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120 DBMS_XDB

The DBMS_XDB package supports the following features:

This chapter contains the following topics:


Using DBMS_XDB

This section contains topics which relate to using the DBMS_XDB package.


Overview

The DBMS_XDB package supports the following features:


Constants

Table 120-1 Defined Constants for DBMS_XDB

Constant Type Value Description
DELETE_RESOURCE NUMBER 1 Deletes a resource; fails if the resource has children.
DELETE_RECURSIVE NUMBER 2 Deletes a resource and its children, if any.
DELETE_FORCE NUMBER 3 Deletes the resource, even if the object it contains is invalid.
DELETE_RECURSIVE_FORCE NUMBER 4 Deletes a resource and its children, if any, even if the object it contains is invalid.


Summary of DBMS_XDB Subprograms

Table 120-2 DBMS_XDB Package Subprograms

Subprogram Description
ACLCHECKPRIVILEGES Function
Checks access privileges granted to the current user by specified ACL document on a resource whose owner is specified by the 'owner' parameter.
APPENDRESOURCEMETADATA Procedure
Takes in user-defined metadata either as a REF to XMLTYPE or an XMLTYPE and adds it to the desired resource
CFG_GET Function
Retrieves the session's configuration information
CFG_REFRESH Procedure
Refreshes the session's configuration information to the latest configuration
CFG_UPDATE Procedure
Updates the configuration information
CHANGEPRIVILEGES Function
Adds the given ACE to the given resource's ACL
CHECKPRIVILEGES Function
Checks access privileges granted to the current user on the specified resource
CREATEFOLDER Function
Creates a new folder resource in the hierarchy
CREATEOIDPATH Function
Creates a virtual path to the resource based on object ID
CREATERESOURCE Functions
Creates a new resource
DELETERESOURCE Procedure
Deletes a resource from the hierarchy
DELETERESOURCEMETADATA Procedures
Deletes metadata from a resource (can be used for schema-based or nonschema-based metadata)
EXISTSRESOURCE Function
Determines if a resource is the hierarchy, based on its absolute path
GETACLDOCUMENT Function
Retrieves ACL document that protects resource given its path name
GETFTPPORT Function
Gets the value of the current FTP port
GETHTTPPORT Function
Gets the value of the current HTTP port
GETLOCKTOKEN Procedure
Returns that resource's lock token for the current user given a path to a resource
GETPRIVILEGES Function
Gets all privileges granted to the current user on the given resource
GETRESOID Function
Returns the object ID of the resource from its absolute path
GETXDB_TABLESPACE Function
Returns the current tablespace of the XDB (user)
LINK Procedure
Creates a link to an existing resource
LOCKRESOURCE Function
Gets a WebDAV-style lock on that resource given a path to that resource
MOVEXDB_TABLESPACE Procedure
Moves the XDB (user) to the specified tablespace
PURGERESOURCEMETADATA Procedure
Deletes all user metadata from a resource.
REBUILDHIERARCHICALINDEX Procedure
Rebuilds the hierarchical index after import or export operations
RENAMERESOURCE Procedure
Renames the XDB resource
SETACL Procedure
Sets the ACL on the given resource
SETFTPPORT Procedure
Sets the FTP port to a new value
SETHTTPPORT Procedure
Sets the HTTP port to a new value
UPDATERESOURCEMETADATA Procedures
Updates metadata for a resource
UNLOCKRESOURCE Function
Unlocks the resource given a lock token and resource path


ACLCHECKPRIVILEGES Function

This function checks access privileges granted to the current user by specified ACL document by the OWNER of the resource. Returns positive integer if all privileges are granted.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.ACLCHECKPRIVILEGES(
   acl_path  IN  VARCHAR2,
   owner     IN  VARCHAR2,
   privs     IN  xmltype)
 RETURN PLS_INTEGER;

Parameters

Table 120-3 ACLCHECKPRIVILEGES Function Parameters

Parameter Description
acl_path Absolute path in the Hierarchy for ACL document
owner Resource owner name; the pseudo user "DAV:owner" is replaced by this user during ACL privilege resolution
privs An XMLType instance of the privilege element specifying the requested set of access privileges. See description for CHECKPRIVILEGES Function.


