Class: EMLEntity

EMLEntity()

EMLEntity represents an abstract data entity, corresponding with the EML EntityGroup and other elements common to all entity types, including otherEntity, dataTable, spatialVector, spatialRaster, and storedProcedure

Constructor

new EMLEntity()

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Extends

  • Backbone.Model

Members

nodeNameMap

The map of lower case to camel case node names needed to deal with parsing issues with $.parseHTML(). Use this until we can figure out issues with $.parseXML().
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Methods

addAttribute(attribute, index)

Add an attribute to the attributeList, inserting it at the zero-based index
Parameters:
Name Type Description
attribute EMLAttribute The EMLAttribute model to add
index number The index to insert the attribute at
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defaults() → {object}

Attributes of any entity
Properties:
Name Type Description
xmlID string The XML id of the entity
alternateIdentifier Array Zero or more alt ids
entityName string Required, the name of the entity
entityDescription string Description of the entity
physical Array Zero to many EMLPhysical objects
physicalMD5Checksum string The MD5 checksum of the physical object
physicalSize string The size of the physical object in bytes
physicalObjectName string The name of the physical object
coverage Array Zero to many EML{Geo|Taxon|Temporal}Coverage objects
methods EMLMethod Zero or one EMLMethod object
additionalInfo Array Zero to many EMLText objects
attributeList EMLAttributes Zero to many EMLAttribute objects as a collection
constraint Array Zero to many EMLConstraint objects
references string A reference to another EMLEntity by id (needs work)
downloadID string A temporary attribute until we implement the eml-physical module
formatName string A temporary attribute until we implement the eml-physical module
nodeOrder Array The order of the top level XML element nodes
parentModel EML211 The parent model this entity belongs to
dataONEObject DataONEObject Reference to the DataONEObject this EMLEntity describes
objectXML string The serialized XML of this EML entity
objectDOM object The DOM of this EML entity
type string The type of entity
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Returns:
- The default attributes
Type
object

formatXML(xmlString) → {string}

Format the EML XML for entities
Parameters:
Name Type Description
xmlString string The XML string to format
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Returns:
- The formatted XML string
Type
string

getEMLPosition(objectDOM, nodeName) → {object}

Get the DOM node preceding the given nodeName to find what position in the EML document the named node should be appended
Parameters:
Name Type Description
objectDOM object The DOM object to search
nodeName string The name of the node to find
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Returns:
- The DOM node to insert after
Type
object

getFileName() → {string}

Get the file name for the entity
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Returns:
- The file name for the entity
Type
string

getId() → {string}

Get the id for the entity
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Returns:
- The id for the entity
Type
string

getParentEML() → {EML211|false}

Climbs up the model heirarchy until it finds the EML model
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Returns:
- Returns the EML 211 Model or false if not found
Type
EML211 | false

initialize()

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listenToAttributeList()

Listen to changes on the attributeList collection and trigger change events on the parent model and collection
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parse(attrs, _options) → {object}

Parse the incoming entity's common XML elements Content example: file-alt.1.1.txt file-again.1.1.txt file.1.1.txt A file summary
Parameters:
Name Type Description
attrs object The XML attributes
_options object Any options passed to the parse function
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Returns:
- The parsed attributes
Type
object

removeAttribute(attribute)

Remove an EMLAttribute model from the attributeList array
Parameters:
Name Type Description
attribute EMLAttribute The EMLAttribute model to remove from this model's attributeList
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trickleUpChange()

Pass any change events up to the parent EML model
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updateDOM(objectDOMOriginal) → {object}

Copy the original XML and update fields in a DOM object
Parameters:
Name Type Description
objectDOMOriginal object The original DOM object
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Returns:
- The updated DOM object
Type
object

updateFileName()

Update the file name in the EML
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validate()

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validateAttributes() → {Array}

Validates each of the EMLAttribute models in the attributeList
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Returns:
- Returns an array of error messages for all the EMlAttribute models
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Array