Metacat

                              String action, String docid, String user,

                              String group, int serverCode )

                throws Exception {

    if(serverCode != 1 && action.equals("UPDATE"))

    { //if this document being written is not a resident of this server then

      //we need to try to get a lock from it's resident server.  If the

      //resident server will not give a lock then we send the user a message

      //saying that he/she needs to download a new copy of the file and

      //merge the differences manually.

      char istreamChar;

      DocumentImpl newdoc = new DocumentImpl(conn, docid);

      String update = newdoc.getUpdateDate();

      String server = MetacatReplication.getServer(serverCode);

      InputStreamReader istream = new InputStreamReader(u.openStream());

      StringBuffer serverResponse = new StringBuffer();

      while((istreamInt = istream.read()) != -1)

      }

      String serverResStr = serverResponse.toString();

      if(openingtag.equals("<lockgranted>"))

      {//the lock was granted go ahead with the insert

      }

      else if(openingtag.equals("<filelocked>"))

      {//the file is currently locked by another user

       //notify our user to wait a few minutes, check out a new copy and try

       //again.

      }

      else if(openingtag.equals("<outdatedfile>"))

      {//our file is outdated.  notify our user to check out a new copy of the

       //file and merge his version with the new version.

      }

    }

    // Determine if the docid is OK for INSERT or UPDATE

    AccessionNumber ac = new AccessionNumber(conn);

    String newdocid = ac.generate(docid, action);

            InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(

                                        docinfoUrl.openStream());

            StringBuffer docInfoBuffer = new StringBuffer();

            {

              istreamChar = (char)istreamInt;

              docInfoBuffer.append(istreamChar);

            docinfoParser.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(

                                                docInfoBuffer.toString())));

            Hashtable docinfoHash = dih.getDocInfo();

            String newDocid = DocumentImpl.write(conn, 

                               new StringReader(serverResponse.toString())

                               /*getDocIstream*/,