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Overview of Oracle WebCenter Content Document Transfer Utility

The WebCenter Content Document Transfer Utility is a set of command line interface tools that provide capabilities to import and export content from a local system to the Oracle WebCenter Content Server.

The tool has the following components:

  • The DownloadTool is used to retrieve a content item from Oracle WebCenter Content Server and save its contents to a local file.

  • The UploadTool is used to create a new content item in Oracle WebCenter Content Server based on contents streamed from a local file.

  • The SearchTool is used to locate content items within Oracle WebCenter Content Server matching specific query criteria.

  • The StorageTool is used for migrating applicable Oracle WebCenter Content Server documents from the server's file system to secure file storage within the Oracle Database.

You can find the details of using each tool, along with sample commands, in the Readme html file downloaded as part of the tool.

Variants of the Utility

Two forms of the transfer utilities exist:

  • The transfer utility based on Remote Intradoc Client (RIDC), (oracle.ucm.fa_client) which is a feature-set Java library that encapsulates Oracle WebCenter Content RIDC and uses standard HTTPS to communicate with the Oracle WebCenter Content server. Tools belonging to the RIDC-based transfer utility begin with the package oracle.ucm.client, such as oracle.ucm.client.UploadTool. This utility has no additional library dependencies. The feature-set Java library that bundles the RIDC-based transfer utility repackages the RIDC classes and leverages the HTTP client provided by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

  • The generic soap-based transfer utility (oracle.ucm.fa_genericclient) which requires the Java Required Files (JRF) web service supporting libraries and uses Java API for XML Web Services (JAX/WS) over HTTPS to communicate with the Oracle WebCenter Content server. Tools belonging to the generic soap-based transfer utility begin with the package oracle.ucm.idcws.client, such as oracle.ucm.idcws.client.UploadTool. This utility has dependencies on the JRF JAX/WS web service client stack and Oracle Web Services Manager (WSM). The stack in turn also looks for Middleware Platform Security and Audit Framework configuration files and libraries, and logs warnings if these are unavailable.

Downloading the Tool

You can download the Oracle WebCenter Content Document Transfer Utility by navigating to the My Oracle Support (support.oracle.com) document Oracle WebCenter Content Document Transfer Utility Readme (document ID 1624063.1). Once downloaded, you can run the tool by navigating to the ridc folder after extraction.

Command Documentation

Documentation for the tools is contained in the root directory of the tool download ZIP in a file named "WebCenter Content Document Transfer Utility Readme.html". This documentation describes various program options available, along with requirements such as Java version and supporting libraries required. A change log is included as well.