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Interface Syndicator

public interface Syndicator

Represents a WCM Syndicator. This interface allows users to enable, disable, update and monitoring a Syndicator. A Syndicator is retrieved from the SyndcationService.

Method Summary

DocumentLibrary[]	getLibraries(Workspace p_workspace) Returns an array of document libraries which are currently being syndicated by this Syndicator.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this syndicator.
SyndicationStatus	getStatus() Returns the SyndicationStatus of this Syndicator.
boolean	isEnabled() Returns true if this Syndicator is enabled, false if not.
boolean	rebuild() Trigger a full rebuild of the Syndicator.
void	setEnabled(boolean enabled, Workspace p_workspace) Set true to enable this Syndicator.
boolean	update() Trigger an update of the Syndicator.

Method Detail

getStatus

SyndicationStatus getStatus()

Returns the SyndicationStatus of this Syndicator.

Returns:

SyndicationStatus of this Syndicator

Since:

6.1

getLibraries

DocumentLibrary[] getLibraries(Workspace p_workspace)

Returns an array of document libraries which are currently being syndicated by this Syndicator.

Parameters:

p_workspace - the workspace of the current user calling this method

Returns:

array of document libraries that are currently being syndicated

Since:

6.1

setEnabled

 void setEnabled(boolean enabled,
                Workspace p_workspace)

Set true to enable this Syndicator. Otherwise false to disable this Syndicator. An enabled syndicator can trigger syndication events such as updates and rebuilds. Trying to send a update to a disabled syndicator will throw a SyndicationNotEnabledException.

Parameters:

enabled - true to enable this Syndicator

p_workspace - the workspace of the current user setting this flag.

Since:

6.1

isEnabled

 boolean isEnabled()

Returns true if this Syndicator is enabled, false if not.

Returns:

true if this Syndicator is enabled, false if not.

Since:

6.1

getName

 java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this syndicator.

Returns:

the name of the current syndicator

Since:

6.1

rebuild

 boolean rebuild()
                throws SyndicationNotEnabledException,
                       SyndicationDeploymentException

Trigger a full rebuild of the Syndicator. This will effectively send through all the items in the selected syndication libraries.

Returns:

true if the rebuild command was sent successfully and queued for syndication. This means that the request was made successfully, and there is no existing or outstanding updates for the current syndication pair. false if rebuild command failed. This will be because there is an existing or outstanding update on the current syndication/subscriber pair.

Throws:

SyndicationNotEnabledException - if the Subcriber/Syndicator isn't enabled

SyndicationDeploymentException - if the Syndicator or Subscriber couldn't send the rebuild request

Since:

6.1

update

 boolean update()
               throws SyndicationNotEnabledException,
                      SyndicationDeploymentException

Trigger an update of the Syndicator. This will send only the updates which have happened between now and the last syndication run.

Returns:

true if the update command was sent successfully queued for syndication. This means that the request was made successfully, and there is no existing or outstanding updates for the current syndication pair. false if update command failed because there is an existing or outstanding update on the current syndication/subscriber pair.

Throws:

SyndicationNotEnabledException - if the Subcriber/Syndicator isn't enabled

SyndicationDeploymentException - if the Syndicator or Subscriber couldn't send the update request to the other machine

Since:

6.1