Package com.sas.services.information.metadata

Class Folder

java.lang.Object

java.rmi.server.RemoteObject

java.rmi.server.RemoteServer

java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject

com.sas.services.information.metadata.Metadata

com.sas.services.information.metadata.Folder

All Implemented Interfaces:

FolderInterface, MetadataInterface, MutableContainerInterface, PublicObjectContainerInterface, PublicObjectInterface, com.sas.services.util.UpgradeInterface, com.sas.storage.editableproperties.LocalizableProperties, Serializable, Remote

Direct Known Subclasses:

DavPerson, FilteredFolder, MyDocuments, MyInbox, MyResults, PersonalRepository

public class Folder
extends Metadata
implements FolderInterface, com.sas.storage.editableproperties.LocalizableProperties, Serializable, UpgradeInterface

This class implements the FolderInterface. It allows manipulation of a folder, getting, adding, removing or deleting contents (items) or subfolders.

Client code should avoid casting to this class. Instead, cast to FolderInterface.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	CREATION_DATE
static final com.sas.util.UsageVersion	CURRENT_VERSION
static final String	MODIFIED_DATE
static final com.sas.util.UsageVersion	OLDEST_VERSION
static final String	REPOSITORY_CONTENT_MAPPING	Deprecated.

Fields inherited from class com.sas.services.information.metadata.Metadata

_actionInterfaces, _children, _isCompatible, _isDestroyPending, _isReadCompatible, _myRefreshInterval, _myState, _omrCreateDate, _omrModifyDate, _repository, _repositoryFlag, _repositoryObject, _treeRefreshTime, formats, gmtZone, OMSOBJ_STRING, REPOSITORY_DAV, REPOSITORY_LOMR, REPOSITORY_NONE, REPOSITORY_OMR, SLASH

Fields inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteObject

ref

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

FOLDER_TYPE_BIP

Fields inherited from interface com.sas.storage.editableproperties.LocalizableProperties

