Package org.apache.jackrabbit.core

Contains the core classes that provide the implementation of the JCR API.

The following table lists the core JCR interfaces and the corresponding Jackrabbit implementation classes found in this package.

JCR interfaces and Jackrabbit implementations

JCR interface	Implementation class
Repository	RepositoryImpl
Session	SessionImpl
Workspace	WorkspaceImpl
Item	ItemImpl
Property	PropertyImpl
Node	NodeImpl

A Jackrabbit repository instance can be created using the static RepositoryImpl.create(RepositoryConfig) method. Classes in the org.apache.jackrabbit.core.jndi package provide a mechanism for binding a Jackrabbit repository in a JNDI directory context.

A SessionImpl instance is created upon successfully login to the Repository (see Repository#login(Credentials, String)).

A Session is always tied to the Workspace specified in the Repository#login(Credentials, String) call. A workspace represents a persistent tree of repository items (i.e. Nodes and Propertys). The items in a workspace are 'visible' to all sessions accessing it (subject to their access rights, of course). A WorkspaceImpl instance represents a specifc workspace as seen by the session that accesses it.

Every repository item is uniquely identified by its ItemId. The id of a node (NodeId) consists of the node's uuid. The id of a property (PropertyId) consists of the parent node's uuid and the name of the property.

Item managers

Every SessionImpl instance has its own ItemManager. The per-session instance of ItemManager acts as item factory (i.e. it creates NodeImpl and PropertyImpl instances) and provides item access by item id and item caching.

The data (or state) of an item is represented by the following classes in the subpackage state:

• ItemState
• PropertyState
• NodeState

There's one SharedItemStateManager for every workspace. It provides item state caching and it guarantees that there's only one (persistent) item state instance for any distinct item id in that workspace.

Every session has its own SessionItemStateManager that consists of the session's TransientItemStateManager and the workspace's SharedItemStateManager.

Each item (i.e. NodeImpl and PropertyImpl) instance is holding an ItemState instance. When e.g. a session is modifying a property by changing the property's value, a new transient item state is created by the session's TransientItemStateManager. This transient state is actually wrapping the (old) shared state (copy on write). The PropertyImpl's state is then replaced by the new transient state.

Transient (i.e. unsaved) modifications are 'session-local', i.e. they are not visible to other sessions. When the modifications are saved they become instantly visible to all sessions accessing the same workspace.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
HierarchyManager	The HierarchyManager interface ...
ItemLifeCycleListener	The ItemLifeCycleListener interface allows an implementing object to be informed about changes on an Item instance.
LowPriorityTask	Interface for low priority tasks (like text extraction) that can be scheduled later based on the extractor's load
SessionListener	The SessionListener interface allows an implementing object to be informed about changes on a Session.
TransientRepository.RepositoryFactory	Factory interface for creating RepositoryImpl instances.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AbstractNodeData	Data object representing a node.
BatchedItemOperations	BatchedItemOperations is an internal helper class that provides both high- and low-level operations directly on the ItemState level.
CachingHierarchyManager	Implementation of a HierarchyManager that caches paths of items.
DefaultSecurityManager	The security manager acts as central managing class for all security related operations on a low-level non-protected level.
HierarchyManagerImpl	HierarchyManagerImpl ...
HierarchyManagerImpl.CycleDetector	Utility class used to detect path cycles with as little overhead as possible.
ItemData	Data object referenced by different ItemImpl instances that all represent the same item, i.e.
ItemImpl	ItemImpl implements the Item interface.
ItemManager	There's one ItemManager instance per Session instance.
ItemRefreshOperation
ItemValidator	Utility class for validating an item against constraints specified by its definition.
JackrabbitRepositoryStub	RepositoryStub implementation for Apache Jackrabbit.
LazyItemIterator	LazyItemIterator is an id-based iterator that instantiates the Items only when they are requested.
NamespaceRegistryImpl	A NamespaceRegistryImpl ...
NodeImpl	NodeImpl implements the Node interface.
NodeTypeInstanceHandler	The NodeTypeInstanceHandler is used to provide or initialize system protected properties (or child nodes).
PropertyData	Data object representing a property.
PropertyImpl	PropertyImpl implements the Property interface.
ProtectedItemModifier	ProtectedItemModifier: An abstract helper class to allow classes residing outside of the core package to modify and remove protected items.
RepositoryContext	Internal component context of a Jackrabbit content repository.
RepositoryCopier	Tool for backing up or migrating the entire contents (workspaces, version histories, namespaces, node types, etc.) of a repository to a new repository.
RepositoryFactoryImpl	RepositoryFactoryImpl implements a repository factory that creates a TransientRepository on RepositoryFactoryImpl.getRepository(Map).
RepositoryImpl	A RepositoryImpl ...
RepositoryImpl.DescriptorValue	Represents a Repository Descriptor Value (either Value or Value[])
RepositoryManagerImpl	The repository manager implementation.
SearchManager	Acts as a global entry point to execute queries and index nodes.
SessionFactory
SessionImpl	A SessionImpl ...
SessionMoveOperation
TestContentLoader	Test Content Loader.
TransientRepository	A repository proxy that automatically initializes and shuts down the underlying repository instance when the first session is opened or the last one closed.
UserPerWorkspaceSecurityManager	Derived security manager implementation that expects that users information is present in each workspace instead of having a single, dedicated "security-workspace" that provides user information.
VersionManagerImpl	Implementation of the VersionManager.
WorkspaceImpl	A WorkspaceImpl ...
WorkspaceManager	Utility class that decouples SessionImpl from the internal workspace handling details of RepositoryImpl.
XASessionImpl	Session extension that provides XA support.
ZombieHierarchyManager	HierarchyManager implementation that is also able to build/resolve paths of those items that have been moved or removed (i.e.