package org.gcube.data_catalogue.grsf_publish_ws.utils;

import org.gcube.datacatalogue.ckanutillibrary.DataCatalogue;
import org.gcube.datacatalogue.ckanutillibrary.DataCatalogueFactory;


/**
 * Helper methods
 * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
 */
public abstract class HelperMethods {

	/**
	 * Convert a group name to its id on ckan
	 * @param origName
	 * @return
	 */
	public static String getGroupNameOnCkan(String origName){
		
		if(origName == null)
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("origName cannot be null");
		
		return origName.trim().toLowerCase().replaceAll("[^A-Za-z0-9_.]", "_");
		
	}
	
	/**
	 * Retrieve the running instance of the data catalogue for this scope
	 * @return
	 * @throws Exception 
	 */
	public static DataCatalogue getDataCatalogueRunningInstance(String scope) throws Exception{
		
		return DataCatalogueFactory.getFactory().getUtilsPerScope(scope);
		
	}
	
}