From dddcb01cbec398d68b563b4562209773b94295b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy McKay <andy@agmweb.ca>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 17:07:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add metadata and index object access from a given UID.

---
 ZCatalog.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ZCatalog.py b/ZCatalog.py
index dae95cc2..95d2b1a4 100644
--- a/ZCatalog.py
+++ b/ZCatalog.py
@@ -553,6 +553,16 @@ def getobject(self, rid, REQUEST=None):
             obj = self.resolve_url(self.getpath(rid), REQUEST)
         return obj
 
+    def getMetadataForUID(self, uid):
+        """return the correct metadata given the uid, usually the path"""
+        rid = self._catalog.uids[uid]
+        return self._catalog.getMetadataForRID(rid)
+
+    def getIndexDataForUID(self, uid):
+        """return the current index contents given the uid, usually the path"""
+        rid = self._catalog.uids[uid]
+        return self._catalog.getIndexDataForRID(rid)
+
     def getMetadataForRID(self, rid):
         """return the correct metadata for the cataloged record id"""
         return self._catalog.getMetadataForRID(int(rid))