How to get the top level branch

Bill Klish

TeamSite 6.1 SP1 Linux

I am trying to get ther top level branch path (i.e. /default/main) using the CS SDK methods. I can't seem to find the function that just returns main. I would rather not hard code that value.

This is what I have

vpath = /default/main/Ajuba/Wireless

Code snippet that i had to use:
CSVPath topLevelBranch = new CSVPath(vpath.getStore().toString() + "/main");

getStore() only returns /default. Is there a way to get main without writing me own string manipulation of the branch path?

Bjorn

Considering Interwoven forces you to use "main" (if I'm not mistaken), I don't think it's as big of a deal to hardcode append "/main" to create that vpath.

That said, I despise hardcoding for the obvious reasons. So I'd take one of two approaches:

1 - Use the CSBranch[] getBranches method of CSStore, with a grain of salt.

Like:
CSStore store = client.getStore(vpath,true);
CSBranch[] main = store.getBranches();

Problem:
"Returns the top-level branches in this store. Currently, this should return only one branch - the main branch of the store. This method does not return sub-branches within the top-level branches."

2 - Code a bit more abstractly (and ridiculously convolutedly) to avoid the pure hardcoding of main (while still resorting to using string manipulation on the path)

Like:
String str = vpath.toString();
String mainPath = str.substring(0,str.indexOf("/",str.indexOf(vpath.getStoreName())+vpath.getStoreName().length()+1));

(This assumes you'll always have a vpath that's deeper than just the store, but that's a pretty safe bet.)