org.modeshape.jcr.api

Interface Session

All Superinterfaces:

Session

public interface Session
extends Session

A specialization of the standard JCR Session interface that returns the ModeShape-specific extension interfaces from getWorkspace(), getRepository(), and getValueFactory().

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface javax.jcr.Session

ACTION_ADD_NODE, ACTION_READ, ACTION_REMOVE, ACTION_SET_PROPERTY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	decode(String localName) Evaluate a local name and replace any characters that were previously encoded.
String	encode(String localName) Evaluate a local name and replace any characters that are not allowed within the local names of nodes and properties.
Repository	getRepository()
ValueFactory	getValueFactory()
Workspace	getWorkspace()
boolean	sequence(String sequencerName, Property inputProperty, Node outputNode) Sequence the specified property using the named sequencer, and place the generated output at the specified location using this session.

Methods inherited from interface javax.jcr.Session

addLockToken, checkPermission, exportDocumentView, exportDocumentView, exportSystemView, exportSystemView, getAccessControlManager, getAttribute, getAttributeNames, getImportContentHandler, getItem, getLockTokens, getNamespacePrefix, getNamespacePrefixes, getNamespaceURI, getNode, getNodeByIdentifier, getNodeByUUID, getProperty, getRetentionManager, getRootNode, getUserID, hasCapability, hasPendingChanges, hasPermission, impersonate, importXML, isLive, itemExists, logout, move, nodeExists, propertyExists, refresh, removeItem, removeLockToken, save, setNamespacePrefix

Method Detail

getWorkspace

Workspace getWorkspace()

Specified by:

getWorkspace in interface Session

getRepository

Repository getRepository()

Specified by:

getRepository in interface Session

getValueFactory

ValueFactory getValueFactory()
                      throws RepositoryException

Specified by:

getValueFactory in interface Session

Throws:

RepositoryException

sequence

boolean sequence(String sequencerName,
                 Property inputProperty,
                 Node outputNode)
          throws RepositoryException

Sequence the specified property using the named sequencer, and place the generated output at the specified location using this session. The output nodes will be transient within the current session, so this session will need to be saved to persist the output.

It is suggested that this method be used on inputs that the sequencer is not configured to process automatically, otherwise ModeShape will also sequence the same property. If your application is to only manually sequence, simply configure each sequencer without a path expression or with a path expression that will never apply to the manually-sequenced nodes.

Parameters:

sequencerName - the name of the configured sequencer that should be executed

inputProperty - the property that was changed and that should be used as the input; never null

outputNode - the node that represents the output for the derived information; never null, and will either be new if the output is being placed outside of the selected node, or will not be new when the output is to be placed on the selected input node

Returns:

true if the sequencer did generate output; false if the sequencer could not process the specified content or if sequencerName is null or does not match a configured sequencer

Throws:

RepositoryException - if there was a problem with the sequencer

encode

String encode(String localName)

Evaluate a local name and replace any characters that are not allowed within the local names of nodes and properties. Such characters include '/', ':', '[', ']', '*', and '|', since these are all important to the rules for qualified names and paths. When such characters are to be used within a local name, the application must escape them using this method before the local name is used.

Parameters:

localName - the local name to be encoded; can be null or empty

Returns:

the supplied local name if it contains no illegal characters, or the encoded form of the supplied local name with all illegal characters replaced, or null if the input was null

See Also:

Session.move(String, String), Node.addNode(String), Node.addNode(String, String)

decode

String decode(String localName)

Evaluate a local name and replace any characters that were previously encoded.

Parameters:

localName - the local name to be decoded; can be null or empty

Returns:

the supplied local name if it contains no encoded characters, or the decoded form of the supplied local name with all encoded characters replaced, or null if the input was null

See Also:

encode(String)