Package com.compoze.discussion

The Discussion package provides classes for managing discussion forums, topics and messages.

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Description

Class Summary

ApprovalStatus	This class stores the values for the approval status.
DiscussionPermission	This class represents the permissions for forums, topics and messages.
DiscussionProperties	Encapsulates access to the discussion.properties file.
DiscussionResources	Provides access to the DiscussionResources for the Discussion package.
DiscussionSession	This class provides a session for managing discussion information, and is the entry point into the Discussion API.
Forum	This class represents a forum.
ForumFilter	This class represents a forum filter.
ForumProperty	This class stores the values for the Forum property tags.
Forums	This class represents a collection of forums.
ForumType	This class stores the values for the Forum types.
Message	This class represents a message.
MessageFileAttachmentServlet	This class is a servlet that writes the file attachment.
MessageFilter	This class represents a message filter.
MessageProperty	This class stores the values for the Message property tags.
Messages	This class represents a collection of messages.
Topic	This class represents a topic.
TopicFileAttachmentServlet	This class is a servlet that writes the file attachment.
TopicFilter	This class represents a topic filter.
TopicProperty	This class stores the values for the Topic property tags.
Topics	This class represents a collection of topics.
TopicSubscriptionListener

Exception Summary

ForumExpirationException	This is a forum expiration exception, which handles when a forum has expired and is not accepting any new topics.
ForumTopicMaximumException	This is a forum topic maximum exception, which handles when a forum has reached the maximum number of topics and is not accepting any new topics.
TopicExpirationException	This is a topic expiration exception, which handles when a topic has expired and is not accepting any new messages.

Package com.compoze.discussion Description

The Discussion package provides classes for managing discussion forums, topics and messages. By using the classes located in this package, the developer can create threaded discussion forums. The entry point into the Discussion package is the DiscussionSession. Using the discussion session, developers can handle the creation, removal, editing and association of forums, topics and messages.

The Forum represents a high-level categorization of topics and stores information including a name, subject, number of topics and number of messages (including sub-messages).

The Topic stores information about a topic including a subject, description and number of messages (including sub-messages).

The Message stores information about a single discussion message such as a subject, body, associated discussion topic and number of sub-messages, or replies.