PROPERTY_DESCRIPTION, PROPERTY_NAME

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
	Folder()	Default constructor.
	Folder(com.sas.metadata.remote.impl.TreeImpl o)
	Folder(com.sas.metadata.remote.impl.TreeImpl_Stub o)
	Folder(com.sas.metadata.remote.Tree o)
	Folder(RepositoryInterface repos, String name, FolderInterface parent)	Construct a new Folder metadata object using the Repository name and parent folder.
protected	Folder(Class c)
	Folder(Object o)	Construct a folder given an object to initialize with.
protected	Folder(Object o, Class theClass)	Construct a folder given an object to initialize with.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addChild(PublicObjectInterface newChild)	Add a child to this container.
void	addItem(MetadataInterface item)	Add an item to the folder.
protected void	addItem(MetadataInterface item, int index)
MetadataInterface	addNewItem(String name, String type)	Create a new metadata object to add to the folder.
void	addSubfolder(FolderInterface folder)	Add an existing folder to this one as a subfolder.
protected void	addSubfolder(FolderInterface folder, int index)
FolderInterface	copyTo(FolderInterface folder, String name)	Make a copy of this object.
void	delete()	Delete this object from its repository.
void	deleteItem(MetadataInterface item)	Delete an item from this folder.
void	deleteSubfolder(String name)	Delete a subfolder.
PublicObjectInterface	getChildAt(int index)	Returns a child item at the specified location
int	getChildCount()	Returns the number of children within this container.
List	getChildren()	Get a List of the children of this container.
List	getChildren(String type)	Get a list of children of a specific type.
Date	getContentCreateDate()	Get the content create date.
ContentInfo	getContentInfo()	Returns the ContentInfoobject corresponding to the root of the given PathUrl.
Date	getContentModifyDate()	Get the content modification date.
static long	getFolderRefresh()	Get the interval for keeping cached subfolder information before forcing a trip to the server to refresh it.
String	getFolderType()	Get the folder type.
MetadataInterface	getItem(String name)	Get a named item from the folder.
MetadataInterface	getItemByClass(String name, Class itemClass)	Get a named item from the folder.
MetadataInterface	getItemByType(String name, String metadataType)	Get a named item from the folder.
static long	getItemRefresh()	Get the interval to keep member item information before forcing a trip to the server to refresh it.
List	getItems()	List all items in the folder.
List	getItemsByClass(Class itemClass)	List the items in the folder that match the Class passed in as a parameter.
List	getItemsByType(String metadataType)	Get a list of items in the folder of a specific type.
List	getItemSublist(int start, int end)	Get a sublist of items from this folder
List	getItemSublist(int start, int end, String sort)	Get a sublist of items from this folder which are sorted.
com.sas.storage.editableproperties.PropertyList	getLocalizableProperties()
FolderInterface	getParent()	Get parent folder.
String	getPath()	Get the path string for this Folder.
MetadataInterface	getPublicTypeItem(String name, String type)	Find an item in this Folder with the given name and type.
FolderInterface	getSubfolder(String name)	Get a named subfolder.
List	getSubfolders()	Get all the folders immediately below this one in the hiearchy.
int	getTotalNumberOfItems()	Get the total number of items in this folder
String	getType()	Return a type string to identify this object.
boolean	hasContentBackedItems()
boolean	hasContentBacking()
boolean	hasDuplicate(String name, String type)	Check if there's a duplicate object in this folder with the same name and of the same type.
boolean	hasDuplicateSubfolder(String name)	Determines if this folder already has a subfolder with the given name.
boolean	hasDuplicateSubfolder(String name, FolderInterface subFolderToExclude)	Determines if this folder already has a subfolder with the given name excluding the specified subfolder.
void	insertChild(PublicObjectInterface child, int index)	Inserts a child into the parent container at the specified index.
boolean	isEmpty()	Returns true if this folder has no subfolders and no member objects.
boolean	isItemNameUnique(MetadataInterface member)	Validate that the name of the metadata object is unique within the Folder.
FolderInterface	makeSubfolder(String name)	Makes a subfolder under the current folder.
FolderInterface	makeSubfolder(String name, String type)	Create a new Folder with the given name of the given type and make it a new subfolder of this folder.
String	mapNameToFilesystem(int hostOS, String prefix, String suffix)	Map the metadata object name to a file system path.
String	mapUrlToFilesystem(int hostOS, String prefix, String suffix)	Map the metadata object's SBIP Url to a file system path.
boolean	moveMembersOnOverflow()	Check for too many objects in a folder.
void	moveTo(FolderInterface folder)	Move this object to a new folder.
PublicObjectInterface	newChild(String type, String name)	Create a new metadata object and add it to the container.
Object	newServiceObject()	For objects that support it, get an "active" interface for the metadata object.
void	refresh()	Refresh the data for this object from the repository.
void	removeChild(PublicObjectInterface child)	Remove a child from this container.
void	removeItem(MetadataInterface item)	Remove an item from the folder.
void	removeSubfolder(String name)	Remove a subfolder from the current folder.
void	setContentCreateDate(Date date)	Set the Date that the content folder was created.
void	setContentModifyDate(Date date)	Set the date when an object was last added to or removed from this folder.
static void	setFolderRefresh(long interval)	Set the interval for keeping cached subfolder information before forcing a trip to the server to refresh it.
void	setFolderType(String type)	Set the folder type.
static void	setItemRefresh(long interval)	Set the interval to keep member item information before forcing a trip to the server to refresh it.
void	setLocalizableProperties(com.sas.storage.editableproperties.PropertyMap map)
void	setName(String name)	Set the name of the object.
void	setRepository(RepositoryInterface ri)	Set the repository that this item exists in.
void	upgradeFromPreviousVersion()	Upgrades an object from a previous version to the most current version supported.

