com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.versioning
Interface VersioningService

public interface VersioningService

The Versioning Service gives access to the version related tasks of WCM

Obtain an instance of the service through Workspace.getVersioningService()

Since:

8.0

Method Summary

Document

restore(Version version, RestoreOption... options) Restore an existing item to a previous version.

Method Detail

restore

Document restore(Version version,
                 RestoreOption... options)
                 throws DocumentRetrievalException,
                        AuthorizationException,
                        RestoreFailedException

Restore an existing item to a previous version. the item must exist.

Currently the only supported option is: RestoreStateOption

By default if the item is workflowed and its first stage is a draft it will be restored as a draft. Otherwise it will be restored as published. If you want to specify preference to Restore as published use RestoreStateOption.asPublished()

Editor Access is required to restore an item

NOTE: You do not need to save the returned item, the restoration process will persist the newly restored item

Parameters:

version - the version to restore the item to , a version can be obtained through the item's VersionCatalog which is obtained by Document.getVersionCatalog()

options - a list of options for the restore Operation. See RestoreOption for more information.

Returns:

the Restored Document, this document would have already been persisted into the WCM repository

Throws:

DocumentRetrievalException - if the item to restore cannot be retrieved

AuthorizationException - if the user of the workspace does not have the required access to restore the item.

RestoreFailedException - if the Restoration process failed

Since:

8.0