Metacat

added replication for the xml_catalog table. Right now it is only replicated when the deltaT handler is called. I will add more replication times later.

parser for the xml encoding of the xml_catalog tableing (fi

added a logging system for replication. The log file location is set in metacat.properties

cleaned up code, added more complete documentation of replication algorithms and datastructures.

made replication on insert or update us. Also made a method in AccessionNumber public so that you can tell if an accession number has already been used.e place be

An asynchronous replication handler. This class creates a new thread to handle replication so that the user does not have to wait for replication to take place before he/she sees the result of an insert or update.

updated file locking mechanisms to use revisions instead of dates.

fixed typo, removed extra print statements

added replication_on_insert handling. Changed replication from date_updated base replication to revision number replication.

change the generation of Accession# in the form of <sidecode>.<createdate>