Methods inherited from class com.sas.services.information.metadata.Metadata

add, addAccessControl, addAttribute, addAttributes, addDocument, addExtension, addGroup, addImplementor, addKeyword, addNoteTextStore, addNoteTextStore, addObjectProperty, addObjectProperty, addPermissions, addProcessorInterface, addPrompt, addPropertySet, addRemark, addResponsibleParty, addToList, addTransactionListener, addUsedByPrototype, checkin, checkout, checkPulse, clearInformationService, commit, countAssociatedObjects, deleteAttribute, deleteAttributes, deleteRootObject, destroy, fromByteArray, getAccessControls, getAttribute, getAttributes, getAuthorizationUtil, getContainer, getCreateDate, getCreatedBy, getDefaultLocalizableProperties, getDescription, getDocuments, getEntityKey, getEntityURL, getExtensions, getGroups, getGUID, getIdentifier, getIdentities, getImplementors, getInformationService, getKeywords, getLockedBy, getModifiedBy, getModifyDate, getName, getNoteTextStore, getNoteTextStores, getNoteTextStoresByRole, getObjectProperties, getObjectURI, getParentPath, getParents, getPath, getPaths, getPathUrl, getPathUrl, getPermission, getPermissions, getPermissions, getPreviousVersionNames, getPrimaryPropertyGroup, getProcessorInterface, getPrompt, getPrompts, getPropertyBag, getPropertySets, getRemarksList, getReposId, getRepository, getRepositoryEntity, getRepositoryName, getReposKey, getResponsibleParties, getState, getTrackingId, getTreeRefresh, getTypeDescriptor, getUsageVersion, getUsedByPrototypes, getUsingPrototype, getVersion, hashCode, isAuthorized, isCompatible, isConnectionException, isDeleted, isDestroyed, isLoggingEnabled, isObjectAlive, isReadCompatible, logFormat, logFormat, logFormat, logFormat, logMessage, logMessage, logThrowable, notifyTransactionListeners, removeAccessControl, removeDocument, removeExtension, removeFromList, removeGroup, removeImplementor, removeKeyword, removeNoteTextStore, removeObjectProperty, removePermissions, removePrompt, removePropertySet, removeResponsibleParty, removeResponsiblePartyByIdentity, removeUsedByPrototype, reset, rollback, setAttribute, setAttributes, setCompatibility, setDefaultLocalizableProperties, setDeleted, setDescription, setDocuments, setExtensions, setGroups, setGUID, setKeywords, setNoteTextStores, setObjectProperties, setPermission, setPrimaryPropertyGroup, setPrompt, setPrompts, setRemarksList, setTreeRefresh, setUsingPrototype, startTransaction, toByteArray, toString, transactionEvent, uncheckout, update, updateFromBag, validateNameAndFolder, validateNameAndFolder, version

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject

clone, exportObject, exportObject, exportObject, exportObject, exportObject, unexportObject

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteServer

getClientHost, getLog, setLog

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteObject

equals, getRef, toStub

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

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

add, addAccessControl, addAttribute, addAttributes, addDocument, addExtension, addGroup, addImplementor, addKeyword, addNoteTextStore, addNoteTextStore, addObjectProperty, addObjectProperty, addPermissions, addPrompt, addPropertySet, addRemark, addResponsibleParty, addTransactionListener, addUsedByPrototype, checkin, checkout, commit, countAssociatedObjects, deleteAttribute, deleteAttributes, destroy, getAccessControls, getAttribute, getAttributes, getAuthorizationUtil, getCreateDate, getCreatedBy, getDescription, getDocuments, getEntityKey, getEntityURL, getExtensions, getGroups, getGUID, getIdentities, getImplementors, getKeywords, getLockedBy, getModifiedBy, getModifyDate, getNoteTextStore, getNoteTextStores, getNoteTextStoresByRole, getObjectProperties, getParentPath, getParents, getPath, getPaths, getPermission, getPermissions, getPermissions, getPreviousVersionNames, getPrimaryPropertyGroup, getPrompt, getPrompts, getPropertyBag, getPropertySets, getRemarksList, getReposId, getRepository, getRepositoryEntity, getRepositoryName, getReposKey, getResponsibleParties, getState, getTrackingId, getUsageVersion, getUsedByPrototypes, getUsingPrototype, getVersion, isAuthorized, isCompatible, isDeleted, isDestroyed, isObjectAlive, isReadCompatible, removeAccessControl, removeDocument, removeExtension, removeGroup, removeImplementor, removeKeyword, removeNoteTextStore, removeObjectProperty, removePermissions, removePrompt, removePropertySet, removeResponsibleParty, removeResponsiblePartyByIdentity, removeUsedByPrototype, rollback, setAttribute, setAttributes, setDeleted, setDescription, setDocuments, setExtensions, setGroups, setGUID, setKeywords, setNoteTextStores, setObjectProperties, setPermission, setPrimaryPropertyGroup, setPrompt, setPrompts, setRemarksList, 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

Field Details

REPOSITORY_CONTENT_MAPPING

@Deprecated
public static final String REPOSITORY_CONTENT_MAPPING

Deprecated.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

CREATION_DATE

public static final String CREATION_DATE

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

MODIFIED_DATE

public static final String MODIFIED_DATE

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

OLDEST_VERSION

public static final com.sas.util.UsageVersion OLDEST_VERSION

CURRENT_VERSION

public static final com.sas.util.UsageVersion CURRENT_VERSION

Constructor Details

Folder

public Folder()
       throws RemoteException

Default constructor.

