictionary rather than being hardcoded.

     * 

     * @param sysmeta the SystemMetadata describig the object

     * @return true if the object should be treated as science metadata

     */

    private boolean isScienceMetadata(SystemMetadata sysmeta) {

        boolean scimeta = false;

        switch (sysmeta.getObjectFormat()) {

            case EML_2_1_0: scimeta = true; break;

            case EML_2_0_1: scimeta = true; break;

            case EML_2_0_0: scimeta = true; break;

            case FGDC_STD_001_1_1999: scimeta = true; break;

            case FGDC_STD_001_1998: scimeta = true; break;

            case NCML_2_2: scimeta = true; break;

        }

        return scimeta;

    }

    private void insertDataObject(InputStream object, Identifier guid, 

            SessionData sessionData) throws ServiceFailure {

        String username = sessionData.getUserName();

        String[] groups = sessionData.getGroupNames();

        // generate guid/localId pair for object

        logMetacat.debug("Generating a guid/localId mapping");

        IdentifierManager im = IdentifierManager.getInstance();

        String localId = im.generateLocalId(guid.getValue(), 1);

        try {

            logMetacat.debug("Case DATA: starting to write to disk.");

            if (DocumentImpl.getDataFileLockGrant(localId)) {

                // Save the data file to disk using "localId" as the name

                try {

                    String datafilepath = PropertyService.getProperty("application.datafilepath");

                    File dataDirectory = new File(datafilepath);

                    dataDirectory.mkdirs();

                    File newFile = writeStreamToFile(dataDirectory, localId, object);

                    // TODO: Check that the file size matches SystemMetadata

                    //                        long size = newFile.length();

                    //                        if (size == 0) {

                    //                            throw new IOException("Uploaded file is 0 bytes!");

                    //                        }

                    // Register the file in the database (which generates an exception

                    // if the localId is not acceptable or other untoward things happen

                    try {

                        logMetacat.debug("Registering document...");

                        System.out.println("inserting data object: localId: " + localId);

                        DocumentImpl.registerDocument(localId, "BIN", localId,

                                username, groups);

                        logMetacat.debug("Registration step completed.");

                    } catch (SQLException e) {

                        //newFile.delete();

                        logMetacat.debug("SQLE: " + e.getMessage());

                        e.printStackTrace(System.out);

                        throw new ServiceFailure("1190", "Registration failed: " + e.getMessage());

                    } catch (AccessionNumberException e) {

                        //newFile.delete();

                        logMetacat.debug("ANE: " + e.getMessage());

                        e.printStackTrace(System.out);

                        throw new ServiceFailure("1190", "Registration failed: " + e.getMessage());

                    } catch (Exception e) {

                        //newFile.delete();

                        logMetacat.debug("Exception: " + e.getMessage());

                        e.printStackTrace(System.out);

                        throw new ServiceFailure("1190", "Registration failed: " + e.getMessage());

                    }

                    logMetacat.debug("Logging the creation event.");

                    EventLog.getInstance().log(metacatUrl,

                            username, localId, "create");

                    // Schedule replication for this data file

                    logMetacat.debug("Scheduling replication.");

                    ForceReplicationHandler frh = new ForceReplicationHandler(

                            localId, "insert", false, null);

                } catch (PropertyNotFoundException e) {

                    throw new ServiceFailure("1190", "Could not lock file for writing:" + e.getMessage());

                }

            }

        } catch (Exception e) {

            // Could not get a lock on the document, so we can not update the file now

            throw new ServiceFailure("1190", "Failed to lock file: " + e.getMessage());

        }

    }

    private File writeStreamToFile(File dir, String fileName, InputStream data) 

        throws ServiceFailure {

        File newFile = new File(dir, fileName);

        logMetacat.debug("Filename for write is: " + newFile.getAbsolutePath());

        try {

            if (newFile.createNewFile()) {

                // write data stream to desired file

                OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(newFile);

                long length = IOUtils.copyLarge(data, os);

                os.flush();

                os.close();

            } else {

                logMetacat.debug("File creation failed, or file already exists.");

                throw new ServiceFailure("1190", "File already exists: " + fileName);

            }

        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {

            logMetacat.debug("FNF: " + e.getMessage());

            throw new ServiceFailure("1190", "File not found: " + fileName + " " 

                    + e.getMessage());

        } catch (IOException e) {

            logMetacat.debug("IOE: " + e.getMessage());

            throw new ServiceFailure("1190", "File was not written: " + fileName 

                    + " " + e.getMessage());

        }

        return newFile;

    }

    /**

     * insert a systemMetadata doc

     */

    private void insertSystemMetadata(SystemMetadata sysmeta, SessionData sessionData) 

        throws ServiceFailure {

        logMetacat.debug("Starting to insert SystemMetadata...");

        // generate guid/localId pair for sysmeta

        Identifier sysMetaGuid = new Identifier();

        sysMetaGuid.setValue(DocumentUtil.generateDocumentId(1));

        sysmeta.setDateSysMetadataModified(new Date());

        String xml = new String(serializeSystemMetadata(sysmeta).toByteArray());

        String localId = insertDocument(xml, sysMetaGuid, sessionData);

        //insert the system metadata doc id into the identifiers table to 

        //link it to the data or metadata document

        IdentifierManager.getInstance().createSystemMetadataMapping(sysmeta.getIdentifier().getValue(), sysMetaGuid.getValue());

    }

    /**

     * update a systemMetadata doc

     */

    private void updateSystemMetadata(SystemMetadata sm, SessionData sessionData)

      throws ServiceFailure

    {

        try

        {

            String smId = IdentifierManager.getInstance().getSystemMetadataId(sm.getIdentifier().getValue());

            sm.setDateSysMetadataModified(new Date());

            String xml = new String(serializeSystemMetadata(sm).toByteArray());

            Identifier id = new Identifier();

            id.setValue(smId);

            String localId = updateDocument(xml, id, null, sessionData);

            IdentifierManager.getInstance().updateSystemMetadataMapping(sm.getIdentifier().getValue(), localId);

        }

        catch(Exception e)

        {

            throw new ServiceFailure("1030", "Error updating system metadata: " + e.getMessage());

        }

    }

    /**

     * insert a document

     * NOTE: this method shouldn't be used from the update or create() methods.  

