# HG changeset patch
# User casties
# Date 1311934173 -7200
# Node ID 68bc459c9f592be7e9aa03aa2a3220458465d6bb
# Parent  eeaad777d3d7e998f348252aa6a5f250290c92a7
getmd handles empty url

diff -r eeaad777d3d7 -r 68bc459c9f59 MetaDataFolder.py
--- a/MetaDataFolder.py	Thu Jul 28 18:08:58 2011 +0200
+++ b/MetaDataFolder.py	Fri Jul 29 12:09:33 2011 +0200
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
 
         
     def getMDFromPathOrUrl(self,path):
+        """returns contents of metadata file from server as text"""
+        if not path:
+            logging.error("getMDFromPathOrUrl: empty path!")
+            return ""
+        
         parsedurl = urlparse.urlparse(path)
         if parsedurl[0] != "":
             # has schema (e.g. http)