Throws:

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

Folder

protected Folder(Class c)
          throws RemoteException

Throws:

RemoteException

Folder

public Folder(Object o)
       throws RemoteException

Construct a folder given an object to initialize with.

Parameters:

o - The repository object to initialize with.

Throws:

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

Folder

protected Folder(Object o,
 Class theClass)
          throws RemoteException

Construct a folder given an object to initialize with.

Parameters:

o - The repository object to initialize with.

theClass - Class which will be used to determine the appropriate RMI socket factories.

Throws:

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

Folder

public Folder(com.sas.metadata.remote.Tree o)
       throws RemoteException

Throws:

RemoteException

Folder

public Folder(com.sas.metadata.remote.impl.TreeImpl o)
       throws RemoteException

Throws:

RemoteException

Folder

public Folder(com.sas.metadata.remote.impl.TreeImpl_Stub o)
       throws RemoteException

Throws:

RemoteException

Folder

public Folder(RepositoryInterface repos,
 String name,
 FolderInterface parent)
       throws RemoteException

Construct a new Folder metadata object using the Repository name and parent folder.

Parameters:

repos - The Repository in which this object resides.

name - The name of the new Folder.

parent -

Throws:

RemoteException

Method Details

setFolderRefresh

public static void setFolderRefresh(long interval)

Set the interval for keeping cached subfolder information before forcing a trip to the server to refresh it.

Parameters:

interval - The interval in milliseconds to keep the cached subfolder information.

getFolderRefresh

public static long getFolderRefresh()

Get the interval for keeping cached subfolder information before forcing a trip to the server to refresh it.

Returns:

The interval in milliseconds to keep the cached subfolder information.

setItemRefresh

public static void setItemRefresh(long interval)

Set the interval to keep member item information before forcing a trip to the server to refresh it.

Parameters:

interval - The interval in milliseconds to keep the cached member item information.

getItemRefresh

public static long getItemRefresh()

Get the interval to keep member item information before forcing a trip to the server to refresh it.

Returns:

The interval in milliseconds to keep member item information.

getType

public String getType()
               throws RemoteException

Return a type string to identify this object.

Specified by:

getType in interface MetadataInterface

Overrides:

getType in class Metadata

Returns:

The type string ("Folder").

Throws:

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getPath

public String getPath()
               throws RemoteException

Get the path string for this Folder.

Specified by:

getPath in interface FolderInterface

Returns:

The String with the path from the BIP root to this folder.

Throws:

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getItems

public List getItems()
              throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

List all items in the folder. These are only the individual items. Subfolders will be returned separately.

Specified by:

getItems in interface FolderInterface

Returns:

A List of MetadataInterface objects in this folder. If this folder has no items, an empty List is returned.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getItemsByType

public List getItemsByType(String metadataType)
                    throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Get a list of items in the folder of a specific type.

Specified by:

getItemsByType in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

metadataType - A String that will match the output from the object's getType method.

Returns:

A List of MetadataInterface objects whose getType() method returns the string specified by metadataType. If no matching objects are found, an empty List is returned.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getItemsByClass

public List getItemsByClass(Class itemClass)
                     throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

List the items in the folder that match the Class passed in as a parameter. This Class should be a subclass of MetadataInterface.

Specified by:

getItemsByClass in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

itemClass - The Class used to filter the folder objects to return.

Returns:

A List of MetadataInterface objects that match the itemClass. If no objects matching the class are found, an empty List is returned.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getItem

public MetadataInterface getItem(String name)
                          throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Get a named item from the folder. With only a name, we can't guarantee that the object coming back will be the one the user wants. Even if we ask for a type, name collisions can occur.

Specified by:

getItem in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

name - The name of the object to return.

Returns:

A MetadataInterface object matching name, or null if no such object is found.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getPublicTypeItem

public MetadataInterface getPublicTypeItem(String name,
 String type)
                                    throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Find an item in this Folder with the given name and type. This will use search to get the item, so it will always go to the server to find the object.

Specified by:

getPublicTypeItem in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

name - The name of the object to find. If null, a null is returned.

type - The public type name of the object type. If this is null, a null is returned. If the type is not recognized as a public type, a ServiceException will be thrown

Returns:

The matching item in this folder, or null if none exists.

