blacklight_helper.rb in curate-0.5.5

- old
+ new

@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@
   include Blacklight::BlacklightHelperBehavior
 
   def application_name
     t('sufia.product_name')
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  # Loads the object and returns its name(for creator)/title(for collection)
+  def get_value_from_pid(field, value)
+    attr_value = ""
+    begin
+      attr_value = ActiveFedora::Base.load_instance_from_solr(value.split("/").last).name if field == "desc_metadata__creator_sim"
+      attr_value = ActiveFedora::Base.load_instance_from_solr(value).title if field == "collection_sim"
+    rescue => e
+      logger.warn("WARN: Helper method get_value_from_pid raised an error when loading #{value}.  Error was #{e}")
+    end
+    return attr_value.blank? ? value : attr_value
+  end
+end