Method: Rubydora::DigitalObject#save

Defined in:
lib/rubydora/digital_object.rb

#save ⇒ Rubydora::DigitalObject

persist the object to Fedora, either as a new object by modifing the existing object

also will save all ‘:changed?` datastreams that already exist new datastreams must be directly saved

Returns:



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# File 'lib/rubydora/digital_object.rb', line 190

def save
  check_if_read_only
  mod_time = nil
  run_callbacks :save do
    if self.new?
      self.pid = repository.ingest to_api_params.merge(:pid => pid)
      @profile = nil #will cause a reload with updated data
    else
      p = to_api_params
      unless p.empty?
        mod_time = repository.modify_object p.merge(:pid => pid)
        clear_changes_information
      end
    end
  end
  mod_time = save_datastreams(mod_time)
  # mod_time will be nil on new objects with no ds changes
  unless mod_time.nil?
    self.lastModifiedDate = mod_time
    clear_attribute_changes(['lastModifiedDate'])
  end
  self
end