unidue.ub.statistics.media.journal

Class JournalTools

java.lang.Object

unidue.ub.statistics.media.journal.JournalTools

public class JournalTools
extends java.lang.Object

Helpful tools for handling of journals

Author:

Eike Spielberg

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JournalTools()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	determineType(java.lang.String identifier) determine whether the given journal identifier is a issn (returns string "issn), a comma-separated issn list (returns "list") or the anchor of a journal collection returns ("collection").
static java.util.Set<java.lang.Integer>	getAvailableYears(java.lang.String givenAvailability) takes a string of availability information (e.g. from Journal Online and Print) and retrieves the years of general availabity from it. !

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JournalTools

public JournalTools()

Method Detail

determineType

public static java.lang.String determineType(java.lang.String identifier)

determine whether the given journal identifier is a issn (returns string "issn), a comma-separated issn list (returns "list") or the anchor of a journal collection returns ("collection").

Parameters:

identifier - the identifier to be checked

Returns:

String the type of identifier ("issn", "list" or "collection")

getAvailableYears

public static java.util.Set<java.lang.Integer> getAvailableYears(java.lang.String givenAvailability)

takes a string of availability information (e.g. from Journal Online and Print) and retrieves the years of general availabity from it. !Warning! no attention is paid to partial availability!

Parameters:

givenAvailability - the string of availability information

Returns:

a set of years of principal availability