// call this method first for repository validity before do anything else...
public static boolean isValid(String baseURL) {
boolean res = false;
Identify ident = null;
// validate baseURL
try {
ident = new Identify(baseURL);
res = true;
} catch (IOException e) {
// e.printStackTrace();
res = false;
} catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
// e.printStackTrace();
res = false;
} catch (SAXException e) {
// e.printStackTrace();
res = false;
} catch (TransformerException e) {
// e.printStackTrace();
res = false;
}
// validate response (version plus xml response structure)
if (ident != null) {
try {
NodeList errors = ident.getErrors();
if ((errors != null) && (errors.getLength() > 0)) {
res = false;
} else {
ident.getProtocolVersion();
res = true;
}
} catch (TransformerException e) {
// e.printStackTrace();
res = false;
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
// e.printStackTrace();
res = false;
}
}
ident = null; // clean up the mess ;)
return res;
}
