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, and 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". For more information on how to do this,
please check the Introduction.
For more information about the methods and functionality supported by Type Management, please check the Javadoc of the framework.
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);
