Package com.softwareag.mdm.instance

Provides interfaces for accessing schema instances.

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Description

Interface Summary

ValueContext	Common interface for accessing the content and context of an instance or an occurrence.
ValueContextForInputValidation	This container-interface adds to the validation interface the possibility to set values that will be automatically validated against the underlying schema.
ValueContextForValidation	This container-interface adds to the basic ValueContext interface the services for adding validation messages.

Class Summary

BranchKey	Identifies a branch in a repository.
DefinitionMode	Defines the possible modes that an occurrence may have regarding its inheritance.
HomeKey	Abstract superclass for branch identifiers and version identifiers.
Repository	Represents a particular webMethods MDM repository.
RepositoryDeclaration	Provides general management information on a particular repository.
RepositoryId	Identifies a particular webMethods MDM repository in a persistent and durable manner.
VersionKey	Identifies a version in a repository.

Package com.softwareag.mdm.instance Description

Provides interfaces for accessing schema instances.

Rule for updating an instance

Any update on Master Data is possible only in a well-managed context:

• during user input validation, by calling method ValueContextForInputValidation.setNewValue(Object);
• in the context of a procedure execution, by calling method ValueContextForUpdate.setValue(Object, Path) or method ValueContextForUpdate.setValueFromXsString(String, Path).

Warning: If a Master Data object is returned by ValueContext.getValue() or any other getter method, this object must never be modified directly, but only by one of the setter methods above. Not conforming to this rule would cause unpredictable effects on persistence.

This rule applies on any mutable object: List, Date or JavaBean. For example, if a List is returned by this context (it is either inherited or defined), it must not be updated directly, but a copy must be created and then this copy must be explicitly set on the context.