EngineObject

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

AccessPermission, AccessPermissionDescription, Action, ActionConsumer, ActiveMarking, AddOn, AddOnInstallationRecord, Annotation, ApplicationSecurityTemplate, AsyncProcessingConfiguration, AsyncUpgradeQueueItem, AuditConfigurationEvent, AuditDefinition, CancelCheckoutEvent, CenteraFixedContentDevice, CenteraSiteSettings, CFSImportAgentConfiguration, CFSSiteSettings, ChangeClassEvent, ChangeStateEvent, CheckinEvent, CheckoutEvent, Choice, ChoiceList, ClassDefinition, ClassDescription, ClassifyCompleteEvent, ClassSubscription, ClassWorkflowSubscription, CmAbstractDependent, CmAbstractPermission, CmAbstractPersistable, CmAbstractQueueEntry, CmAbstractSearchResult, CmAbstractSequential, CmAdvancedStorageArea, CmAtmosFixedContentDevice, CmAuditDispositionPolicy, CmAuditingConfiguration, CmAuditProcessingBookmark, CmAWSFixedContentDevice, CmAzureBlobStorageDevice, CmBackgroundSearch, CmBulkMoveContentJob, CmChangePreprocessorAction, CmChangePreprocessorDefinition, CmContentBackoutQueueEntry, CmContentBackoutQueueSweep, CmContentConsistencyCheckJob, CmContentConversionAction, CmContentConversionConfiguration, CmContentConversionSettings, CmContentDeletionQueueEntry, CmContentDeletionQueueSweep, CmContentMigrationPolicy, CmContentReplicationQueueEntry, CmContentReplicationQueueSweep, CmConversionSettingsClassDefinition, CmCustomQueueSweep, CmCustomStorageDevice, CmCustomSweepJob, CmCustomSweepPolicy, CmDatabaseConnection, CmDelegatedAccessPermission, CmDependentClassDefinition, CmDirectoryConfigurationDomino, CmDirectoryConfigurationManaged, CmDirectoryConfigurationOID, CmDirectoryConfigurationRadiantOne, CmDirectoryConfigurationSCIM, CmDirectoryConfigurationVMM, CmDisposalPolicy, CmDynamicRole, CmElasticSearchCluster, CmElasticSearchIndex, CmElasticSearchIndexArea, CmElasticSearchIndexingSweep, CmElasticSearchIndexRequest, CmEventExportStore, CmExtendedPermission, CmFileSystemStorageDevice, CmHitachiFixedContentDevice, CmHold, CmHoldRelationship, CmICOSFixedContentDevice, CmIdentityRule, CmIndexDefinition, CmIndexedColumn, CmIndexJobResyncItem, CmIndexPartitionConstraint, CmIndexPartitionConstraintDate, CmIndexPartitionConstraintString, CmIndexRequest, CmIsilonFixedContentDevice, CmJobSweepResult, CmLocalGroup, CmLocalGroupMember, CmManagedUser, CmMarkForDeletionEvent, CmMoveContentEvent, CMODApplicationGroup, CMODFixedContentDevice, CMODRepository, CmOpenStackStorageDevice, CmPolicyControlledSweep, CmPolicySweepResult, CmProcessEngineConfiguration, CmQueueEntryClassDefinition, CmQueueSweep, CmRecoverEvent, CmRecoveryBin, CmRecoveryItem, CmReplicaSynchronizationSiteSettings, CmRetentionUpdateJob, CmRetentionUpdatePolicy, CmRole, CmRoleAccessDefinition, CmRoleClassDefinition, CmRoleMember, CmRoleMembershipAction, CmRolePermission, CmRolePrincipalMember, CmRoleRealmMember, CmRoleRoleMember, CmS3StorageDevice, CmSearchFunctionDefinition, CmSecuredStorageDevice, CmSMTPConfiguration, CmStaticRole, CmStorageDevice, CmStorageDeviceConnection, CmSweep, CmSweepAction, CmSweepConfiguration, CmSweepJob, CmSweepPolicy, CmSweepPolicyRelationship, CmSweepRelationship, CmSweepResult, CmTask, CmTaskRelationship, CmTextExtractionSettings, CmTextIndexingPreprocessorAction, CmTextIndexingPreprocessorDefinition, CmTextSearchAffinityGroup, CmTextSearchConfiguration, CmTextSearchIndex, CmTextSearchIndexArea, CmTextSearchIndexRequest, CmTextSearchPartitionDateProperty, CmTextSearchPartitionProperty, CmTextSearchPartitionStringProperty, CmTextSearchServer, CmThreadPoolConfiguration, CmThumbnail, CmThumbnailGenerationJob, CmThumbnailGenerationSubscription, CmThumbnailRequest, CmThumbnailRequestSweep, CmTimeslot, CmTivoliManagementClass, CodeModule, ColumnDefinition, ComponentRelationship, ContainmentRelationship, ContentCacheArea, ContentCacheConfiguration, ContentConfiguration, ContentElement, ContentFederatingRepository, ContentReference, ContentTransfer, CreationEvent, CustomEvent, CustomObject, DatabaseStorageArea, DeletionEvent, DemoteVersionEvent, DirectoryConfiguration, DirectoryConfigurationAD, DirectoryConfigurationAdam, DirectoryConfigurationCA, DirectoryConfigurationIBM, DirectoryConfigurationNovell, DirectoryConfigurationSunOne, DiscretionaryPermission, Document, DocumentClassDefinition, DocumentClassificationAction, DocumentClassificationQueueItem, DocumentLifecycleAction, DocumentLifecyclePolicy, DocumentState, Domain, DynamicReferentialContainmentRelationship, EntireNetwork, Event, EventAction, EventClassDefinition, EventQueueItem, ExternalAlias, ExternalClassAlias, ExternalClassDescription, ExternalIdentity, ExternalParticipant, ExternalPropertyAlias, ExternalPropertyDescription, ExternalRepository, FileEvent, FileStorageArea, FixedContentDevice, FixedStorageArea, Folder, FreezeEvent, GenericFixedContentDevice, GetContentEvent, GetObjectEvent, Group, IICEFixedContentDevice, ImageServicesClassDescription, ImageServicesImportAgentConfiguration, ImageServicesPropertyDescription, ImageServicesRepository, ImageServicesSiteSettings, IMFixedContentDevice, IndependentlyPersistableObject, IndependentObject, IndexArea, IndexJob, IndexJobClassItem, IndexJobCollectionItem, IndexJobItem, IndexJobSingleItem, InstanceSubscription, InstanceWorkflowSubscription, IsolatedRegion, Link, LocalizedString, LockEvent, Marking, MarkingSet, ObjectChangeEvent, ObjectStore, ObjectStoreParticipant, PEConnectionPoint, Permission, PermissionDescription, PromoteVersionEvent, PropertyDefinition, PropertyDefinitionBinary, PropertyDefinitionBoolean, PropertyDefinitionDateTime, PropertyDefinitionFloat64, PropertyDefinitionId, PropertyDefinitionInteger32, PropertyDefinitionObject, PropertyDefinitionString, PropertyDescription, PropertyDescriptionBinary, PropertyDescriptionBoolean, PropertyDescriptionDateTime, PropertyDescriptionFloat64, PropertyDescriptionId, PropertyDescriptionInteger32, PropertyDescriptionObject, PropertyDescriptionString, PropertyTemplate, PropertyTemplateBinary, PropertyTemplateBoolean, PropertyTemplateDateTime, PropertyTemplateFloat64, PropertyTemplateId, PropertyTemplateInteger32, PropertyTemplateObject, PropertyTemplateString, QueryEvent, QueueItem, Realm, ReferentialContainmentRelationship, Relationship, ReplicableClassDefinition, ReplicationConfiguration, ReplicationGroup, ReplicationJournalEntry, ReplicationParticipant, Repository, RetrievalEvent, SecurityPolicy, SecurityPrincipal, SecurityTemplate, ServerCacheConfiguration, ServerInstance, Site, SiteSettings, SnapLockFixedContentDevice, StorageArea, StoragePolicy, StoredSearch, SubscribableClassDefinition, SubscribedEvent, Subscription, SubsystemConfiguration, TableDefinition, TakeFederatedOwnershipEvent, TivoliFixedContentDevice, TraceLoggingConfiguration, UnfileEvent, UnlockEvent, UpdateEvent, UpdateSecurityEvent, UpgradeAddOn, User, VersionableClassDefinition, VersioningSecurityTemplate, VersionSeries, VirtualServer, WorkflowDefinition, WorkflowEventAction, XMLPropertyMappingScript
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public interface EngineObject
extends java.io.Serializable
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Represents the top-level interface from which most of the other Content Engine API interfaces derive. An EngineObject is any object known to the Content Engine, including objects outside of repositories, such as a service or an ObjectStore object itself. Contrast this with RepositoryObject, which represents any object residing within a Content Engine repository.
You will not normally work directly with an EngineObject, but rather with an instance of one of its subclasses, which are further grouped into independent and dependent objects. An IndependentObject is an EngineObject that has its own identity and always has an ObjectReference. A DependentObject is an EngineObject that can only exist within the scope of another object. An example of this dependency is ContentElement; content elements are scoped to a particular Document object and cannot exist independently.

