atg.repository

Interface MutableRepository

All Superinterfaces:

Repository, RepositoryViewContainer

All Known Subinterfaces:

SecuredMutableRepository

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericSecuredMutableContentRepository, GenericSecuredMutableRepository, SimpleRepository, XMLRepositoryService

public interface MutableRepository
extends Repository

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	CLASS_VERSION

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
RepositoryItem	addItem(MutableRepositoryItem pItem) Adds the supplied item populated to the repository.
RepositoryItem	addItem(RepositoryItem pItem, java.lang.String pDescriptorName) Deprecated.
MutableRepositoryItem	createItem(java.lang.String pDescriptorName) Returns a new item using an auto-generated unique id
MutableRepositoryItem	createItem(java.lang.String pId, java.lang.String pDescriptorName) Returns a new item populated with the supplied id.
MutableRepositoryItem	getItemForUpdate(java.lang.String pId) Deprecated. this method is replaced by getItemForUpdate(String,String). If the second argument, i.e. the descriptor name, is unknown then use getItemForUpdate(String,Repository.getDefaultViewName()).
MutableRepositoryItem	getItemForUpdate(java.lang.String pId, java.lang.String pDescriptorName) If one wants write access to an item it should be retrieved through this method.
MutableRepositoryItem[]	getItemsForUpdate(java.lang.String[] pIds) If one wants write access to a set of items they should be retrieved through this method
MutableRepositoryItem[]	getItemsForUpdate(java.lang.String[] pIds, java.lang.String pDescriptorName) If one wants write access to a set of items they should be retrieved through this method.
void	removeItem(java.lang.String pId) Deprecated. this method is replaced by removeItem(String,String). If the second argument, i.e. the descriptor name is unknown, then use removeItem(String,Repository.getDefaultViewName()).
void	removeItem(java.lang.String pId, java.lang.String pDescriptorName) Removes an item from the Repository permanently.
void	updateItem(MutableRepositoryItem pItem) Updates the item's values into the Repository

Methods inherited from interface atg.repository.Repository

getDefaultViewName, getItem, getItem, getItemDescriptor, getItemDescriptor, getItemDescriptorNames, getItems, getItems, getRepositoryName, getView, getView, getViewNames

Field Detail

CLASS_VERSION

static final java.lang.String CLASS_VERSION

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getItemForUpdate

MutableRepositoryItem getItemForUpdate(java.lang.String pId)
                                       throws RepositoryException

Deprecated. this method is replaced by getItemForUpdate(String,String). If the second argument, i.e. the descriptor name, is unknown then use getItemForUpdate(String,Repository.getDefaultViewName()).

If one wants write access to an item it should be retrieved through this method. This item must have already been added to the repository using addItem. This version updates an item in the default item descriptor.

Parameters:

pId - the id of the item to update.

Throws:

RepositoryException - if the item could not be retreived for update

getItemForUpdate

MutableRepositoryItem getItemForUpdate(java.lang.String pId,
                                     java.lang.String pDescriptorName)
                                       throws RepositoryException

If one wants write access to an item it should be retrieved through this method. This item must have already been added to the repository using addItem.

Parameters:

pId - the id of the item to update.

pDescriptorName - the name of the type of item to update.

Throws:

RepositoryException - if the item could not be retreived for update

getItemsForUpdate

MutableRepositoryItem[] getItemsForUpdate(java.lang.String[] pIds)
                                          throws RepositoryException

If one wants write access to a set of items they should be retrieved through this method

Throws:

RepositoryException - if the item could not be retreived for update

getItemsForUpdate

MutableRepositoryItem[] getItemsForUpdate(java.lang.String[] pIds,
                                        java.lang.String pDescriptorName)
                                          throws RepositoryException

If one wants write access to a set of items they should be retrieved through this method. This version updates items in the default item descriptor.

Parameters:

pIds - the list of ids of items to retrieve for update

pDescriptorName - the name of the item descriptor that contains these items.

Throws:

RepositoryException - if the item could not be retreived for update

createItem

MutableRepositoryItem createItem(java.lang.String pDescriptorName)
                                 throws RepositoryException

Returns a new item using an auto-generated unique id

Parameters:

pDescriptorName - the name of the RepositoryItemDescriptor which should be used as the "template" to create the item

Throws:

RepositoryException - if the item could not be created

createItem

MutableRepositoryItem createItem(java.lang.String pId,
                               java.lang.String pDescriptorName)
                                 throws RepositoryException

Returns a new item populated with the supplied id.

The new item is not added to the repository; addItem must be called in order to change the repository.

Parameters:

pId - the id to use in an attempt to create the RepositoryItem

pDescriptorName - the name of the RepositoryItemDescriptor which should be used as the "template" to create the item

Throws:

RepositoryException - if the item could not be created

DuplicateIdException - if the id is already in use

addItem

RepositoryItem addItem(RepositoryItem pItem,
                     java.lang.String pDescriptorName)
                       throws RepositoryException

Deprecated.

Adds the supplied item populated to the repository.

Parameters:

pItem - the item to add

pDescriptorName - the name of the RepositoryItemDescriptor which should be used as the "template" to add the item

Returns:

An instance of RepositoryItem which describes the newly added item

Throws:

RepositoryException - if the item could not be added

addItem

RepositoryItem addItem(MutableRepositoryItem pItem)
                       throws RepositoryException

Adds the supplied item populated to the repository. Returns a new item (with potentially a different id) that represents a persistent item in the repository.

Parameters:

pItem - the item to add

Returns:

An instance of RepositoryItem which describes the newly added item

Throws:

RepositoryException - if the item could not be added

updateItem

void updateItem(MutableRepositoryItem pItem)
                throws RepositoryException

Updates the item's values into the Repository

Parameters:

pItem - the item to update

Throws:

RepositoryException - if the item could not be updated

ConcurrentUpdateException - if the item has been changed in another transaction since this transaction started using this item.

removeItem

void removeItem(java.lang.String pId)
                throws RepositoryException

Deprecated. this method is replaced by removeItem(String,String). If the second argument, i.e. the descriptor name is unknown, then use removeItem(String,Repository.getDefaultViewName()).

Removes an item from the Repository permanently. This method is uses the default item descriptor. You should use the other version of removeItem to specify a particular item descriptor.

Parameters:

pItem - the item to remove

Throws:

RepositoryException - if the item could not be deleted

removeItem

void removeItem(java.lang.String pId,
              java.lang.String pDescriptorName)
                throws RepositoryException

Removes an item from the Repository permanently.

Parameters:

pItem - the item to remove

pDescriptorName - the name of the item descriptor that contains this item.

Throws:

RepositoryException - if the item could not be deleted