Throws:

ServiceException - if the type is not a public type, or if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getItemByType

public MetadataInterface getItemByType(String name,
 String metadataType)
                                throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Get a named item from the folder. With only a name, we can't guarantee that the object coming back will be the one the user wants. Even if we ask for a type, name collisions can occur.

Specified by:

getItemByType in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

name - The name of the object to return.

metadataType - The type of object to return.

Returns:

A MetadataInterface object that matches the name and type requested, or null if none is found.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getItemByClass

public MetadataInterface getItemByClass(String name,
 Class itemClass)
                                 throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Get a named item from the folder. It must match both the name and the Class provided. If no Class is provided on the call, the first object matching the name is retuned. If no match is found, null is returned.

Specified by:

getItemByClass in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

name - The name of the object to return.

itemClass - The Class of the object to return.

Returns:

A MetadataInterface object in the folder that matches the name and Class requested, or null if no such object is found.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getSubfolders

public List getSubfolders()
                   throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Get all the folders immediately below this one in the hiearchy.

Specified by:

getSubfolders in interface FolderInterface

Returns:

A List of FolderInterface objects that are members of this folder. If this folder has no subfolders, an empty List is returned.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getSubfolder

public FolderInterface getSubfolder(String name)
                             throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Get a named subfolder.

Specified by:

getSubfolder in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

name - The name of the folder to return.

Returns:

A FolderInterface object with the name requested, or null if it doesn't exist.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

addItem

public void addItem(MetadataInterface item)
             throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Add an item to the folder. The item should already exist. This method makes the association that puts it in this folder, but doesn't create the item in the store.

Specified by:

addItem in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

item - The item to add to this folder.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

addItem

protected void addItem(MetadataInterface item,
 int index)
                throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Throws:

ServiceException

RemoteException

addNewItem

public MetadataInterface addNewItem(String name,
 String type)
                             throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Create a new metadata object to add to the folder.

Specified by:

addNewItem in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

name - The name of the new object.

type - The repository-specific type of the new object.

Returns:

The new metadata object.

Throws:

ServiceException - In the event of repository failure.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

removeItem

public void removeItem(MetadataInterface item)
                throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Remove an item from the folder. This call just breaks the association with the item, and leaves it otherwise undisturbed in the repository.

Specified by:

removeItem in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

item - The item to remove from this folder.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

deleteItem

public void deleteItem(MetadataInterface item)
                throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Delete an item from this folder. This method deletes the item from the repository as well as removing it from the folder.

Specified by:

deleteItem in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

item - The item to delete from this folder.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

makeSubfolder

public FolderInterface makeSubfolder(String name,
 String type)
                              throws RemoteException,
ServiceException

Create a new Folder with the given name of the given type and make it a new subfolder of this folder.

Specified by:

makeSubfolder in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

name - The name of the new subfolder.

type - The public object type of the new subfolder. If this is null, the default folder type is created.

Returns:

The new FolderInterface that was created.

Throws:

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

makeSubfolder

public FolderInterface makeSubfolder(String name)
                              throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Makes a subfolder under the current folder.

Specified by:

makeSubfolder in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

name - The name of the folder to create.

Returns:

The new folder. If the folder name already exists as a subfolder, the existing folder will be returned.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

addSubfolder

public void addSubfolder(FolderInterface folder)
                  throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Add an existing folder to this one as a subfolder.

Specified by:

addSubfolder in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

folder - The folder to add to this one as a subfolder.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

addSubfolder

protected void addSubfolder(FolderInterface folder,
 int index)
                     throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Throws:

ServiceException

RemoteException

removeSubfolder

public void removeSubfolder(String name)
                     throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Remove a subfolder from the current folder. This breaks the association, but does not remove it from the repository.

Specified by:

removeSubfolder in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

name - The name of the subfolder to remove.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

deleteSubfolder

public void deleteSubfolder(String name)
                     throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Delete a subfolder. This will only work if the folder is empty.

Specified by:

deleteSubfolder in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

name - The name of the subfolder to delete.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

copyTo

public FolderInterface copyTo(FolderInterface folder,
 String name)
                       throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from class: Metadata

Make a copy of this object. A new object will be created with all attributes, and keywords copied from the original. The new object's name will be set from the name argument. If the folder is null, if this object has only one parent, the new object will have the same parent Folder. If it has no parent, or more than one, the new object will not have a parent.

Specified by:

copyTo in interface MetadataInterface

Overrides:

copyTo in class Metadata

Parameters:

folder - The folder to be the parent of the new object.

name - The name of the new object.

