Package com.saperion.ngc.model

Interface SettingsService

All Known Implementing Classes:

SettingsClassicConnectorService

public interface SettingsService

A service containing setting- and configuration related methods.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	deleteSetting(String name, String section, boolean longSetting)	Deletes a setting in the backend.
DocumentId	fixRevId(DocumentId id, boolean force)	Fix the revision id, if it's empty.
String	getActualUser()	Reads the actual user name from connector.
List<String>	getAllAcls()	Gets all ACL names.
String	getDatabaseType()	Deprecated. This method is kept only for compile-compatibility and will always throw an exception use getDatabaseType(String) instead.
com.saperion.config.SQLType	getDatabaseType(String ddcName)	This method returns the type of database the given DDC is stored on.
com.saperion.intf.DDC	getDDC(String definitionName)	Retrieves the specified DDC.
Map<String,String>	getFastAccessItems()	Retrieves the fast access items.
List<com.saperion.intf.SaFieldDescription>	getFieldDescriptionsList(String definitionName)	Retrieves the field descriptions for the specified definition.
List<String>	getLastLaunched()	Reads and sort the last launched workflow names.
Map<String,String>	getProperties(String section)	Reads the properties stored in the given section in the INI configuration files of Saperion.
com.saperion.ngc.iform.xml.ResultType	getResultType(String formName, int id, int rev, String ddc)	Deprecated. use getSetting instead
String	getSetting(String name, String section, boolean longSetting)	Retrieves a setting from the backend.
Map<String,String>	getUtf8Properties(String section)	Reads the properties stored in the given section in the INI configuration files of Saperion.
boolean	hasLicence(com.saperion.rmi.SaFeature.FeatureKind kind)	Checks, if the feature is supported.
boolean	isAlive()	Check the backend connector.
boolean	isAuditTable(String ddcName)	Checks, if the given ddc is an audit/protocol table.
boolean	isLookupTable(String ddcName)	Checks, if the given ddc is a lookup table.
boolean	isReleaseActive()	Checks if release feature active.
void	setFastAccessItems(Map<String,String> items)	Stores the fast access items.
void	setLastLaunched(String lastName)	Set the last lauched workflow name.
void	setProperties(Map<String,String> props, String section)	Writes the given properties to the given section.
void	setResultType(String formName, int id, int rev, com.saperion.ngc.iform.xml.ResultType resultType, String ddc)	Deprecated. use setSetting instead
void	setSetting(String value, String name, String section, boolean longSetting)	Stores a setting in the backend.
void	setUtf8Properties(Map<String,String> props, String section, boolean cleanSection)	Writes the given properties with UTF-8 encoded values to the given section.

Method Details

getActualUser

String getActualUser()

Reads the actual user name from connector.

Returns:

Actual user name

isAlive

boolean isAlive()
         throws com.saperion.exception.SaSystemException

Check the backend connector.

Returns:

Connector is alive

Throws:

com.saperion.exception.SaSystemException - System exception

hasLicence

boolean hasLicence(com.saperion.rmi.SaFeature.FeatureKind kind)
            throws SystemException

Checks, if the feature is supported.

Parameters:

kind - Feature kind

Returns:

True, if feature exists

Throws:

SystemException - System exception

getProperties

Map<String,String> getProperties(String section)
                          throws AuthenticationException,
SystemException

Reads the properties stored in the given section in the INI configuration files of Saperion. Tenant-specific settings will not be resolved automatically. To read a tenant-specific setting, the section name must include the tenant-ID. Consider using SaperionIniSettings instead for automatic tenant handling.

Parameters:

section - Section

Returns:

Properties

Throws:

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

SystemException - system exception

isReleaseActive

boolean isReleaseActive()
                 throws AuthenticationException,
SystemException

Checks if release feature active.

Returns:

true, if release feature active

Throws:

AuthenticationException - the authentication exception

SystemException - the system exception

getUtf8Properties

Map<String,String> getUtf8Properties(String section)
                              throws AuthenticationException,
SystemException

Reads the properties stored in the given section in the INI configuration files of Saperion. The content of the section must be UTF-8 encoded. enant-specific settings will not be resolved automatically. To read a tenant-specific setting, the section name must include the tenant-ID.

Parameters:

section - Section

Returns:

Properties

Throws:

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

SystemException - system exception

setProperties

void setProperties(Map<String,String> props,
 String section)
            throws AuthenticationException,
SystemException

Writes the given properties to the given section.

Parameters:

props - Properties

section - Section

Throws:

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

SystemException - system exception

setUtf8Properties

void setUtf8Properties(Map<String,String> props,
 String section,
 boolean cleanSection)
                throws AuthenticationException,
SystemException

Writes the given properties with UTF-8 encoded values to the given section.

Parameters:

props - Properties

section - Section

cleanSection - Clean section

Throws:

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

SystemException - system exception

getLastLaunched

List<String> getLastLaunched()
                      throws AuthenticationException,
SystemException

Reads and sort the last launched workflow names.

Returns:

Last launched items

Throws:

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

SystemException - system exception

setLastLaunched

void setLastLaunched(String lastName)
              throws AuthenticationException,
SystemException

Set the last lauched workflow name.

