content_symlink

Content Repository : content_symlink

 

Overview

Symlinks are pointers to items within the content repository. They are simply used to create links between content items.

 

Related Objects

 See also: content_item, content_folder

 

API
  • Function: content_symlink.is_symlink

    Determines if the item is a symlink

    Author:Karl Goldstein
    Returns:'t' if the item is a symlink, 'f' otherwise
    Parameters:
    item_id:   The item id
    Declaration:
    
function is_symlink (
  item_id	   in cr_items.item_id%TYPE
) return char;
    See Also:content_symlink.new, content_symlink.resolve

     

  • Function: content_symlink.new

    Create a new symlink, linking two items

    Author:Karl Goldstein
    Returns:The id of the newly created symlink
    Parameters:
    name:   The name for the new symlink, defaults to the name of the target item
    label :   The label of the symlink, defaults to 'Symlinke to '
    target_id:   The item which the symlink will point to
    parent_id:   The parent folder for the symlink. This must actually be a folder and not a generic content item.
    symlink_id:   The id of the new symlink. A new id will be allocated by default
    creation_date:   As in acs_object.new
    creation_ip:   As in acs_object.new
    creation_user:   As in acs_object.new
    Declaration:
    
function new (
  name          in cr_items.name%TYPE default null,
  label		in cr_symlinks.label%TYPE default null,
  target_id	in cr_items.item_id%TYPE,
  parent_id     in acs_objects.context_id%TYPE,
  symlink_id	in cr_symlinks.symlink_id%TYPE default null,
  creation_date	in acs_objects.creation_date%TYPE
			   default sysdate,
  creation_user	in acs_objects.creation_user%TYPE
			   default null,
  creation_ip	in acs_objects.creation_ip%TYPE default null
) return cr_symlinks.symlink_id%TYPE;
    See Also:acs_object.new, content_item.new, content_symlink.resolve

     

  • Function: content_symlink.resolve

    Resolves the symlink and returns the target item id.

    Author:Karl Goldstein
    Returns:The target item of the symlink, or the original item id if the item is not in fact a symlink
    Parameters:
    item_id:   The item id to be resolved
    Declaration:
    
function resolve (
  item_id	in cr_items.item_id%TYPE
) return cr_items.item_id%TYPE;
    See Also:content_symlink.new, content_symlink.is_symlink

     

  • Function: content_symlink.resolve_content_type

    Gets the content type of the target item.

    Author:Michael Pih
    Returns:The content type of the symlink target, otherwise null. the item is not in fact a symlink
    Parameters:
    item_id:   The item id to be resolved
    Declaration:
    
function resolve_content_type (
  item_id	in cr_items.item_id%TYPE
) return cr_items.content_type%TYPE;
    See Also:content_symlink.resolve

     

  • Procedure: content_symlink.copy

    Copies the symlink itself to another folder, without resolving the symlink

    Author:Karl Goldstein
    Parameters:
    symlink_id:   The id of the symlink to copy
    target_folder_id:   The id of the folder where the symlink is to be copied
    Declaration:
    
procedure copy (
  symlink_id		in cr_symlinks.symlink_id%TYPE,
  target_folder_id	in cr_folders.folder_id%TYPE
);
    See Also:content_symlink.new, content_item.copy

     

  • Procedure: content_symlink.delete

    Deletes the symlink

    Author:Karl Goldstein
    Parameters:
    symlink_id:   The id of the symlink to delete
    Declaration:
    
procedure delete (
  symlink_id	in cr_symlinks.symlink_id%TYPE
);
    See Also:content_symlink.new, acs_object.delete

     

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