Returns:

The new copy of this object.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

moveTo

public void moveTo(FolderInterface folder)
            throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from class: Metadata

Move this object to a new folder. Any current parent folders will be removed, and replaced with the one provided. If folder is null, no action will be taken.

Specified by:

moveTo in interface MetadataInterface

Overrides:

moveTo in class Metadata

Parameters:

folder - The new parent Folder of this object.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

delete

public void delete()
            throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from class: Metadata

Delete this object from its repository. This may be overridden by subclasses to perform clean up operations on other objects that may be dependent on this one.

Specified by:

delete in interface MetadataInterface

Overrides:

delete in class Metadata

Throws:

ServiceException - in the event of a repository failure.

RemoteException - in the event of a network failure.

getParent

public FolderInterface getParent()
                          throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Get parent folder.

If the current folder has more than one parent, the preferred (first) parent folder is returned.

Specified by:

getParent in interface FolderInterface

Specified by:

getParent in interface MetadataInterface

Overrides:

getParent in class Metadata

Returns:

The parent Folder of this folder.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

isItemNameUnique

public boolean isItemNameUnique(MetadataInterface member)
                         throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Validate that the name of the metadata object is unique within the Folder. The object should already be an item in the folder. If it's not, then the hasDuplicate call should be made. If the member name is unique in the folder, the method returns true. Otherwise it returns false. This method does not validate the name string itself.

Specified by:

isItemNameUnique in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

member - The item to check for a unique name in the folder.

Returns:

True if the member's name is unique, false otherwise.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

hasDuplicate

public boolean hasDuplicate(String name,
 String type)
                     throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: FolderInterface

Check if there's a duplicate object in this folder with the same name and of the same type.

Specified by:

hasDuplicate in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

name - The name to check for.

type - The type to check for. This should be the value of the PublicType attribute because I can't necessarily instantiate the object if the current user doesn't have ReadMetadata permission on it. I need to construct a filter to do a getCountNoSecurity with.

Returns:

true if this folder has an object with the given name and type, false otherwise.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

hasDuplicateSubfolder

public boolean hasDuplicateSubfolder(String name)
                              throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Determines if this folder already has a subfolder with the given name.

Specified by:

hasDuplicateSubfolder in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

name - The name of the subfolder to check for.

Returns:

true if this folder has a subfolder with the given name, false otherwise.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a metadata server, or other service level error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

See Also:

• hasDuplicateSubfolder(String, FolderInterface)

hasDuplicateSubfolder

public boolean hasDuplicateSubfolder(String name,
 FolderInterface subFolderToExclude)
                              throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Determines if this folder already has a subfolder with the given name excluding the specified subfolder.

This method can be used to determine if a new name is valid for a subfolder by checking to see if a duplicate subfolder already exists other than the subfolder being checked.

Parameters:

name - The name of the subfolder to check for.

subFolderToExclude - The subfolder which should be excluded or null if a subfolder should not be excluded from this check.

Returns:

true if this folder has a subfolder with the given name, false otherwise.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a metadata server, or other service level error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()
                throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: FolderInterface

Returns true if this folder has no subfolders and no member objects. This method may return false even if both FolderInterface.getSubfolders() and FolderInterface.getItems() return empty lists due to objects hidden by access controls.

Specified by:

isEmpty in interface FolderInterface

Returns:

true if this folder has no subfolders and no member objects

Throws:

ServiceException - If a metadata server, or other service level error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

setRepository

public void setRepository(RepositoryInterface ri)
                   throws RemoteException

Description copied from class: Metadata

Set the repository that this item exists in.

Specified by:

setRepository in interface MetadataInterface

Overrides:

setRepository in class Metadata

Parameters:

ri - A handle to the repository for this object.

Throws:

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure

setFolderType

public void setFolderType(String type)
                   throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Set the folder type.

Specified by:

setFolderType in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

type - The String indicating the type of the folder.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getFolderType

public String getFolderType()
                     throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Get the folder type.

Specified by:

getFolderType in interface FolderInterface

Returns:

A String with the type of folder.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

setName

public void setName(String name)
             throws RemoteException

Set the name of the object.

Specified by:

setName in interface MetadataInterface

Overrides:

setName in class Metadata

Parameters:

name - The name of the object in the repository.

Throws:

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

mapNameToFilesystem

public String mapNameToFilesystem(int hostOS,
 String prefix,
 String suffix)
                           throws RemoteException,
IllegalArgumentException

Map the metadata object name to a file system path.

