HD88058: CATIA "CATICONTEXTUALPRODUCT" API CONTEXTUAL LINKS IS DEPRECATE D

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• Description :
  Current version of PARMOS V4 developped for CATIA
  v5r16 dyring the R16-&gtR18 migration uses
  CATIContextualProduct interface, and uses the different
  Context Management Methods of the CATIProduct
  interface.
  The CATIContextualProduct was deprecated in V5R16,
  while ContextManagement Methods where tagged
  nodoc from the beginning. As a result these methods
  should not have been used.
  However the management of contextual links is
  documented in V5R14 use case named "Working with a
  Product's Contextual Links".
  This use case did use the nodoc methods of
  CATIProduct managing contexts.
  This use case documented the usage of
  CATIContextualProduct interface. When the interface
  was marked deprecated, the sue case was removed
  without notice, neither in the what's new, nor in the
  PPR/Product page of the CAA documentation, which
  documented, and still document, its addition in
  september 2003
  Deprecation rules, as documented in the CAA
  guide "CAA V5 Authorized API Identification, Usage,
  Deprecation, and Stability" clearly states that Dassault
  System has the responsability to provide a
  documentation for which "A deprecated API shows its
  replacing Authorized API that client applications must
  use instead. This replacing Authorized API is of course
  available at the deprecation time.". This documentation
  was not provided, and furthermore, all available
  documentation of Contextual links was removed from
  CAA
  AT present, available documentation does not permit to
  understand how external references are managed by
  CATIA, as a result I do not see any possibility to re
  implement the services implemented using deprecated
  API.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The CATIContextualProduct was deprecated in V5R16,
  while ContextManagement Methods where tagged
  nodoc from the beginning. As a result
  these methods
  should not have been used.
  However
  the management of contextual links is
  documented in V5R14 use case named "Working with a
  Product's Contextual Links".
  This use case did use the
  nodoc methods of
  CATIProduct
  managing contexts.
  This use case documented the usage of
  CATIContextualProduct interface. When the
  interface
  was marked deprecated, the sue
  case was removed
  without notice,
  neither in the what's new, nor in the
  PPR/Product page of the CAA documentation, which
  documented, and still document, its addition in
  september 2003
  Deprecation rules, as
  documented in the CAA
  guide "CAA
  V5 Authorized API Identification, Usage,
  Deprecation, and Stability" clearly states that Dassault
  System has the responsability to provide a
  documentation for which "A deprecated API
  shows its
  replacing Authorized API that
  client applications must
  use instead. This
  replacing Authorized API is of course
  available at the deprecation time.". This documentation
  was not provided, and furthermore, all available
  documentation of Contextual links was
  removed from
  CAA
  AT
  present, available documentation does not permit to
  understand how external references are managed by
  CATIA, as a result I do not see any
  possibility to re
  implement the services
  implemented using deprecated
  API.
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM IS PERMANENT RESTRICTION IN V5R19 SP6 CATIA
  LEVEL
  Additional Closure Information:
  CATIContextualProduct is
  no more provided by DS.
  Use CATIxPDMPartItem instead.
  

Temporary fix

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