Represents the identity of a replicated object in an external repository.


The following tables list the members exposed by IExternalIdentity.

Public Properties

  Name Description
Public property ExternalObjectIdentity Specifies the unique identity of this external replica object, relative to an external repository in which a replica of the object exists.
Public property ExternalRepository Specifies one of the following:
  • The external repository in which this external identity applies.
  • The external repository in which this mapped external class is defined.
  • The external repository in which this mapped external property is defined.
  • The external repository participating in replication through its containing replication group.
Public property Id A representation of the Globally Unique Identifier (GUID), a unique 128-bit number, that is assigned to this Content Engine object when the object is created. When converted to a string, the Id property is typically depicted as 32 hexadecimal characters enclosed by brackets in the following format: {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}. For example, {3F2504E0-4F89-11D3-9A0C-0305E82C3301}.

For IUser and IGroup classes, the Id property takes the value of the Security Identifier (SID) rather than the 128-bit GUID. The string representation of the SID is in this example format: S-1-5-21-1559522492-2815155736-3711640725-55269. When Active Directory is used as the directory service for IBM FileNet P8, IUser.Id and IGroup.Id always return the current SID for the principal, even if this user or group has only historical SIDs populating the Active Directory server.

For a given property representation, the Id property has the following characteristics:

  • PropertyDescription.Id is equal to PropertyTemplate.Id, which is equal to PropertyDefinition.PrimaryId.
  • PropertyDefinition.Id is not equal to PropertyDefinition.PrimaryId.
  • PropertyDefinition.Id is not equal to PropertyDescription.Id.

For a newly created document object, you can override the Id property of its associated VersionSeries object before you save or check in the document for the first time.

Public property ReplicationData Specifies provider-specific data for this external replica object.
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