Duplicate an asset

To duplicate an asset means to create an asset with a new GUID based on an existing asset. You can duplicate an asset in three ways:
  • To create a duplicate asset that has a new generated GUID and the version of the passed in asset, use RAMSession.createAsset(com.ibm.ram.common.data.Asset).
  • To create a duplicate asset with a passed in GUID and that preserves the version of the passed in asset, use RAMSession.createAsset(com.ibm.ram.common.data.Asset, String GUID).
  • To create a duplicate asset that has a new GUID and version passed in, use RAMSession.createAsset(com.ibm.ram.common.data.Asset, String GUID, String version).
                // Create a new asset to submit to the server
                RAMAsset duplicate = session.createAsset(newAsset);

                // Set asset metadata
                duplicate.setName("New Asset");
                duplicate.setCommunity(session.getCommunity("Rational Asset Manager Development"));
                duplicate.setAssetType(session.getAssetType("Documentation"));
                duplicate.setShortDescription("Sample upload asset");
                
                session.put(duplicate, new NullProgressMonitor());