MDM 5.5 SP06 Patch 00 

Use

With MDM 5.5 SP06 Patch 00, the Java API has been enhanced as follows:

●      New

○       ProtectRecordsCommandto set records to read-only.

○       UnprotectRecordsCommand to set records to read-write.

○       RetrieveLimitedQualifierValuesCommand to retrieve the limited list of qualifier values.

○       AddRecordsToMaskCommand to add records to a mask.

○       RemoveRecordsFromMaskCommand to remove records from a mask.

○       RetrieveMaskMembershipForRecordsCommand for retrieving mask membership.

○       LockRecordsCommand to lock records.

○       UnlockRecordsCommand to unlock records.

○       UnlockRecordsOwnedCommand to unlock all records held by the current session.

○       RetrieveLockingRecordStatusCommand to retrieve the locking statuses of the records.

○       EventDispatcher.terminate for terminating the background thread and stop receiving notifications.

○       TextAttributeProperties.getTextAttributeValue (TextAttributeValueID) for retrieving a text attribute value by ID.

○       CancelSyndicationCommand to cancel a syndication.

○       FieldID.PROTECTED_STATUS_FIELD_ID, FieldID.CHECKED_OUT_STATUS_FIELD_ID, FieldID.MATRIX_TYPE_FIELD_ID for use in sorting.

○       RetrieveLimitedRecordsCompoundCommand for retrieving search table results and limited pick lists.

○       ResultDefinition.getFieldSortingOrder and ResultDefinition.setFieldSortingOrder for specifying sorting order.

○       UnloadRepositoryCommand.setDelay allows for specifying a delay before the server unloads the repository.

○       CreateRepositoryCommand.setAdminUserName and CreateRepositoryCommand.setAdminUserPassword for specifying an admin role user instead of the default "Admin".

○       SyndicationErrorEventto indicate a failed syndication.

○       Methods UnitProperties.getSuffix, UnitProperties.getSynonyms, UnitProperties.getDimensionID.

○       Record.setMatrixTypeto set the record matrix type use in retail.

○       Additional constructor for all API commands obtaining MdmSessionContext as the input parameter.

○       New mdm-extension.jar is added. This jar includes: (1) SessionManagerenabling to create and cache API sessions; (2) MetadataManager that gives convenient access to repository metadata and attribute metadata; (3) Set of "Ex" (extension) command.

○       Set of record events is added to event dispatcher mechanism.

●      Fixes

○       RetrieveGroupTreeCommand for Data Locations always have an ID of -1 for all nodes.

○       Enable Record.isProtected.

○       RetrieveRecordsByIDCommand returns all records when all records specified were invalid.

○       RelationshipProperties.getCode is now supported.

○       RetrieveLimitedHierTreeCommand does not support paging. Default value of PageSize is changed from 1000 to -1.

○       Fix bug of qualified links modification.

○       Fix bug in the Record.findLookupRecord(FieldID).

○       Priority of unlaunched workflow tasks can be changed (bug fix).

●      Changes

○       Added getName and setName to the interface AttributeProperties.

○       Deprecated BinaryBlobRecord.setSource, BinaryBlobRecord.getSource; added BinaryBlobRecord.setDataLocationID and BinaryBlobRecord.getDataLocationID.

○       Changed RetrieveRecordsByIDCommand to include invalid records in the result set. Previously, the invalid records were filtered out.

○       Deprecated all XXXCommand.setFieldSortingOrder methods, replaced by ResultDefinitoin.setFieldSortingOrder.

○       Changed CreateRoleCommand.getNewRoleID to return RoleID instead of int.

○       Changed CreateUserCommand.getNewUserID to return UserID instead of int.

○       The two enums CHECKED_OUT and CHECKED_IN in Record.CheckoutStatus are removed. They are replaced by NONE, ORIGINAL, MEMBER, OWNER and NON_MEMBER.

○       Changed CreateWorkflowJobCommand to enable creation of a new workflow job without any records bounded to it.

○       Extend list of constants for Work Flow statuses and Inbox filter.