APPENDRESOURCEMETADATA Procedure

This procedure takes in user-defined metadata either as a REF to XMLTYPE or an XMLTYPE and adds it to the desired resource.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.APPENDRESOURCEMETADATA (
 abspath   IN  VARCHAR2, 
 metadata  IN  XMLTYPE);

DBMS_XDB.APPENDRESOURCEMETADATA (
 abspath   IN  VARCHAR2, 
 metadata  IN  REF SYS.XMLTYPE);

Parameters

Table 120-4 APPENDRESOURCEMETADATA Procedure

Parameter Description
abspath Absolute path of the resource
metadata Metadata can be schema based or nonschema-based. Schema-based metadata will be stored in its own table.

Usage Notes


CFG_GET Function

This function retrieves the session's configuration information as an XMLType instance.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.CFG_GET 
 RETURN SYS.XMLType;

CFG_REFRESH Procedure

This procedure refreshes the session's configuration information to the latest configuration.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.CFG_REFRESH;

CFG_UPDATE Procedure

This procedure updates the configuration information and commits the change.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.CFG_UPDATE(
   xdbconfig   IN  SYS.XMLTYPE);

Parameters

Table 120-5 CFG_UPDATE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description
xdbconfig The new configuration data


CHANGEPRIVILEGES Function

This function adds the given ACE to the given resource's ACL.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.CHANGEPRIVILEGES(
   res_path   IN    VARCHAR2,
   ace        IN    xmltype)
 RETURN PLS_INTEGER;

Parameters

Table 120-6 CHANGEPRIVILEGES Function Parameters

Parameter Description
res_path Path name of the resource for which privileges need to be changed
ace An XMLType instance of the <ace> element which specifies the <principal>, the operation <grant> and the list of privileges

Return Values

A positive integer if the ACL was successfully modified.

Usage Notes

If no ACE with the same principal and the same operation (grant/deny) already exists in the ACL, the new ACE is added at the end of the ACL.


CHECKPRIVILEGES Function

This function checks access privileges granted to the current user on the specified resource.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.CHECKPRIVILEGES(
   res_path   IN  VARCHAR2,
   privs      IN  xmltype)
 RETURN PLS_INTEGER;

Parameters

Table 120-7 CHECKPRIVILEGES Function Parameters

Parameter Description
res_path Absolute path in the Hierarchy for resource
privs An XMLType instance of the privilege element specifying the requested set of access privileges

Return Values

A positive integer if all requested privileges granted.


CREATEFOLDER Function

This function creates a new folder resource in the hierarchy.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.CREATEFOLDER(
   path   IN  VARCHAR2)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Parameters

Table 120-8 CREATEFOLDER Function Parameters

Parameter Description
path Path name for the new folder

Return Values

TRUE if operation successful; FALSE, otherwise.

Usage Notes

The given path name's parent folder must already exist in the hierarchy: if '/folder1/folder2' is passed as the path parameter, then '/folder1' must already exist.


CREATEOIDPATH Function

This function creates a virtual path to the resource based on object ID.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.CREATEOIDPATH(
   oid    IN   RAW)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 120-9 CREATEOIDPATH Function Parameters

Parameter Description
oid Object ID of the resource


CREATERESOURCE Functions

The functions create a new resource. The description of the overload options precede each version of the syntax

Syntax

Creates a new resource with the given string as its contents:

DBMS_XDB.CREATERESOURCE( 
   path    IN  VARCHAR2,
   data    IN  VARCHAR2)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Creates a new resource with the given XMLType data as its contents:

DBMS_XDB.CREATERESOURCE(
   path    IN  VARCHAR2,
   data    IN  SYS.XMLTYPE)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Given a REF to an existing XMLType row, creates a resource whose contents point to that row. That row should not already exist inside another resource:

DBMS_XDB.CREATERESOURCE(
   path     IN  VARCHAR2,
   datarow  IN  REF SYS.XMLTYPE)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Creates a resource with the given BLOB as its contents, and specifies character set of the source BLOB:

DBMS_XDB.CREATERESOURCE(
   path    IN  VARCHAR2,
   data    IN  BLOB,
   csid    IN  NUMBER :=0)
 RETURN BOOLEAN; 

Creates a resource with the given BFILE as its contents, and specifies character set of the source BFILE:

DBMS_XDB.CREATERESOURCE( 
   path    IN  VARCHAR2,
   data    IN  BFILE,
   csid    IN  NUMBER :=0)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Creates a resource with the given CLOB as its contents:

DBMS_XDB.CREATERESOURCE(
   path    IN  VARCHAR2,
   data    IN  CLOB)
 RETURN BOOLEAN; 

Parameters

Table 120-10 CREATERESOURCE Function Parameters

Parameter Description
path Path name of the resource to create. The path name's parent folder must already exist in the hierarchy. In other words, if /foo/bar.txt is passed in, then folder /foo must already exist.
data The new resource's contents. The data will be parsed to check if it contains a schema-based XML document, and the contents will be stored as schema-based in the schema's default table. Otherwise, it will be saved as binary data.
datarow REF to an XMLType row to be used as the contents
csid Character set id of the document. Must be a valid Oracle id; otherwise returns an error.

If a zero CSID is specified then the data is defaulted to the database character set. Otherwise, the encoding of the data is determined as follows:

  • From the path extension, determine the resource's MIME type.

  • If the MIME type is */xml, then the encoding is detected based on Appendix F of the W3C XML 1.0 Reference at http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006; otherwise, it is defaulted to the database character set.


Return Values

TRUE if operation successful; FALSE, otherwise.


DELETERESOURCE Procedure

This procedure deletes a resource from the hierarchy.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.DELETERESOURCE(
   path          IN      VARCHAR2,
   delete_option IN      PLS_INTEGER);

Parameters

Table 120-11 DELETERESOURCE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description
path Path name of the resource to delete
delete_option The option that controls how a a resource is deleted; defined in Table 120-1:
  • DELETE_RESOURCE

  • DELETE_RECURSIVE

  • DELETE_FORCE

  • DELETE_RECURSIVE_FORCE



DELETERESOURCEMETADATA Procedures

This procedure takes in a resource by absolute path and removes either the schema-based metadata identified by the REF, or the metadata identified by the namespace and name combination, which can be either schema-based or non-schema based. It will also take an additional (optional) parameter that specifies how to delete it. This parameter is only relevant for schema-based resource metadata that needs to be deleted. For non-schema based metadata, this parameter is ignored.

Syntax

Can be used only or schema-based metadata:

DBMS_XDB.DELETERESOURCEMETADATA (
   abspath        IN  VARCHAR2, 
   metadata       IN  REF SYS.XMLTYPE,
   delete_option  IN  pls_integer := dbms_xdb.DELETE_RESOURCE_METADATA_CASCADE);
 

Can be used for schema-based or nonschema-based metadata:

DBMS_XDB.DELETERESOURCEMETADATA (
   abspath        IN VARCHAR2,
   metadatans     IN VARCHAR2,
   metadataname   IN VARCHAR2,
   delete_option  IN pls_integer := dbms_xdb.DELETE_RESOURCE_METADATA_CASCADE);

Parameters

Table 120-12 DELETERESOURCEMETADATA Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description
abspath Absolute path of the resource
metadata REF to the piece of metadata (schema based) to be deleted
mettadatans Namespace of the metadata fragment to be removed
mettadataname Local name of the metadata fragment to be removed
delete_option Only applicable for schema-based metadata, this can be one of the following:
  • DELETE_RES_METADATA_CASCADE - deletes the corresponding row in the metadata table

  • DELETE_RES_METADATA_NOCASCADE - does not delete the row in the metadata table



EXISTSRESOURCE Function

This function indicates if a resource is in the hierarchy. Matches resource by a string that represents its absolute path.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.EXISTSRESOURCE(
   abspath    IN    VARCHAR2)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Parameters

Table 120-13 EXISTSRESOURCE Function Parameters

Parameter Description
abspath Path name of the resource whose ACL document is required

Return Values

TRUE if the resource is found.