This interface provides some base functionality, such as retrieving the Connection object that is used for communication to the Content Engine server and retrieving an object's class information and properties.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`ClassDescription`	`get_ClassDescription()` Returns the `ClassDescription` object that describes the immutable metadata of the class from which this object is instantiated.
`java.lang.String`	`getClassName()` Returns the identity of the metadata class from which this object is instantiated.
`Connection`	`getConnection()` Returns a `Connection` object that represents a logical connection to the FileNet P8 domain.
`Properties`	`getProperties()` Returns a collection of property values for this object.
`java.lang.String[]`	`getSuperClasses()` Returns a `String` array specifying the names of the superclasses of the class from which this object is instantiated.

- Method Detail
  - get_ClassDescription
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ClassDescription get_ClassDescription()
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    Returns the ClassDescription object that describes the immutable metadata of the class from which this object is instantiated.
    
    Returns:
    
    A ClassDescription object.
  - getConnection
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Connection getConnection()
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    Returns a Connection object that represents a logical connection to the FileNet P8 domain. The returned Connection object is used as input to methods such as factory instantiation methods and UserContext.createSubject.
    
    Returns:
    
    A Connection object.
  - getProperties
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Properties getProperties()
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    Returns a collection of property values for this object. Note that an object reference will not have values in its property collection; therefore, if the properties of an object reference are required, you should refresh the object before calling this method.
    
    Returns:
    
    A Properties collection representing the cached properties of this object.
  - getClassName
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java.lang.String getClassName()
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    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 String specifying the name of the class.
  - getSuperClasses
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java.lang.String[] getSuperClasses()
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    Returns a String array specifying the names of the superclasses of the class from which this object is instantiated.
    
    Returns:
    
    A String array specifying the list of superclass names.

get_ClassDescription

getConnection

getProperties

getClassName

getSuperClasses