Changes the class of a Content Engine object. The new class must already exist and both it and the original class must be subclasses of the same base class. The ChangeClass method does not modify the security for an object, even if the object's current security is derived from the default security for its source class. For the object's user-defined properties, the following rules apply:
  • Any user-defined properties that exist in the new class but not in the original class are set to the default value defined by the new class (or to null if there is no default defined).
  • Any user-defined properties that exist in both the original and the new class that are writable and have the same value (including null) as the default value defined in the original class will be set to the default value defined by the new class. However, any user-defined property that has had its value modified from the default value will retain that modified value in the new class.
  • Any user-defined properties whose definitions exist in the original class but not in the new class will no longer exist on the object when its class is changed.

When the class of a document object is changed, the default document lifecycle policy of the new class will only be applied to the document object's DocumentLifecyclePolicy property if both of the following scenarios occur:

  • The document has no current lifecycle policy.
  • The document is either a reservation object, or is the current version object and is not reserved.


Namespace: FileNet.Api.Core
Assembly: FileNet.Api (in filenet.api.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Sub ChangeClass( _ 
   ByVal className As String _ 
)
C#
void ChangeClass(
   string className
)
C++
void ChangeClass(
   String className
) abstract 
J#
void ChangeClass(
   string className
)
JScript
function ChangeClass(
   className : String
)

Parameters

className
A String specifying the symbolic name, ClassNames constant, ID, or GUIDConstants constant of the class to which this object is to be changed.

See Also