com.sapportals.wcm.repository.service.comment

Interface IComment

public interface IComment

The interface represents a service for handling comments on resources. Comments are assigned to resources and can be viewed by all users.

The comments service can be configured. It offers a method to determine the current configuration.

Method Summary

boolean	addComment(IResource resource, String Text) Adds a comment to a given resource.
boolean	delComment(IResource resource, IResource commentres) Deletes a comment for a resource.
IResourceList	getComment(IResource resource) Gets all comments for a given resource sorted by creation date.
int	getCommentCount(IResource resource) Returns the number of comments given for a resource.
Properties	getProperties() Gets all configuration data for this service.
boolean	isSecure() Checks if service is set to be a secure service.

Method Detail

addComment

public boolean addComment(IResource resource,
                          String Text)
                   throws WcmException

Adds a comment to a given resource. The author of the comment is identified by the resource context.

Parameters:

resource - the resource for which the comment is given

Text - text of the comment

Returns:

Boolean that indicates whether storage of comment was successful or failed

Throws:

WcmException - not yet used

getComment

public IResourceList getComment(IResource resource)

Gets all comments for a given resource sorted by creation date.

Parameters:

resource - the resource for which the comments were given

Returns:

list of resources that store comments

getProperties

public Properties getProperties()

Gets all configuration data for this service.

Returns:

all configuration data as properties

delComment

public boolean delComment(IResource resource,
                          IResource commentres)

Deletes a comment for a resource.

Parameters:

resource - resource for which the comment was saved

commentres - resource that stores the comment to be deleted

Returns:

Boolean indicating whether the deletion was succesful or failed

getCommentCount

public int getCommentCount(IResource resource)

Returns the number of comments given for a resource.

Parameters:

resource - resource for which comments exist

Returns:

the number of comments that exist for the resource

isSecure

public boolean isSecure()

Checks if service is set to be a secure service. It is possible to configure the service so that no htmlb editor is used.

Returns:

true, if the service is set to be secure, otherwise false