Method: ExistAPI#existscollection?

Defined in:
lib/eXistAPI.rb

#existscollection?(orig_path) ⇒ Boolean

Checks if collection with path exists or not.

  • Args :

    • path -> Path of the collection in db.

  • Returns : -boolean. true -> exists, false -> doesn’t exist

  • Raises :

    • nothing

Returns:



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# File 'lib/eXistAPI.rb', line 138

def existscollection?(orig_path)
  orig_path = check_slashes(orig_path)
  collections = orig_path.split("/")
  collections.delete("")
  i=0
  path = "/" 
  while(i < collections.length)
    path = path + collections[i] + "/"
    col = Collection.new(@client, path)
    if (!col.childCollection.include?(collections[i+1]))
      break
    end
    i = i + 1
  end
  
  if(path[-1]=="/")
    path = path[0..-2]
  end
  if(orig_path[-1]=="/")
    orig_path = orig_path[0..-2]
  end
  
  if(path == orig_path)
    return true
  else
    return false
  end
rescue  => e
  raise e  
end