System and method for providing SPI extensions for content management system
First Claim
1. A method for extending a content management system, the method comprising:
- connecting to a plurality of content repositories using a Service Provider Interface (SPI), wherein the plurality of content repositories includes a first content repository and a second content repository;
integrating the plurality of content repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR);
receiving a request to access content in both the first content repository and the second content repository from a client, via a common Application Programming Interface (API) associated with the VCR;
mapping the request to the first content repository and the second content repository correspondingly;
automatically using an XPath-based query for searching the first content repository and using an SQL-based query for searching the second content repository, wherein the first content repository returns a first result set for the XPath-based query and the second content repository returns a second result set for the SQL-based query, and wherein the first result set and the second result set are in two different format;
preparing the requested content based on a federation of the first result set for the XPath-based query from the first content repository and the second result set for the SQL-based query from the second content repository; and
providing the requested content to the client via the API.
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Abstract
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for providing extensions to a Service Provider Interface (SPI) in a content management system. These mechanisms and methods for providing extensions to a Service Provider Interface (SPI) in a content management system can enable embodiments to integrate one or more of a plurality of content repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR) by mapping requests to access content received via a common Application Programming Interface (API) to at least one JSR-170 compliant repository and at least one SPI compliant repository. The ability of embodiments to provide so integrate disparate content repositories can enable one or more of navigation, CRUD operations (create, read, update, delete), versioning, workflows, and searching operations to operate on a plurality of repositories as though the plurality of repositories were one repository.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for extending a content management system, the method comprising:
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connecting to a plurality of content repositories using a Service Provider Interface (SPI), wherein the plurality of content repositories includes a first content repository and a second content repository; integrating the plurality of content repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR); receiving a request to access content in both the first content repository and the second content repository from a client, via a common Application Programming Interface (API) associated with the VCR; mapping the request to the first content repository and the second content repository correspondingly; automatically using an XPath-based query for searching the first content repository and using an SQL-based query for searching the second content repository, wherein the first content repository returns a first result set for the XPath-based query and the second content repository returns a second result set for the SQL-based query, and wherein the first result set and the second result set are in two different format; preparing the requested content based on a federation of the first result set for the XPath-based query from the first content repository and the second result set for the SQL-based query from the second content repository; and providing the requested content to the client via the API. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine-readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for extending a content management system, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:
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connecting to a plurality of content repositories using a Service Provider Interface (SPI), wherein the plurality of content repositories includes a first content repository and a second content repository; integrating the plurality of content repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR); receiving a request to access content in both the first content repository and the second content repository from a client, via a common Application Programming Interface (API) associated with the VCR; mapping the request to the first content repository and the second content repository correspondingly; automatically using an XPath-based query for searching the first content repository and using an SQL-based query for searching the second content repository, wherein the first content repository returns a first result set for the XPath-based query and the second content repository returns a second result set for the SQL-based query, and wherein the first result set and the second result set are in two different format; preparing the requested content based on a federation of the first result set for the XPath-based query from the first content repository and the second result set for the SQL-based query from the second content repository; and providing the requested content to the client via the API. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for extending a content management system, the apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of; connecting to a plurality of content repositories using a Service Provider Interface (SPI), wherein the plurality of content repositories includes a first content repository and a second content repository; integrating the plurality of content repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR); receiving a request to access content in both the first content repository and the second content repository from a client, via a common Application Programming Interface (API) associated with the VCR; mapping the request to the first content repository and the second content repository correspondingly; automatically using an XPath-based query for searching the first content repository and using an SQL-based query for searching the second content repository, wherein the first content repository returns a first result set for the XPath-based query and the second content repository returns a second result set for the SQL-based query, and wherein the first result set and the second result set are in two different format; preparing the requested content based on a federation of the first result set for the XPath-based query from the first content repository and the second result set for the SQL-based query from the second content repository; and providing the requested content to the client via the API.
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