ExternalClassDescription Properties

This topic alphabetically lists the properties that apply to the ExternalClassDescription class.

ClassDescription Property

Specifies a ClassDescription object containing the fixed description (immutable metadata) of the class from which this object is instantiated.

Metadata

AllowsDefaultChange:  false
Cardinality:  SINGLE
CopyToReservation:  false
Datatype:  OBJECT
DeletionAction:  NONE
IsHidden:  true
IsOrderable:  false
IsSearchable:  false
IsValueRequired:  true
ModificationAccessRequired:  WRITE
PersistenceType:  NOT_PERSISTENT
ReflectiveProperty:  null
RequiredClass:  ClassDescription
RequiresUniqueElements:  false
Settability:  READ_ONLY
TargetAccessRequired:  READ

ClassFamily Property

Specifies the symbolic name of the Content Engine root class (for example, "Document") to which the class described by this external class description corresponds. This property can be null if no corresponding root class exists.

Metadata

AllowsDefaultChange:  false
Cardinality:  SINGLE
CopyToReservation:  false
Datatype:  STRING
IsHidden:  false
IsOrderable:  false
IsSearchable:  false
IsValueRequired:  false
MaximumLengthString:  null
ModificationAccessRequired:  WRITE
PersistenceType:  NOT_PERSISTENT
RequiresUniqueElements:  false
Settability:  READ_ONLY
TargetAccessRequired:  READ

ClassIdentity Property

Specifies one of the following:

For ExternalClassDescription objects only, this string is immutable and is unique within the repository in which the external class description belongs.

Metadata

AllowsDefaultChange:  false
Cardinality:  SINGLE
CopyToReservation:  false
Datatype:  STRING
IsHidden:  false
IsOrderable:  false
IsSearchable:  false
IsValueRequired:  true
MaximumLengthString:  null
ModificationAccessRequired:  WRITE
PersistenceType:  NOT_PERSISTENT
RequiresUniqueElements:  false
Settability:  READ_ONLY
TargetAccessRequired:  READ

DescriptiveText Property

User-readable text that describes an object.

The text is not locale-specific to the retrieving user except for the following classes:

Metadata

AllowsDefaultChange:  false
Cardinality:  SINGLE
CopyToReservation:  false
Datatype:  STRING
IsHidden:  false
IsOrderable:  false
IsSearchable:  false
IsValueRequired:  false
MaximumLengthString:  null
ModificationAccessRequired:  WRITE
PersistenceType:  NOT_PERSISTENT
RequiresUniqueElements:  false
Settability:  READ_ONLY
TargetAccessRequired:  READ

DisplayName Property

The user-readable, provider-specific name of an object. This property is usually the designated Name property of the object's class.

Metadata

AllowsDefaultChange:  false
Cardinality:  SINGLE
CopyToReservation:  false
Datatype:  STRING
IsHidden:  false
IsOrderable:  false
IsSearchable:  false
IsValueRequired:  true
MaximumLengthString:  null
ModificationAccessRequired:  WRITE
PersistenceType:  NOT_PERSISTENT
RequiresUniqueElements:  false
Settability:  READ_ONLY
TargetAccessRequired:  READ

ExternalPropertyDescriptions Property

Specifies an ExternalPropertyDescriptionSet object containing the set collection of ExternalPropertyDescription objects associated with this external class description.

Metadata

AllowsDefaultChange:  false
Cardinality:  LIST
CopyToReservation:  false
Datatype:  OBJECT
DeletionAction:  NONE
IsHidden:  false
IsOrderable:  false
IsSearchable:  false
IsValueRequired:  false
ModificationAccessRequired:  WRITE
PersistenceType:  NOT_PERSISTENT
ReflectiveProperty:  null
RequiredClass:  ExternalPropertyDescription
RequiresUniqueElements:  false
Settability:  READ_ONLY
TargetAccessRequired:  READ

ReplicableDirection Property

Specifies the direction in which instances of the external class described by this external class description can be replicated.

Metadata

AllowsDefaultChange:  false
Cardinality:  SINGLE
CopyToReservation:  false
Datatype:  LONG
IsHidden:  false
IsOrderable:  false
IsSearchable:  false
IsValueRequired:  true
ModificationAccessRequired:  WRITE
PersistenceType:  NOT_PERSISTENT
PropertyDefaultInteger32:  null
PropertyMaximumInteger32:  null
PropertyMinimumInteger32:  null
RequiresUniqueElements:  false
Settability:  READ_ONLY
TargetAccessRequired:  READ

SuperclassIdentity Property

Specifies the identity of the immediate superclass of the class described by this external class description. This property can be null if the repository does not have hierarchical classes or if the superclass of the described class is not a replicable class and is therefore absent from the ExternalClassDescriptions collection of the external repository.

Metadata

AllowsDefaultChange:  false
Cardinality:  SINGLE
CopyToReservation:  false
Datatype:  STRING
IsHidden:  false
IsOrderable:  false
IsSearchable:  false
IsValueRequired:  false
MaximumLengthString:  null
ModificationAccessRequired:  WRITE
PersistenceType:  NOT_PERSISTENT
RequiresUniqueElements:  false
Settability:  READ_ONLY
TargetAccessRequired:  READ

TargetObjectStore Property

Specifies the object store to which documents from this IBM® Content Manager OnDemand (CMOD) application group are federated or to which instances of this external class description can be replicated.

Metadata

AllowsDefaultChange:  false
Cardinality:  SINGLE
CopyToReservation:  false
Datatype:  OBJECT
DeletionAction:  NONE
IsHidden:  false
IsOrderable:  false
IsSearchable:  false
IsValueRequired:  false
ModificationAccessRequired:  WRITE
PersistenceType:  NOT_PERSISTENT
ReflectiveProperty:  null
RequiredClass:  DocSpace
RequiresUniqueElements:  false
Settability:  READ_ONLY
TargetAccessRequired:  READ