def updateMetadata(file, metadata, logger):
try:
logger.debug('Start updating the metadata in the xml file %s'%file)
mdEditor = ChildMetadataBinding(file, logger)
mdEditor.updateId(metadata['identifier'])
mdEditor.updateTitle(metadata['title'])
mdEditor.updateAbstract(metadata['abstract'])
mdEditor.updateHierarchyLevelName(metadata['hierarchylevel'])
mdEditor.updateBoundingBox(metadata['westBoundLongitude'], metadata['eastBoundLongitude'],
metadata['southBoundLatitude'], metadata['northBoundLatitude'])
mdEditor.updateDateStamp(metadata['dateStamp'])
mdEditor.updateReferenceTime(metadata['temporalExtent_begin'], metadata['temporalExtent_end'])
mdEditor.updateReferenceDate(metadata['cite_date'])
mdEditor.updateGraphicOverview(metadata['overviews'])
mdEditor.updateIdCode(metadata['identifier'])
mdEditor.updateOnlineResource(metadata['onlineresource'])
print '============================'
print mdEditor.tostring()
print '============================'
mdEditor.saveFile(file)
return True
except:
logger.error('Problems while updating the metadata for the xml file %s'%file)
raise
