org.alfresco.service.descriptor

Interface DescriptorService

All Known Implementing Classes:

DescriptorServiceImpl

public interface DescriptorService

Service for retrieving meta-data about Alfresco stack.

Author:

David Caruana

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Descriptor	getCurrentRepositoryDescriptor() Get current descriptor for the repository.
Descriptor	getInstalledRepositoryDescriptor() Get descriptor for the repository as it was when first installed.
LicenseDescriptor	getLicenseDescriptor() Gets the License Descriptor
Descriptor	getServerDescriptor() Get descriptor for the alfresco software installed on the server.
String	loadLicense() Attempts to load the license.
String	loadLicense(InputStream licenseStream) Attempts to load the license from the input stream.

Method Detail

getServerDescriptor

@NotAuditable
Descriptor getServerDescriptor()

Get descriptor for the alfresco software installed on the server.

The information contained by this descriptor is read from a property file. The following properties are available in the descriptor

• Major
• Minor
• Revision
• Label
• Build
• Edition
• Schema

The following properties are not applicable to the server descriptor.

• id
• licenceKey
• name - unknown

Returns:

server descriptor

getCurrentRepositoryDescriptor

@NotAuditable
Descriptor getCurrentRepositoryDescriptor()

Get current descriptor for the repository.

The information in this descriptor is read from a node in the system store. After the patch process runs successfully, the version Major/Minor/Revision should be equal to the server descriptor.

The "repository id" that uniquely identifies each alfresco repository is available in the "id" property.

The following properties are available in the descriptor

• Major
• Minor
• Revision
• Label
• Build
• Schema
• name
• id

The following properties may be present

• LicenceKey
• Edition

Returns:

repository descriptor

getInstalledRepositoryDescriptor

@NotAuditable
Descriptor getInstalledRepositoryDescriptor()

Get descriptor for the repository as it was when first installed.

The information in this descriptor is read from a node in the system store.

Returns:

repository descriptor

getLicenseDescriptor

@NotAuditable
LicenseDescriptor getLicenseDescriptor()

Gets the License Descriptor

Returns:

the license descriptor

loadLicense

String loadLicense()

Attempts to load the license.

Returns:

Returns a message telling the user what happened

loadLicense

String loadLicense(InputStream licenseStream)

Attempts to load the license from the input stream.

Returns:

Returns a message telling the user what happened