Detecting Write-Protect Mode

For maintenance purposes, the portal periodically goes into write-protect mode, which may have an impact on write operations in workspaces. If your code attempts to perform a write operation when the portal is in write-protect mode, a runtime exception WRITEPROTECT_MODE_EXCEPTION is thrown.

You can use the API to check if the portal is in write-protect mode, as follows:

public void detectWriteProtectMode()
	{	
		IWriteProtectMode writeProtectMode= (IWriteProtectMode)RuntimeFactory.getWorkspacesRuntime().getService(IWriteProtectMode.class);

		if (writeProtectMode.isWriteProtectMode()) {
			// Generate a message or display UI in read-only mode
		} else {
			// Proceed to save
		}

	}

Alternatively, you can call the writeProtectMode.assertWriteProtectOff method that throws a runtime exception in write-protect mode, and handle this exception.

The relevant API is contained in the com.sap.workspaces.authoring package.