edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.xml
Class XmlImporter

java.lang.Object
  edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.xml.XmlImporter

public class XmlImporter
extends Object

Utility class for importing data in XML import into the Groups Registry.

This class reads an XML file representing all or part of a Groups Registry and updates-or-creates the equivalent Stems, Groups and Memberships. This class can be used to load data exported by XmlExporter.

The API for this class will change in future Grouper releases.

Since:

1.0

Version:

$Id: XmlImporter.java,v 1.24.2.2 2009-12-18 21:03:44 tzeller Exp $

Author:

Gary Brown., blair christensen.

XmlImporter

public XmlImporter(GrouperSession s,
                   Properties userOptions)

Import the Groups Registry from XML.

The import process is configured through the following properties.

Key	Values	Default	Description
import.metadata.group-types	true/false	true	If true create custom group types when importing.
import.metadata.group-type-attributes	true/false	true	If true create custom fields when importing.
import.data.ignore-internal-attributes-and-uuids=false	true/false	false	If true, do not attempt to set internal attributes or Group/Stem uuids
import.data.apply-new-group-types	true/false	true	If true custom group types are applied to pre-existing groups when importing.
import.data.update-attributes	true/false	true	If true overwrite attributes on pre-existing groups when importing.
import.data.fail-on-unresolvable-subject	true/false	false	If true, and the import file references a subject which cannot be resolved abort the import, otherwise, log the problem and continue.
import.data.lists	ignore/replace/add	replace	Determines whether membership lists are ignored, replaced or appended to pre-existing memberships when importing.
import.data.privileges	ignore/replace/add	add	Determines whether privileges are ignored, replaced or appended to pre-existing privileges when importing.

Parameters:

s - Perform import within this session.

userOptions - User-specified configuration parameters.

Since:

1.1.0

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Process an Xml file as the 'root' user.

Parameters:

args - args[0] = name of Xml file to process

Since:

1.1.0

load

public void load(Document doc)
          throws GrouperException,
                 IllegalArgumentException

Populate Groups Registry.

 try {
   importer.load( XmlReader.getDocumentFromString(s) );
 }
 catch (GrouperException eG) {
   // error importing
 }
 

Parameters:

doc - Import this Document.

Throws:

GrouperException

IllegalArgumentException - if doc is null

Since:

1.1.0

load

public void load(Stem ns,
                 Document doc)
          throws GrouperException,
                 IllegalArgumentException

Populate Groups Registry using the specified Stem as the root of the registry.

 try {
   importer.load( ns, XmlReader.getDocumentFromString(s) );
 }
 catch (GrouperException eG) {
   // error importing
 }
 

Parameters:

ns - Import using this Stem as the root stem.

doc - Import this Document.

Throws:

GrouperException

IllegalArgumentException - if doc is null

Since:

1.1.0

update

public void update(Document doc)
            throws GrouperException,
                   IllegalArgumentException

Update memberships and privileges but do not create missing stems or groups.

 try {
   importer.update( XmlReader.getDocumentFromString(s) );
 }
 catch (GrouperException eG) {
   // error updating
 }
 

Parameters:

doc - Import this Document.

Throws:

GrouperException

IllegalArgumentException - if doc is null

Since:

1.1.0

setIgnoreInternal

public void setIgnoreInternal(boolean ignoreInternal)

internal_getOptions

public Properties internal_getOptions()

_handleArgs

public static void _handleArgs(XmlImporter importer,
                               Properties rc)
                        throws GrouperException

Parameters:

importer -

rc -

Throws:

GrouperException

Since:

1.1.0