Use the API

The workspace is the heart of the IBM Web Content Manager API. Items are created, saved, deleted and searched for in the workspace item. A workspace is basically an interface to Web Content Manager associated with a user. Using a workspace item, the user can perform operations as that user.

To get a workspace item, first retrieve the WebContentService:

try
 {
    // Construct and inital Context
    InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
    
    // Retrieve WebContentService using JNDI name
    WebContentService webContentService = (WebContentService) ctx.lookup("portal:service/WebContentService");
 }
 catch (NamingException ne)
 {
    System.out.print("Naming Exception: " + ne);
 }

We then request one from the repository singleton with the following call:

webContentService.getRepository().getWorkspace("my username", "my password");

To get a workspace item without specifying a user name and password, use one of the following calls:

• When used in a portlet: Workspace workspace = webContentService.getRepository().getWorkspace( (Principal) portletRequest.getUser() );

• When not used in a portlet: Workspace workspace = webContentService.getRepository().getWorkspace((Principal) request.getUserPrincipal() );

If the user is not recognized as a Web Content Manager user, or for some other reason could not be authenticated , an "OperationFailedException" will be thrown.

Only Web Content Manager users (including external LDAP users if enabled) are recognized. For example, A workspace cannot be retrieved using an LTPA token.

Operations available on the workspace include:

• Search for items with the provided "findBy" methods.

• Create new items of available editable types.

• Saving and deleting editable items.

You must call endWorkspace() when finished with the workspace item.

webContentService.getRepository().endWorkspace();

We don't need to call endWorkspace() when using a JSP component as rendering and session management is handled by Web Content Manager.

Use setCurrentDocumentLibrary method to make calls library-specific. If not specified, the default library that has been configured in the WCM WCMConfigService service is used.

Parent: The IBM Web Content Manager API

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