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create
Use the create method to create entities.
Purpose
The create method creates an entity along with its properties in the underlying repository. The empty root data object can be obtained from the createRootDataObject() from the Service class. Then the entity, along with the properties needed, can be added under the root data object.The output root data object of the create method contains the entity data object that has been created. This entity data object contains only its identifier.
Parameters
root
Root data object that contains the entity to be created.
Returns
The root data object that contains the created entity and its identifier.
Exceptions
- WIMException:
Signature
public DataObject create(DataObject root) throws WIMException
Parent topic: Repository SPI