Package org.wso2.carbon.registry.api

Interface Collection

All Superinterfaces:

Resource

public interface Collection
extends Resource

The Collection Interface. Collection is specific type of Resource that can contain other resources (including other collections). We call the resources contained in a collection as the children of the collection and the collection is called the parent of its children.

The path of the child = The path of the parent + RegistryConstants.PATH_SEPARATOR + The resource name of the child. The ROOT collection is a specific instance of the Collection interface which doesn't have a parent.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	ALLOW_ALL	Deprecated.
static String	ALLOW_SELECTED	Deprecated.
static String	DENY_SELECTED	Deprecated.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getChildCount()	Method to return the the number of children.
String[]	getChildren()	Method to return the absolute paths of the children of the collection
String[]	getChildren(int start, int pageLen)	Method to return the paths of the selected range of children.
void	setChildren(String[] paths)	Method to set the absolute paths of the children belonging to this collection.

Methods inherited from interface org.wso2.carbon.registry.api.Resource

addAspect, addProperty, discard, editPropertyValue, getAspects, getAuthorUserName, getContent, getContentStream, getCreatedTime, getDescription, getId, getLastModified, getLastUpdaterUserName, getMediaType, getParentPath, getPath, getPermanentPath, getProperties, getProperty, getPropertyValues, getState, removeAspect, removeProperty, removePropertyValue, setContent, setContentStream, setDescription, setMediaType, setProperties, setProperty, setProperty

Field Detail

ALLOW_ALL

@Deprecated
static final String ALLOW_ALL

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

ALLOW_SELECTED

@Deprecated
static final String ALLOW_SELECTED

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

DENY_SELECTED

@Deprecated
static final String DENY_SELECTED

Deprecated.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getChildren

String[] getChildren()
              throws RegistryException

Method to return the absolute paths of the children of the collection

Returns:

the array of absolute paths of the children

Throws:

RegistryException - if the operation fails.

getChildren

String[] getChildren(int start,
                     int pageLen)
              throws RegistryException

Method to return the paths of the selected range of children.

Parameters:

start - the starting number of children.

pageLen - the number of entries to retrieve.

Returns:

an array of paths of the selected range of children.

Throws:

RegistryException - if the operation fails.

getChildCount

int getChildCount()
           throws RegistryException

Method to return the the number of children.

Returns:

the number of children.

Throws:

RegistryException - if the operation fails.

setChildren

void setChildren(String[] paths)
          throws RegistryException

Method to set the absolute paths of the children belonging to this collection. Absolute paths begin from the ROOT collection.

Parameters:

paths - the array of absolute paths of the children

Throws:

RegistryException - if the operation fails.