class Fedora::Repository

def self.register(url, surrogate=nil)
  url = url.to_s.chop if url.to_s =~ /\/\Z/
  Thread.current[:repo]= Fedora::Repository.new(url, surrogate)
  begin
    repo = Thread.current[:repo]
    attributes = repo.describe_repository
    repo.repository_name = attributes["repositoryName"].first
    repo.base_url = attributes["repositoryBaseURL"].first
    repo.fedora_version = attributes["repositoryVersion"].first
    repo.pid_namespace = attributes["repositoryPID"].first["PID-namespaceIdentifier"].first
    repo.pid_delimiter = attributes["repositoryPID"].first["PID-delimiter"].first
  rescue
  end
  Thread.current[:repo]
end