Asset Types
Type Management provides CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) operations for custom object types. CSAF provides its own classes describing object (asset) types and their attributes. Type Management supports operations on the following attributes: file, classification, relationship and slot, where slot can be one of the following types:
xs:boolean
xs:dateTime
xs:date
xs:time
xs:duration
xs:anySimpleType
xs:integer
xs:string
xs:anyURI
xs:double
xs:decimal
Type Management also provides CRUD operations for profiles, functionality to associate attributes with profiles, and attach profiles to types. A manager interface com.softwareag.centrasite.appl.framework.types.TypeManager is the entry point for the application that uses CSAF.
Note:
In order to use Type Management functionality, the StandaloneRegistryProvider instance must be created with the browserBehaviour flag set to true.
Usage Sample for Type Management
private String TYPE_LOCAL_NAME = "TypeLocalName";
private String TYPE_NAMESPACE = "http://test.namespace.test";
private String TYPE_NAME = "{" + TYPE_NAMESPACE + "}"
+ TYPE_LOCAL_NAME;
// Get a sessionContext instance
SessionContext sessionContext = initSessionContext();
// Get a TypeManager instance from sessionContext
TypeManager typeManager = sessionContext.getTypeManager();
// Create a custom object type
TypeDescription typeDescription = typeManager.createType("TypeDisplayName",
"TypeDescription", TYPE_LOCAL_NAME, TYPE_NAMESPACE);
// Create a Classification Attribute
AttributeDescription attrClass = typeManager.createClassificationAttribute(
"ClassificationAttributeName","ClassificationAttributeDescription",
Constants.CLASSIFICATION_SCHEME_PRODUCTS);
// Add attribute to custom type
typeDescription.addAttribute(attrClass);
// Create Profile
Profile profile = typeManager.createProfile("ProfileName");
// Create a File Attribute
AttributeDescription attrFile = typeManager.createFileAttribute(
"nameFileAttribute", "descriptionFileAttribute");
// Add attribute to profile
profile.addAttribute(attrFile);
// Add profile to custom type
typeDescription.addProfile(profile);
// Save custom type
typeManager.saveType(typeDescription);
// Get custom type by name
TypeDescription type = typeManager.getType(TYPE_NAME);
// Delete custom type
typeManager.deleteType(type);