About Remote ALI Object Management

Everything in the portal, except users and documents, is represented by a portal object stored in the ALI database. This includes portlets, content crawlers, authentication sources, profile sources, remote servers, and content sources. The PRC IObjectManager interface in the IDK allows applications to access portal objects from remote services.

Using the PRC, you can look up information about a specific object, or query for objects using a range of methods, including location, class, and custom filters. You can also query and manipulate the security for portal objects.

For details on using remote ALI object management, see the following topics:

Retrieving ALI Object Managers Using IDK Remote APIsTo access ALI objects from a remote application, first retrieve an IObjectManager object from the IRemoteSession object.
Querying ALI Objects Using IDK Remote APIsTo query for ALI objects from a remote application, use the IObjectManager interface in the PRC.
ALI Object Type Class IDs and ModesThis table lists class IDs for all ALI object types and describes how modes are implemented by each.
Querying ALI Object Properties Using IDK Remote APIsTo query the properties of a specific portal object from a remote application, use the instance of IObjectQueryRow that represents the portal object.
Managing Object Security (ACLs) Using IDK Remote APIsTo manipulate object security, use the IACL interface in the IDK.
Access Control List (ACL) PrivilegesSecurity for portal objects is implemented using Access Control Lists (ACLs) that can be applied to folders or individual objects. The ACL defines the access privileges for portal users and groups.

Parent topic: About Remote ALI APIs

AquaLogic User Interaction Development Guide

About Remote ALI Object Management