Metacat

implement reserveIdentifier() and check whether the id is reserved when creating records (only allow the create when the Subject creating matches the Subject who reserved it -- currently stored in rightsHolder)

allow for provisional SystemMetadata records (provisional=true)

remove extraneous update() call when create() does the call for us

remove old RestServlet url-mappings

use monitor() return value when processing response

throw exceptions up the call stack and handle exception reporting/serialization centrally in the handle() method

use logging, not system.out

consolidate session management and parameter preparation in the superclass

throw exceptions up the call stack rather than catching and handling them differently for each possible rest path

consolidate multi part handling in the super class - subclasses need only call the appropriate helper to get access to the needed resources. superclass does some validation to make sure the files are in place in the request