GETACLDOCUMENT Function

This function retrieves ACL document that protects resource given its path name.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.GETACLDOCUMENT(
   abspath  IN  VARCHAR2)
  RETURN sys.xmltype;

Parameters

Table 120-14 GETACLDOCUMENT Function Parameters

Parameter Description
abspath Path name of the resource whose ACL document is required

Return Values

The XMLType for ACL document.


GETFTPPORT Function

This procedure gets the value of the current FTP port.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.GETFTPPORT
 RETURN NUMBER;

GETHTTPPORT Function

This procedure gets the value of the current HTTP port.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.GETHTTPPORT
 RETURN NUMBER;

GETLOCKTOKEN Procedure

Given a path to a resource, this procedure returns that resource's lock token for the current user.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.GETLOCKTOKEN(
   path         IN      VARCHAR2,
   locktoken    OUT     VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 120-15 GETLOCKTOKEN Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description
path Path name to the resource
locktoken Logged-in user's lock token for the resource

Usage Notes

The user must have READPROPERTIES privilege on the resource.


GETPRIVILEGES Function

This function gets all privileges granted to the current user on the given resource.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.GETPRIVILEGES(
   res_path    IN     VARCHAR2)
 RETURN sys.xmltype;

Parameters

Table 120-16 GETPRIVILEGES Function Parameters

Parameter Description
res_path Absolute path in the hierarchy of the resource

Return Values

An XMLType instance of <privilege> element, which contains the list of all leaf privileges granted on this resource to the current user.


GETRESOID Function

Returns the object ID of the resource from its absolute path.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.GETRESOID(
   abspath IN VARCHAR2)
RETURN RAW;

Parameters

Table 120-17 GETRESOID Function Parameters

Parameter Description
abspath_path Absolute path of the resource

Return Values

NULL if the resource is not present.


GETXDB_TABLESPACE Function

This function returns the current tablespace of the XDB (user).

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.GETXDB_TABLESPACE
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

LINK Procedure

This procedure creates a link to an existing resource.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.LINK(
   srcpath    IN  VARCHAR2,
   linkfolder IN  VARCHAR2,
   linkname   IN  VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 120-18 LINK Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description
srcpath Path name of the resource to which a link is made
linkfolder Folder in which the new link is placed
linkname Name of the new link


LOCKRESOURCE Function

Given a path to a resource, this function gets a WebDAV-style lock on that resource.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.LOCKRESOURCE(
   path      IN  VARCHAR2,
   depthzero IN  BOOLEAN,
   shared    IN  boolean)
RETURN BOOLEAN;

Parameters

Table 120-19 LOCKRESOURCE Function Parameters

Parameter Description
path Path name of the resource to lock.
depthzero Currently not supported
shared Passing TRUE will obtain a shared write lock

Return Values

TRUE if successful.

Usage Notes

The user must have UPDATE privileges on the resource.


MOVEXDB_TABLESPACE Procedure

This procedure moves the XDB (user) to the specified tablespace.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.MOVEXDB_TABLESPACE(
   new_tablespace   IN  VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 120-20 MOVEXDB_TABLESPACE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description
new_tablespace Name of the tablespace where the XDB will be moved

Usage Notes

This operation waits for all concurrent XDB sessions to exit.


