The framework provides support to re-read outdated registry beans automatically. This is controlled by the Configuration.PROP_AUTO_REREAD_OUTDATED_OBJECTS property. Possible values are true and false.

If the property value is set to true then when an outdated object is modified by the system it will automatically be re-read from the registry, that is, reverted to the latest state in the database, before applying any changes. Otherwise the user receives the following exception when performing the modification:

Note that if this feature is turned on the current client of CSAF will override any changes made by another client.