Metacat

catch exceptions from system meta data query and throw service failure rather than swallowing them with an error msg

handle null values from DB better when querying system metadata

Update getOperationStatistics() to reflect the change in the signature, using ObjectFormatIdentifier instead of ObjectFormat.

Modify monitor() to accept new parameters for getOperationStatisics() (fromDate, toDate) instead of 'period'. Added getDateAsUTC() to parse incoming fromDate and toDate parameter strings.

Fixed problems in IdentifierManager asSystemMetadata(), getSystemMetadata(), and querySystemMetadata() that were using ObjectFormat.toString() rather than ObjectFormat.getFmtid().getValue(). Metacat was storing the string memory pointer rather than the actual format string in the systemmetadata table.

use super class' create() method
use string comparison for assertRelation method

beef up isAuthorized method to check for "public" access rules and also for the rights holder

do not delete if the sysmeta doesn't exist

Use 'synchronization_failed' for the event string in synchronizationFailed(), and add a TODO to use the event enum when the 0.6.3 types are updated.

return all public objects for the search() method [for now]