content_symlink

Content Repository : content_symlink

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Overview

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

Related Objects

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 'Symlink to <target_item_name>' 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