Specified by:

mapNameToFilesystem in interface MetadataInterface

Overrides:

mapNameToFilesystem in class Metadata

Parameters:

hostOS - The host operating system. Valid values include Names.UNKNOWN, Names.WINDOWS, Names.UNIX, Names.ZOS_HFS, Names.ZOS_PDS and Names.WEBDAV.

prefix - The prefix to use when creating the file system path.

suffix - The suffix to use when creating the file system path.

Returns:

String The file system path.

Throws:

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

IllegalArgumentException - If a null name is specified or if an invalid host operating system value is specified.

mapUrlToFilesystem

public String mapUrlToFilesystem(int hostOS,
 String prefix,
 String suffix)
                          throws ServiceException,
RemoteException,
IllegalArgumentException

Map the metadata object's SBIP Url to a file system path.

Specified by:

mapUrlToFilesystem in interface MetadataInterface

Overrides:

mapUrlToFilesystem in class Metadata

Parameters:

hostOS - The host operating system. Valid values include Names.UNKNOWN, Names.WINDOWS, Names.UNIX, Names.ZOS_HFS, Names.ZOS_PDS and Names.WEBDAV.

prefix - The prefix to use when creating the file system path.

suffix - The suffix to use when creating the file system path.

Returns:

String The file system path.

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

IllegalArgumentException - If a null name is specified or if an invalid host operating system value is specified.

getItemSublist

public List getItemSublist(int start,
 int end)
                    throws RemoteException,
ServiceException

Description copied from interface: FolderInterface

Get a sublist of items from this folder

Specified by:

getItemSublist in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

start - item number to start at

end - item number to end at

Returns:

The sublist of items.

Throws:

RemoteException

ServiceException

getItemSublist

public List getItemSublist(int start,
 int end,
 String sort)
                    throws RemoteException,
ServiceException

Description copied from interface: FolderInterface

Get a sublist of items from this folder which are sorted.

Specified by:

getItemSublist in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

start - item number to start at

end - item number to end at

sort - one of name, namedescending, desc, descdescending, date, datedescending, type, typedescending, defaults to name

Returns:

The sorted sublist of items.

Throws:

RemoteException

ServiceException

getTotalNumberOfItems

public int getTotalNumberOfItems()
                          throws RemoteException,
ServiceException

Description copied from interface: FolderInterface

Get the total number of items in this folder

Specified by:

getTotalNumberOfItems in interface FolderInterface

Returns:

The number of items in the folder.

Throws:

RemoteException

ServiceException

getChildren

public List getChildren()
                 throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: PublicObjectContainerInterface

Get a List of the children of this container.

Specified by:

getChildren in interface PublicObjectContainerInterface

Returns:

All child nodes below this container. For folder, this includes subfolders and members.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getChildren

public List getChildren(String type)
                 throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: PublicObjectContainerInterface

Get a list of children of a specific type. The type string should be the unlocalized type, listed as the "Type Abbreviation" in the type dictionary.

Specified by:

getChildren in interface PublicObjectContainerInterface

Parameters:

type - The "type abbreviation" which will be used to filter the children returned from the container.

Returns:

A List of child elements that match the type specified.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getChildAt

public PublicObjectInterface getChildAt(int index)
                                 throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: PublicObjectContainerInterface

Returns a child item at the specified location

Specified by:

getChildAt in interface PublicObjectContainerInterface

Parameters:

index - the index of the child

Returns:

the child item at the specified index

Throws:

ServiceException

RemoteException

getChildCount

public int getChildCount()
                  throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: PublicObjectContainerInterface

Returns the number of children within this container.

Specified by:

getChildCount in interface PublicObjectContainerInterface

Returns:

child count

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

insertChild

public void insertChild(PublicObjectInterface child,
 int index)
                 throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: MutableContainerInterface

Inserts a child into the parent container at the specified index.

Specified by:

insertChild in interface MutableContainerInterface

Parameters:

child - the new child to add to this container

index - the index where the child is to be inserted into

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

addChild

public void addChild(PublicObjectInterface newChild)
              throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: MutableContainerInterface

Add a child to this container. For folders, the new child can be a sub folder, or a simple element.

Specified by:

addChild in interface MutableContainerInterface

Parameters:

newChild - The new child object to add to this container.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

removeChild

public void removeChild(PublicObjectInterface child)
                 throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: MutableContainerInterface

Remove a child from this container. Trying to remove a child and not moving it to another container may be invalid.

