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Alfresco CMIS

By : Martin Bergljung
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Alfresco CMIS

By: Martin Bergljung

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Alfresco CMIS
Martin Bergljung
Mar, 2014 | 272 pages
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Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Alfresco CMIS
Alfresco CMIS
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Getting Started with CMIS
Getting Started with CMIS
Understanding CMIS
Commercial products and companies supporting CMIS
The benefits of using CMIS
CMIS use cases
An overview of the CMIS standard
Summary
2
Basic CMIS Operations
Basic CMIS Operations
Setting up a CMIS server
Setting up a tool to make HTTP requests
Authenticating with the repository
Getting repository information
Listing the children of the root folder
Optional parameters when listing the children of a folder
Listing available types and subtypes
Getting metadata and content
Creating, updating, and deleting content
Summary
3
Advanced CMIS Operations
Advanced CMIS Operations
Version management with check out and check in
Managing permissions for documents and folders
Managing relationships between objects
Searching
A word on transactions
Summary
4
Alfresco and CMIS
Alfresco and CMIS
Timeline
Architecture/stack
Alfresco content model mapping to the CMIS object model
Support for Alfresco-specific features
Summary
5
Accessing a CMIS Server with a Java Client
Accessing a CMIS Server with a Java Client
Setting up a build environment
Connecting and setting up a session with the repository
Getting repository information
Listing the children of the root/top folder
Optional parameters when listing the children of a folder
Listing available types and subtypes
Creating, updating, and deleting content
Getting the content for a document
Copying and moving folders and documents
Working with Alfresco aspects
Version management with check out and check in
Managing permissions for documents and folders
Managing relationships between objects
Searching
Summary
6
Accessing a CMIS Server Using Scripting Languages
Accessing a CMIS Server Using Scripting Languages
Using CMIS in JavaScript and web application pages
Using CMIS in Groovy scripts
Using CMIS in Spring Surf Web Scripts
Summary
7
System Integration with CMIS
System Integration with CMIS
Integrating Drupal with a CMS server
Enterprise integration with CMIS
Talking to Alfresco in the Cloud via CMIS
Summary
Index
Index

Managing permissions for documents and folders

An access control list (ACL) is used to manage permissions for folders and documents. The ACL services with the getACL and applyACL calls are used to get and set permissions.

Access control list capabilities

A repository does not have to support the management of ACLs at all. To find out if it does, look at the following properties, as they explain what support is available. These properties are returned by the getRepositoryInfo service call:

Capability

Description

Valid options

capabilityACL

This indicates the level of support for the ACLs by the repository.

  • none: The repository does not support ACL services.

  • discover: The repository supports the discovery of ACLs (getACL and other services).

  • manage: The repository supports the discovery of the ACLs and applying ACLs (getACL and applyACL services).

propagation

This specifies how a non-direct access control entry (ACE) can be handled by the repository.

  • objectonly: This indicates...

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