com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase
Interface IVersionedWorkspace

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IVersionedWorkspace2, IVersionedWorkspace3

All Known Implementing Classes:

IVersionedWorkspace2Proxy, IVersionedWorkspace3Proxy, IVersionedWorkspaceProxy, Sde4Workspace, VersionedWorkspace

public interface IVersionedWorkspace
extends Serializable

Provides access to members that manage versions.

Superseded By

IVersionedWorkspace3

Description

A VersionedWorkspace is a workspace that supports versioning. It provides the ability to set the version in which the workspace will reference. It also provides methods to enumerate through all the versions in the database and the ability to compress.

When To Use

The IVersionedWorkspace is the main interface for accessing versions. For example, use its methods to retrieve versions, find versions and create new versions.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Method Summary

void	compress() Compresses the database by removing states not referenced by a version.
IVersion	findVersion(String name) Finds a specific version given it's name.
IVersion	getDefaultVersion() The Default version.
IEnumVersionInfo	getVersions() All versions the user owns and those which are public or protected.

Method Detail

getVersions

IEnumVersionInfo getVersions()
                             throws IOException,
                                    AutomationException

All versions the user owns and those which are public or protected.

Remarks

The Versions method will return an enumeration of all versions which the connected user owns and versions owned by other users whose access property is "public".

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

A reference to a com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase.IEnumVersionInfo

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

getDefaultVersion

IVersion getDefaultVersion()
                           throws IOException,
                                  AutomationException

The Default version.

Remarks

The DEFAULT version is always owned by the ArcSDE administrative user. The version is required by the geodatabase and its access property should remain public or protected.

If it is the application developer's goal to obtain a reference to the DEFAULT version, it is recommended to use the DefaultVersion property as opposed to passing in a literal string to FindVersion method. The DefaultVersion method will always return a IVersion object referencing the default version of the workspace from which the name can be obtained through VersionName property on the IVersionInfo interface.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

A reference to a com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase.IVersion

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

findVersion

IVersion findVersion(String name)
                     throws IOException,
                            AutomationException

Finds a specific version given it's name.

Remarks

FindVersion returns an IVersion interface which is commonly used to read or set a version's properties. The interface requires a string as input. The value of the string is case sensitive and a version's owner should be prefixed as owner.version. If an owner is not specified, only the versions which the user is connected owns are searched.

If it is the application developer's goal to obtain a reference to the DEFAULT version, it is recommended to use the DefaultVersion property as opposed to passing in a literal string to FindVersion method. The DefaultVersion method will always return a IVersion object referencing the default version of the workspace from which the name can be obtained through VersionName property on the IVersionInfo interface.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Parameters:

name - The name (in)

Returns:

A reference to a com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase.IVersion

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

compress

void compress()
              throws IOException,
                     AutomationException

Compresses the database by removing states not referenced by a version.

Remarks

Versioned workspace compression is available using the Compress method. Compressing the versioned workspace will remove those database states not referenced by a version.

Only the ArcSDE administrator user can execute the compress method.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.