Specified by:

removeChild in interface MutableContainerInterface

Parameters:

child - The child to remove from this container.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

newChild

public PublicObjectInterface newChild(String type,
 String name)
                               throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: PublicObjectContainerInterface

Create a new metadata object and add it to the container.

Specified by:

newChild in interface PublicObjectContainerInterface

Parameters:

type - The public object type to add to the container.

name - The name of the new object

Returns:

The newly created public object.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object faiure.

refresh

public void refresh()
             throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from class: Metadata

Refresh the data for this object from the repository.

Specified by:

refresh in interface MetadataInterface

Overrides:

refresh in class Metadata

Throws:

ServiceException - if a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getContentInfo

public ContentInfo getContentInfo()
                           throws IllegalStateException,
ServiceException,
RemoteException

Returns the ContentInfoobject corresponding to the root of the given PathUrl.

Implementation Note: computed results are cached; repeated calls are not expensive.

Specified by:

getContentInfo in interface FolderInterface

Returns:

The ContentInfo object with the path and credentials for the content area, or null if the folder isn't content mapped.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

IllegalStateException

getContentCreateDate

public Date getContentCreateDate()
                          throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: FolderInterface

Get the content create date. This is maintained separately from the metadata create date, which is when the Tree object itself was created. This date indicates when the content folder was created.

Specified by:

getContentCreateDate in interface FolderInterface

Returns:

The Date when the content folder was created.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a service level error occured.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

setContentCreateDate

public void setContentCreateDate(Date date)
                          throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: FolderInterface

Set the Date that the content folder was created.

Specified by:

setContentCreateDate in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

date - The date that the mapped content folder was created.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a service level error occured.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

getContentModifyDate

public Date getContentModifyDate()
                          throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: FolderInterface

Get the content modification date. This is the date and time of the most recent addition to or deletion from this folder. This information may be maintained by the client.

Specified by:

getContentModifyDate in interface FolderInterface

Returns:

The Date when an object was last added or removed.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a service level error occured.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

setContentModifyDate

public void setContentModifyDate(Date date)
                          throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: FolderInterface

Set the date when an object was last added to or removed from this folder.

Specified by:

setContentModifyDate in interface FolderInterface

Parameters:

date - The last time the contents of this folder were modified.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a service level error occured.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

newServiceObject

public Object newServiceObject()
                        throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from class: Metadata

For objects that support it, get an "active" interface for the metadata object. For instance, com.sas.services.information.metadata.StoredProcess returns a com.sas.services.storedProcess.StoredProcess object.

Specified by:

newServiceObject in interface MetadataInterface

Overrides:

newServiceObject in class Metadata

Returns:

The "active" object for this metadata.

Throws:

ServiceException - if an error occurs

RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure

getLocalizableProperties

public com.sas.storage.editableproperties.PropertyList getLocalizableProperties()

Specified by:

getLocalizableProperties in interface com.sas.storage.editableproperties.LocalizableProperties

setLocalizableProperties

public void setLocalizableProperties(com.sas.storage.editableproperties.PropertyMap map)

Specified by:

setLocalizableProperties in interface com.sas.storage.editableproperties.LocalizableProperties

moveMembersOnOverflow

public boolean moveMembersOnOverflow()
                              throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: FolderInterface

Check for too many objects in a folder. If the folder contains more than a limit defined by the folder, the current members of the folder are moved to a new subfolder. The new subfolder will be named "1", "2", etc. Subfolders are not considered in the count.

Specified by:

moveMembersOnOverflow in interface FolderInterface

Returns:

true if objects were moved to a subfolder

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

RemoteException - In the event of remote object failure.

hasContentBacking

public boolean hasContentBacking()
                          throws RemoteException,
ServiceException

Throws:

RemoteException

ServiceException

hasContentBackedItems

public boolean hasContentBackedItems()
                              throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Throws:

ServiceException

RemoteException

upgradeFromPreviousVersion

public void upgradeFromPreviousVersion()
                                throws ServiceException,
RemoteException

Description copied from interface: UpgradeInterface

Upgrades an object from a previous version to the most current version supported.

Specified by:

upgradeFromPreviousVersion in interface UpgradeInterface

Throws:

ServiceException - if the object could not be upgraded

RemoteException - a remote object failure