Object Type Handler Service 

Use

This service is used by CM services and applications to (re-)define standard operations (for example, viewing or editing) when applied to particular types of resources.

 

Integration

This service is used by the Inbox Service and User Interface.

 

Features

This service uses information that is encoded in the object type definition files. These files are stored in the repository /etc in the folder oth by default.

Object type definition files are XML files with the filename extension *.oth.

The filename extension must be in the lowercase: .oth. It must not be capitalized.

 

They define an operation to be performed and selection criteria for applying this operation. The selection criteria include the resource types and URI paths.

 

Object Type Handler Service Properties

Parameters	Required	Description
Object Type Definitions Directory	Yes	Path to the directory containing the object type definition files. The path /etc/oth is predefined.
Cache	No	Cache used by the object type handler service. It stores the URIs of resources that have object type definition files and whose object type definition files have already been found. The oth cache is preset and configured in the standard configuration.

 

Activities

The object type handler service is preconfigured and activated in the KM standard configuration. No further configuration is necessary for this service.

To check the configuration of the object type handler service, choose Content Management ® Global Services ® Object Type Handler Service.

Choose the function Reload OTH so that changes to the object type definition files take effect.