*** This interface provides Binary Compatibility only, not Source Compatibility ***

com.sas.services.publish.metadata
Interface PackageInterface

All Superinterfaces:

MetadataInterface, PublicObjectInterface, java.rmi.Remote

All Known Subinterfaces:

ArchiveInterface, DavBinaryPackageInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

DavBinaryPackage

public interface PackageInterface
extends MetadataInterface

This is a generic interface to represent a published SAS package persisted to a file system.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.sas.services.information.metadata.MetadataInterface

METADATA_STATE_DELETED, METADATA_STATE_DESTROYED, METADATA_STATE_NEW, METADATA_STATE_NORMAL, PERMISSION_READMETADATA, PERMISSION_WRITEMETADATA

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAbstract() Get the package abstract.
ChannelInterface	getChannel() Get the Channel that this archive belongs to, if any.
ContentDestination	getContentDestination() Get the ContentDestination that represents the content data.
long	getCreationDate() Get the date the package was created.
java.lang.String	getCreationDateString() Get a formatted string representing the date and time the package was created.
java.lang.String	getDisplayDescription() Get the display description for this object.
java.lang.String	getDisplayName() Get the display name for this object.
long	getExpirationDate() Get the expiration date of the package.
java.lang.String	getExpirationDateString() Get the expiration date of the package.
AttributeMapInterface	getProperties() Get the name/value pairs for this package.
PersonInterface	getPublisher() Get a com.sas.services.information.metadata.Person object which represents the publisher of the package.
java.lang.String	getPublisherAlias() Get the alias information for the publisher.
boolean	isExpired() Determines if the package has expired.

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.services.information.metadata.MetadataInterface

add, addAccessControl, addAttribute, addAttributes, addDocument, addExtension, addGroup, addImplementor, addKeyword, addObjectProperty, addObjectProperty, addPermissions, addPrompt, addPropertySet, addRemark, addResponsibleParty, addTransactionListener, addUsedByPrototype, checkin, checkout, commit, copyTo, countAssociatedObjects, delete, deleteAttribute, deleteAttributes, destroy, getAccessControls, getAttribute, getAttributes, getAuthorizationUtil, getCreateDate, getDescription, getDocuments, getEntityKey, getEntityURL, getExtensions, getGroups, getGUID, getIdentities, getImplementors, getKeywords, getLockedBy, getModifyDate, getObjectProperties, getParent, getParentPath, getParents, getPath, getPaths, getPermission, getPermissions, getPermissions, getPreviousVersionNames, getPrimaryPropertyGroup, getPrompt, getPrompts, getPropertyBag, getPropertySets, getRemarksList, getReposId, getRepository, getRepositoryEntity, getRepositoryName, getReposKey, getResponsibleParties, getState, getTrackingId, getType, getUsageVersion, getUsedByPrototypes, getUsingPrototype, getVersion, isAuthorized, isCompatible, isDeleted, isDestroyed, isLoggingEnabled, isObjectAlive, isReadCompatible, logMessage, mapNameToFilesystem, mapUrlToFilesystem, moveTo, newServiceObject, refresh, removeAccessControl, removeDocument, removeExtension, removeGroup, removeImplementor, removeKeyword, removeObjectProperty, removePermissions, removePrompt, removePropertySet, removeResponsibleParty, removeUsedByPrototype, rollback, setAttribute, setAttributes, setDeleted, setDescription, setDocuments, setExtensions, setGroups, setGUID, setKeywords, setName, setObjectProperties, setPermission, setPrimaryPropertyGroup, setPrompt, setPrompts, setRemarksList, setRepository, setUsingPrototype, startTransaction, toByteArray, transactionEvent, uncheckout, update, updateFromBag, version

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.services.information.publicobject.PublicObjectInterface

addProcessorInterface, getContainer, getIdentifier, getName, getObjectURI, getPathUrl, getProcessorInterface, getTypeDescriptor

Method Detail

getChannel

ChannelInterface getChannel()
                            throws ServiceException,
                                   java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the Channel that this archive belongs to, if any.

Returns:

The Channel that this package was published under.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository or service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getPublisher

PersonInterface getPublisher()
                             throws ServiceException,
                                    java.rmi.RemoteException

Get a com.sas.services.information.metadata.Person object which represents the publisher of the package.

Returns:

The Person who published the package.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository or service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getPublisherAlias

java.lang.String getPublisherAlias()
                                   throws ServiceException,
                                          java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the alias information for the publisher. This String is in the form of "userAccountName" "personName". The first quoted value is the proccess id (name) of the publisher. This is followed by a space, and then another quoted value which is the name of the person that published the package. If the name of the person was not available, this second quoted value will be the user name used to publish the package.

Returns:

A String containing the publisher alias information.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository or service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getContentDestination

ContentDestination getContentDestination()
                                         throws ServiceException,
                                                java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the ContentDestination that represents the content data.

Returns:

A ContentDestination which has the file system or server information.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository or service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getCreationDate

long getCreationDate()
                     throws ServiceException,
                            java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the date the package was created.

Returns:

The package creation date and time.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository or service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getCreationDateString

java.lang.String getCreationDateString()
                                       throws ServiceException,
                                              java.rmi.RemoteException

Get a formatted string representing the date and time the package was created.

Returns:

A string representing the date the package was created.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository or service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getExpirationDate

long getExpirationDate()
                       throws ServiceException,
                              java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the expiration date of the package.

Returns:

The date and time the package expires and the data it contains should be considered obsolete.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository or service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getExpirationDateString

java.lang.String getExpirationDateString()
                                         throws ServiceException,
                                                java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the expiration date of the package. The date is returned as a formatted string.

Returns:

The date and time the package expires and the data it contains should be considered obsolete.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository or service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getAbstract

java.lang.String getAbstract()
                             throws ServiceException,
                                    java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the package abstract. The abstract is a more detailed description of the contents of the package.

Returns:

The package abstract.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository or service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getProperties

AttributeMapInterface getProperties()
                                    throws ServiceException,
                                           java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the name/value pairs for this package.

Returns:

A Map of name/value pairs that describe this package.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository or service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getDisplayName

java.lang.String getDisplayName()
                                throws ServiceException,
                                       java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the display name for this object.

Returns:

The object display name.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository or service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - if an error occurs

getDisplayDescription

java.lang.String getDisplayDescription()
                                       throws ServiceException,
                                              java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the display description for this object.

Returns:

The object display description.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository or service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - if an error occurs

isExpired

boolean isExpired()
                  throws ServiceException,
                         java.rmi.RemoteException

Determines if the package has expired. The expiration datetime is compared with the current datetime when this method is invoked.

Returns:

true if the package has expired; otherwise false

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository or service level error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - if an error occurs

*** This interface provides Binary Compatibility only, not Source Compatibility ***