D-Net

	private final String showGroupPath = "rest/api/groups/show"; //param id

	private final String createGroupPath = "rest/api/groups/create";

	public boolean groupExist(final String groupName) throws ParthenosPublisherException {

		log.debug(String.format("Catalogue --> Checking if %s exists", groupName));

		HttpEntity<String> entity = new HttpEntity<String>(getHeaders());

		try {

			URI uri = new URIBuilder(getBaseURL()+showGroupPath).addParameter("gcube-token", getApplicationToken()).addParameter("id", groupName).build();

			ResponseEntity<String> res = jrrRestTemplate.<String>exchange(uri, HttpMethod.GET, entity, String.class);

			CatalogueAPIResponse response = new CatalogueAPIResponse();

			response.setResponseBody(res.getBody());

			return response.isSuccess();

		} catch (Throwable t) {

			throw new ParthenosPublisherException(t);

		}

	}

	public boolean registerGroup(final String json, final String groupName) throws URISyntaxException, IOException {

		log.debug(String.format("Catalogue --> Registering group %s : %s", groupName, json));

		HttpEntity<String> entity = new HttpEntity<String>(json, getHeaders());

		URI uri = new URIBuilder(getBaseURL() + createGroupPath).addParameter("gcube-token", getApplicationToken()).build();

		ResponseEntity<String> res = jrrRestTemplate.exchange(uri, HttpMethod.POST, entity, String.class);

		CatalogueAPIResponse response = new CatalogueAPIResponse();

		if (res.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.OK) {

			String body = res.getBody();

			response.setResponseBody(body);

			if (!response.isSuccess())

				log.warn(groupName + " could not be added because of " + response.getErrorMessage());

			return response.isSuccess();

		} else {

			log.warn(groupName + " POST FAILED: " + res.getStatusCodeValue());

			return false;

		}

	}