PURGERESOURCEMETADATA Procedure

This procedure deletes all user metadata from a resource. Schema-based metadata is removed in cascade mode, rows being deleted from the corresponding metadata tables.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.PURGERESOURCEMETADATA(  
 abspath  IN  VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 120-21 PURGERESOURCEMETADATA Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description
abspath Absolute path of the resource


REBUILDHIERARCHICALINDEX Procedure

This procedure rebuilds the hierarchical index after import or export operations. This is necessary because data cannot be exported from index tables.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.REBUILDHIERARCHICALINDEX;

RENAMERESOURCE Procedure

This procedure renames the XDB resource.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.RENAMERESOURCE(
   srcpath    IN  VARCHAR2,
   destfolder IN  CARCHAR2,
   newname    IN  VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 120-22 RENAMERESOURCE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description
srcpath Absolute path in the Hierarchy for the source resource destination folder
destfolder Absolute path in the Hierarchy for the destination folder
newname Name of the child in the destination folder


SETACL Procedure

This procedure sets the ACL on the given resource to be the ACL specified by path.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.SETACL(
   res_path   IN  VARCHAR2,
   acl_path   IN  VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 120-23 SETACL Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description
res_path Absolute path in the Hierarchy for resource
acl_path Absolute path in the Hierarchy for ACL

Usage Notes

The user must have <write-acl> privileges on the resource.


SETFTPPORT Procedure

This procedure sets the FTP port to a new value.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.SETFTPPORT(
   new_port  IN  NUMBER);

Parameters

Table 120-24 SETFTPPORT Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description
new_port Value to which the FTP port will be set


SETHTTPPORT Procedure

This procedure sets the HTTP port to a new value.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.SETHTTPPORT(
   new_port  IN  NUMBER);

Parameters

Table 120-25 SETHTTPPORT Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description
new_port Value to which the HTTP port will be set


UPDATERESOURCEMETADATA Procedures

This procedure updates metadata for a resource. The procedure takes in a resource identified by absolute path and the metadata in it to replace identified by its REF. It replaces that piece of metadata with user-defined metadata which is either in the form of a REF to XMLTYPE or an XMLTYPE.

Syntax

Can be used to update schema-based metadata only. The new metadata must be schema-based:

DBMS_XDB.UPDATERESOURCEMETADATA(
   abspath  IN VARCHAR2,
   oldmetadata    IN   REF SYS.XMLTYPE,
   newmetadata    IN   REF SYS.XMLTYPE)
 

Can be used to update schema-based metadata only. The new metadata must be schema-based or nonschema-based:

DBMS_XDB.UPDATERESOURCEMETADATA(
   abspath        IN   VARCHAR2,
   oldmetadata    IN   REF SYS.XMLTYPE,
   newmetadata    IN   XMLTYPE);
 

Can be used for both schema-based and nonschema-based metadata:

DBMS_XDB.UPDATERESOURCEMETADATA(
   abspath        IN   VARCHAR2,
   oldns          IN   VARCHAR2,
   oldname IN VARCHAR,
   newmetadata IN XMLTYPE);
 

Can be used for both schema-based or nonschema-based metadata. New metadata must be schema-based:

DBMS_XDB.UPDATERESOURCEMETADATA(
   abspath       IN   VARCHAR2,
   oldns         IN   VARCHAR2,
   oldname       IN   VARCHAR,
   newmetadata   IN   REF SYS.XMLTYPE);

Parameters

Table 120-26 UPDATERESOURCEMETADATA Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description
abspath Absolute path of the resource
oldmetadata REF to the old of metadata
newmetadata REF to the new, replacement metadata (can be either schema-based or nonschema-based depending on the overload)
oldns Namespace identifying old metadata
oldname Local name identifying old metadata

Usage Notes

In the case of REF, it stores the REF in the resource and the metadata is stored in a separate table. Uniqueness of REFs is enforced. In the case where the XMLTYPE is passed in, data is parsed to determine if it is schema-based or not and is stored accordingly.


UNLOCKRESOURCE Function

This function unlocks the resource given a lock token and a path to the resource.

Syntax

DBMS_XDB.UNLOCKRESOURCE(
   path     IN  VARCHAR2,
   deltoken IN  VARCHAR2)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Parameters

Table 120-27 UNLOCKRESOURCE Function Parameters

Parameter Description
path Path name to the resource
deltoken Lock token to be removed

Return Values

TRUE if operation successful.

Usage Notes

The user must have UPDATE privileges on the resource.