A better / faster way to set object right on LL object.

Hi,

I'm currently trying to improve our Java LiveLink application.
One of my biggest challenge is to improve the update of object right.

I'm actually using

private LAPI_DOCUMENTS documents;
//... exemple...//
documents.SetObjectRight(idVol, idObject, LAPI_DOCUMENTS.RIGHT_UPDATE, idGroup, permission, 1);

On each object that I need to update. I can take sometime multiple hours to update less than 1000 files with all the updates that I need to call.

I was wondering if it's possible with the java API 9.7 to do mass object right update. Didn't found anything with the API doc.

Thanks and sorry for my bad english

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jdonpaul

Unfortunately, LAPI is in a deprecated state. This means that it is no longer being modified. So your question of if there is a way to mass update rights on a list of documents I do not believe that there is. Most, if not all of the LAPI calls are on individual objects and you would have to loop through the list of objects to apply any changes you wanted. This would be the same for web services and REST API. However, if this is a performance issue, you may want to look into scaling your servers and also optimizing your database to improve performance. I have seen in some cases where companies have dedicated servers just to process only application requests.

Steve123423

Lapi definitely suffers from a stateless issue, where each request to SetObjectRight needs to setup a new user context on the server, check your permissions, then execute. It doesn't "know" that you just did this and will setup and teardown context for each request. As you found out, it can be slow. (Mind you, hours for 1000 files sounds too slow).

I've worked around things like this directly using the Livelink SDK (builder). You can expose your own APIs through Livelink Content server via LAPI, Web Services, or good old HTTP request handlers. Doing it in builder allows you to still use the program context to ensure you are an authenticated user, but allows you things like direct database access (not really recommended unless you really know what your doing, but by far the fastest execution) or access to functions through the LLNode layer, which you can do in bulk in one request.

If you choose to go down this route, load up Livelink SDK Builder and find the SetObjectRight method in the LAPI ospaces. Just have a look at what it is doing and emulate it, but in your own code looping through the object IDs that you provide.

Cheers,
Jason