     * we shouldn't be putting the science metadata or data objects into memory.

     */

    private String insertDocument(String xml, Identifier guid, SessionData sessionData)

        throws ServiceFailure

    {

        return insertOrUpdateDocument(xml, guid, sessionData, "insert");

    }

    /**

     * insert a document from a stream

     */

    private String insertDocument(InputStream is, Identifier guid, SessionData sessionData)

      throws IOException, ServiceFailure

    {

        //HACK: change this eventually.  we should not be converting the stream to a string

        String xml = IOUtils.toString(is);

        return insertDocument(xml, guid, sessionData);

    }

    /**

     * update a document

     * NOTE: this method shouldn't be used from the update or create() methods.  

     * we shouldn't be putting the science metadata or data objects into memory.

     */

    private String updateDocument(String xml, Identifier obsoleteGuid, Identifier guid, SessionData sessionData)

        throws ServiceFailure

    {

        return insertOrUpdateDocument(xml, obsoleteGuid, sessionData, "update");

    }

    /**

     * update a document from a stream

     */

    private String updateDocument(InputStream is, Identifier obsoleteGuid, Identifier guid, SessionData sessionData)

      throws IOException, ServiceFailure

    {

        //HACK: change this eventually.  we should not be converting the stream to a string

        String xml = IOUtils.toString(is);

        String localId = updateDocument(xml, obsoleteGuid, guid, sessionData);

        IdentifierManager im = IdentifierManager.getInstance();

        if(guid != null)

        {

          im.createMapping(guid.getValue(), localId);

        }

        return localId;

    }

    /**

     * insert a document, return the id of the document that was inserted

     */

    private String insertOrUpdateDocument(String xml, Identifier guid, SessionData sessionData, String insertOrUpdate) 

        throws ServiceFailure {

        logMetacat.debug("Starting to insert xml document...");

        IdentifierManager im = IdentifierManager.getInstance();

        // generate guid/localId pair for sysmeta

        String localId = null;

        if(insertOrUpdate.equals("insert"))

        {

            localId = im.generateLocalId(guid.getValue(), 1);

        }

        else

        {

            //localid should already exist in the identifier table, so just find it

            try

            {

                localId = im.getLocalId(guid.getValue());

                //increment the revision

                String docid = localId.substring(0, localId.lastIndexOf("."));

                String revS = localId.substring(localId.lastIndexOf(".") + 1, localId.length());

                int rev = new Integer(revS).intValue();

                rev++;

                docid = docid + "." + rev;

                localId = docid;

            }

            catch(McdbDocNotFoundException e)

            {

                throw new ServiceFailure("1030", "CrudService.insertOrUpdateDocument(): " +

                    "guid " + guid.getValue() + " should have been in the identifier table, but it wasn't: " + e.getMessage());

            }

        }

        logMetacat.debug("Metadata guid|localId: " + guid.getValue() + "|" +

                localId);

        String[] action = new String[1];

        action[0] = insertOrUpdate;

        params.put("action", action);

        String[] docid = new String[1];

        docid[0] = localId;

        params.put("docid", docid);

        String[] doctext = new String[1];

        doctext[0] = xml;

        logMetacat.debug(doctext[0]);

        params.put("doctext", doctext);

        // TODO: refactor handleInsertOrUpdateAction() to not output XML directly

        // onto output stream, or alternatively, capture that and parse it to 

        // generate the right exceptions

        //ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

        //PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(output);

        String result = handler.handleInsertOrUpdateAction(metacatUrl, null, 

                            null, params, sessionData.getUserName(), sessionData.getGroupNames());

        //String outputS = new String(output.toByteArray());

        logMetacat.debug("CrudService.insertDocument - Metacat returned: " + result);

//        if (!(outputS.indexOf("<success>") > 0 && outputS.indexOf(localId) > 0)) {

//            throw new ServiceFailure(1190, outputS);

//        }

        logMetacat.debug("Finsished inserting xml document with id " + localId);

        return localId;

    }

    public static ByteArrayOutputStream serializeSystemMetadata(SystemMetadata sysmeta) 

        throws ServiceFailure {

        IBindingFactory bfact;

        ByteArrayOutputStream sysmetaOut = null;

        try {

            bfact = BindingDirectory.getFactory(SystemMetadata.class);

            IMarshallingContext mctx = bfact.createMarshallingContext();

            sysmetaOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

            mctx.marshalDocument(sysmeta, "UTF-8", null, sysmetaOut);

        } catch (JiBXException e) {

            throw new ServiceFailure("1190", "Failed to serialize and insert SystemMetadata: " + e.getMessage());

        }

        return sysmetaOut;

    }

    public static SystemMetadata deserializeSystemMetadata(InputStream xml) 

        throws ServiceFailure {

        try {

            IBindingFactory bfact = BindingDirectory.getFactory(SystemMetadata.class);

            IUnmarshallingContext uctx = bfact.createUnmarshallingContext();

            SystemMetadata sysmeta = (SystemMetadata) uctx.unmarshalDocument(xml, null);

            return sysmeta;

        } catch (JiBXException e) {

            throw new ServiceFailure("1190", "Failed to serialize and insert SystemMetadata: " + e.getMessage());

        }    

    }

}