--- OSA_system2/OSAS_metadata.py	2005/03/07 21:25:41	1.6
+++ OSA_system2/OSAS_metadata.py	2005/04/06 09:18:41	1.7
@@ -389,14 +389,71 @@ class OSAS_Metadata(Folder):
         pt=PageTemplateFile(os.path.join(package_home(globals()),'zpt','addMetadataForm_template.zpt')).__of__(self)
         return pt()
 
+    def readMetadata(self,MDF_path,MDF_type,MDF_prefix="",MDF_xpathStart="", MDF_addPath=None,MDF_identifyFields=None,newdoc=None,actualNode=None):
+
+        if type(MDF_path)==ListType:
+                MDF_path=MDF_path[0]
+
+        indexFile=os.path.join(MDF_path,'index.meta')
+
+        server=xmlrpclib.Server(self.serverUrl)
+        
+        documentStr=server.getFile(indexFile)
+        
+        if documentStr:
+            newdoc=xml.dom.minidom.parseString(documentStr)
+            dom=newdoc.documentElement
+            actualNode=dom
+        else:
+            return {}
+
+        if self.containerTag=="":
+            containerTag="doc"
+        else:
+            containerTag=self.containerTag
+            
+        if MDF_xpathStart=="":
+            dom=newdoc.documentElement
+            actualNode=dom
+        else:
+            #try to find xpath
+            if MDF_identifyFields:
+                query=[]
+                for field in MDF_identifyFields.keys():
+
+                    query.append("""(%s="%s")"""%(field,MDF_identifyFields[field]))
+                querystr=" and ".join(query)
+                xpathStr=MDF_xpathStart+"[%s]"%querystr
+                
+            else:
+                xpathStr=MDF_xpathStart
+
+
+            xpathNodes=xml.xpath.Evaluate(xpathStr,actualNode)
+            
+
+            if len(xpathNodes)>0:
+                actualNode=xpathNodes[0]
+            else:
+                return {}
+
+        ret={}
+        for node in actualNode.childNodes:
+            name=node.tagName
+            text=OSAS_helpers.getText(node.childNodes)
+            ret[name]=text
+
+        return ret
+        
     def writeMetadata(self,MDF_path,MDF_type,form,MDF_prefix="",MDF_xpathStart="", MDF_addPath=None,MDF_identifyFields=None,newdoc=None,actualNode=None):
         """writeMetadata"""
         #MDF_path="/tmp/index.meta"
         if type(MDF_path)==ListType:
                 MDF_path=MDF_path[0]
 
-        indexFile=os.path.join(MDF_path,'index.meta')
 
+        indexFile=os.path.join(MDF_path,'index.meta')
+        
         server=xmlrpclib.Server(self.serverUrl)
         if newdoc:
             if not actualNode: actualNode=newdoc