Parameters:

lastName - Last name

Throws:

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

SystemException - system exception

getFieldDescriptionsList

List<com.saperion.intf.SaFieldDescription> getFieldDescriptionsList(String definitionName)
                                                             throws SystemException,
AuthenticationException

Retrieves the field descriptions for the specified definition.

Parameters:

definitionName - definition name

Returns:

field descriptions

Throws:

SystemException - system exception

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

getDDC

com.saperion.intf.DDC getDDC(String definitionName)
                      throws SystemException,
AuthenticationException

Retrieves the specified DDC.

Parameters:

definitionName - name of the DDC to retrieve

Returns:

information about the requested DDC

Throws:

SystemException - system error when retrieving DDC

AuthenticationException - authentication error when retrieving DDC

isLookupTable

boolean isLookupTable(String ddcName)
               throws SystemException,
AuthenticationException

Checks, if the given ddc is a lookup table.

Parameters:

ddcName - DDC name

Returns:

True, if it is a lookup table

Throws:

SystemException - system exception

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

isAuditTable

boolean isAuditTable(String ddcName)
              throws SystemException,
AuthenticationException

Checks, if the given ddc is an audit/protocol table.

Parameters:

ddcName - DDC name

Returns:

True, if it is a audit table

Throws:

SystemException - system exception

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

fixRevId

DocumentId fixRevId(DocumentId id,
 boolean force)
             throws SystemException,
AuthenticationException

Fix the revision id, if it's empty.

Parameters:

id - Document id

force - Force the renew

Returns:

New document id

Throws:

SystemException - System exception

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

getAllAcls

List<String> getAllAcls()
                 throws SystemException,
AuthenticationException

Gets all ACL names.

Returns:

list of ACL names

Throws:

SystemException - system exception

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

setResultType

@Deprecated
void setResultType(String formName,
 int id,
 int rev,
 com.saperion.ngc.iform.xml.ResultType resultType,
 String ddc)
            throws SystemException,
AuthenticationException

Deprecated.

use setSetting instead

Save the resultset format to backend.

Parameters:

formName - Form name

id - Frame id

rev - Revision number

resultType - Result type instance

ddc - DDC name

Throws:

SystemException - System exception

AuthenticationException - Authentication exception

getResultType

@Deprecated
com.saperion.ngc.iform.xml.ResultType getResultType(String formName,
 int id,
 int rev,
 String ddc)
                                             throws SystemException,
AuthenticationException

Deprecated.

use getSetting instead

Reads the resultset format from backend.

Parameters:

formName - Form name

id - Frame id

rev - Revision number

ddc - DDC name

Returns:

Result type instance

Throws:

SystemException - System exception

AuthenticationException - Authentication exception

getSetting

String getSetting(String name,
 String section,
 boolean longSetting)
           throws SystemException,
AuthenticationException

Retrieves a setting from the backend.

Parameters:

name - the name of the setting

section - the section of the setting

longSetting - whether the value of the setting is allowed to be longer than 2KB or not

Returns:

the setting's value as a string. Note that long settings cannot hold unicode chararacters

Throws:

SystemException - system error when retrieving the setting

AuthenticationException - authentication error when retrieving the setting

setSetting

void setSetting(String value,
 String name,
 String section,
 boolean longSetting)
         throws SystemException,
AuthenticationException

Stores a setting in the backend.

Parameters:

value - the setting's value. If longSetting is false, this is limited to 2KB. If longSetting is true, the string must not contain unicode characters.

name - the name of the setting

section - the section of the setting

longSetting - whether the value is allowed to be longer than 2KB or not

Throws:

SystemException - system error when storing the setting

AuthenticationException - authentication error when storing the setting

deleteSetting

boolean deleteSetting(String name,
 String section,
 boolean longSetting)
               throws SystemException,
AuthenticationException

Deletes a setting in the backend.

Parameters:

name - the name of the setting

section - the section of the setting

longSetting - whether the setting's value is allowed to be longer than 2KB or not

Returns:

true if setting was deleted

Throws:

SystemException - system error when deleting the setting

AuthenticationException - authentication error when deleting the setting

setFastAccessItems

void setFastAccessItems(Map<String,String> items)
                 throws AuthenticationException,
SystemException

Stores the fast access items.

Parameters:

items - fast access items as pairs of name and path

Throws:

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

SystemException - system exception

getFastAccessItems

Map<String,String> getFastAccessItems()
                               throws AuthenticationException,
SystemException

Retrieves the fast access items.

Returns:

fast access items

Throws:

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

SystemException - system exception

getDatabaseType

@Deprecated
String getDatabaseType()
                throws AuthenticationException,
SystemException

Deprecated.

This method is kept only for compile-compatibility and will always throw an exception use getDatabaseType(String) instead. Will be removed in 8.1

Convenience method to get the type of the database currently in use.

Returns:

type of the database

Throws:

AuthenticationException - authentication exception

SystemException - system exception

getDatabaseType

com.saperion.config.SQLType getDatabaseType(String ddcName)
                                     throws AuthenticationException,
SystemException

This method returns the type of database the given DDC is stored on.

Parameters:

ddcName - the name of the DDC to check

Returns:

the type of database for the DDC

Throws:

AuthenticationException - missing privileges or re-logon required

SystemException - system error when loading DDC