Retrieving the Classifications for an Object

Use the RegistryObject.getClassifications method to retrieve a Collection of the object’s classifications. For a classification, the important attributes are its value and the classification scheme to which it belongs. Often, a classification has no name or description. The following code fragment retrieves and displays an object’s classifications.

Collection classifications = object.getClassifications();
Iterator classIter = classifications.iterator();
while (classIter.hasNext()) {
    Classification classification =
         (Classification) classIter.next();
    String name = classification.getName().getValue();
    System.out.println("  Classification name is " + name);
    System.out.println("  Classification value is " +
        classification.getValue());
    ClassificationScheme scheme =
         classification.getClassificationScheme();
    System.out.println("  Classification scheme for " +
        name + " is " + scheme.getName().getValue());
}

Some of the examples have a showClassifications method that uses code similar to this. See, for example, JAXRSearchByName.java in the directory <INSTALL>/registry/samples/search-name/src.