Creates a new object that is a copy of the current instance.

Returns the identity of the metadata class from which this object is instantiated. If the object is newly created and a non-null value was provided for the classId parameter of the Factory createInstance method by which the object was created, this method returns that non-null value. In all other circumstances the symbolic name of the metadata class is returned.

Returns a Connection object that represents a logical connection to the Content Cortex domain. The returned Connection object is used as input to methods such as factory instantiation methods.

Returns a String array specifying the names of the superclasses of the class from which this object is instantiated.