Retired Object Rules

Oracle LSH enforces the following rules on objects with a validation status of Retired:

• You cannot create an instance of a Retired object definition. (However, existing instances of a definition whose status is changed to Retired can still have an active validation status and function as before.)
• You cannot modify an existing object instance to point to an object definition whose validation status is Retired.
• Executable object instances whose validation status is set to Retired cannot be run.

If you decide that you want to use a retired object, there are three ways to do so:

• If you have the necessary privileges, you can reactivate the object, setting its validation status back to whatever it was immediately before retirement.
• Copy the retired object. The system sets the validation status of the new object to Development.
• Create a new version of an object by checking it out (object definitions only).