Hyperwave API Functions
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hw_api::object

Retrieve attribute information

Description

hw_api_object hw_api::object ( array $parameter )

This function retrieves the attribute information of an object of any version. It will not return the document content.

Parameters

parameter

The parameter array contains the required elements 'objectIdentifier' and the optional elements 'attributeSelector' and 'version'.

Return Values

The returned object is an instance of class HW_API_Object on success or HW_API_Error if an error occurred.

Examples

This simple example retrieves an object and checks for errors.

Example #1 Retrieve an object

<?php
function handle_error($error)
{
  $reason = $error->reason(0);
  echo "Type: <b>";
  switch ($reason->type()) {
    case 0:
      echo "Error";
      break;
    case 1:
      echo "Warning";
      break;
    case 2:
      echo "Message";
      break;
  }
  echo "</b><br />\n";
  echo "Description: " . $reason->description("en") . "<br />\n";
}

function list_attr($obj)
{
  echo "<table>\n";
  $count = $obj->count();
  for ($i=0; $i<$count; $i++) {
    $attr = $obj->attribute($i);
    printf("<tr><td align=\"right\" bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><b>%s</b></td><td bgcolor=\"#F0F0F0\">%s</td></tr>\n",
             $attr->key(), $attr->value());
  }
  echo "</table>\n";
}

$hwapi = hwapi_hgcsp($g_config[HOSTNAME]);
$parms = array("objectIdentifier"=>"rootcollection", "attributeSelector"=>array("Title", "Name", "DocumentType"));
$root = $hwapi->object($parms);
if (get_class($root) == "HW_API_Error") {
  handle_error($root);
  exit;
}
list_attr($root);
?>

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