[DS-3952] First try at writability, untested.

dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/authority/AuthoritySearchService.java

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServerException;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.QueryResponse;
 
 /**
+ * Manage queries of the Solr authority core.
+ *
  * @author Antoine Snyers (antoine at atmire.com)
  * @author Kevin Van de Velde (kevin at atmire dot com)
  * @author Ben Bosman (ben at atmire dot com)
@@ -26,6 +28,13 @@ public interface AuthoritySearchService {
     public QueryResponse search(SolrQuery query)
             throws SolrServerException, MalformedURLException, IOException;
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieves all the metadata fields which are indexed in the authority control.
+     *
+     * @return names of indexed fields.
+     * @throws SolrServerException passed through.
+     * @throws MalformedURLException passed through.
+     */
     public List<String> getAllIndexedMetadataFields() throws Exception;
 
 }

dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/authority/service/AuthorityService.java

@@ -14,14 +14,21 @@ import org.dspace.content.Item;
 import org.dspace.core.Context;
 
 /**
- * Service interface class for the Metadata Authority
- * The implementation of this class is responsible for all business logic calls for the Metadata Authority and is
- * autowired by spring
+ * Service interface class for the Metadata Authority.
+ * The implementation of this class is responsible for all business logic calls
+ * for the Metadata Authority and is autowired by Spring.
  *
  * @author kevinvandevelde at atmire.com
  */
 public interface AuthorityService {
 
+    /**
+     * Add an {@link Item} to the authority index.
+     * @param context current DSpace session.
+     * @param item the Item to be added.
+     * @throws SQLException passed through.
+     * @throws AuthorizeException passed through.
+     */
     public void indexItem(Context context, Item item) throws SQLException, AuthorizeException;
 
     public boolean isConfigurationValid();

dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/RequestItemRepository.java

@@ -8,15 +8,20 @@
 
 package org.dspace.app.rest.repository;
 
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 
 import org.dspace.app.requestitem.RequestItem;
 import org.dspace.app.requestitem.service.RequestItemService;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.converter.RequestItemConverter;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.exception.RepositoryMethodNotImplementedException;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.model.RequestItemRest;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.model.hateoas.RequestItemResource;
+import org.dspace.authorize.AuthorizeException;
 import org.dspace.core.Context;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 
@@ -28,6 +33,8 @@ import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 @Named(RequestItemRest.CATEGORY + '.' + RequestItemRest.NAME)
 public class RequestItemRepository
         extends DSpaceRestRepository<RequestItemRest, String> {
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RequestItemRepository.class);
+
     @Inject
     protected RequestItemService requestItemService;
 
@@ -46,6 +53,26 @@ public class RequestItemRepository
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public RequestItemRest save(Context context, RequestItemRest ri) {
+        try {
+            requestItemService.createRequest(context, ri.getBitstream(),
+                    ri.getItem(), ri.isAllfiles(), ri.getReqEmail(),
+                    ri.getReqName(), ri.getReqMessage());
+        } catch (SQLException ex) {
+            LOG.error("New RequestItem not saved.", ex);
+            // TODO how to inform caller that request was not saved?
+        }
+        return ri;
+    }
+
+    // NOTICE:  there is no service method for this -- requests are never deleted?
+    @Override
+    public void delete(Context context, String token)
+            throws AuthorizeException, RepositoryMethodNotImplementedException {
+        throw new RepositoryMethodNotImplementedException("RequestItemRest", "delete");
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Class<RequestItemRest> getDomainClass() {
         return RequestItemRest.class;