how to update/add/delete attribute set in a category

Hi,

I'm trying to update, add, and delete attribute sets in a category. I couldn't find an example on how to do this.

I am able to read the value of the attribute set using:

LLValue attrValuesPath = new LLValue();
LLValue attrValuesSet = new LLValue();

if (attr.AttrGetValues(catVersion, "Org Level", LAPI_ATTRIBUTES.ATTR_DATAVALUES, attrValuesPath, attrValuesSet) == 0)
               {
                       String output = attrValuesSet.toString(0);
                       System.out.println(output);

}

The output I get in this example is:

A<1,N,23=A<1,N,ID=23,Values={Brunei}>,22=A<1,N,ID=22,Values={Asia Pacific}>>

I'd like to update the value Brunei to Australia, so I tried to do the following:

attrValuesSet.setValue(0, LLValue.valueOf("A<1,N,23=A<1,N,ID=23,Values={Australia}>,22=A<1,N,ID=22,Values={Asia Pacific}>>"));
                       if (attr.AttrSetValues(catVersion, "Org Level", LAPI_ATTRIBUTES.ATTR_DATAVALUES, attrValuesPath, attrValuesSet) == 0)
                       {
                           if (docs.SetObjectAttributesEx(objID, catVersion) != 0)
                           {
                               System.out.println("Unable to SetObjectAttributesEx: " + dataID);
                           }
                           else
                           {
                               System.out.println("Successfully updated: " + output + attrValuesSet.toString(0));
                           }
                       }

This did not work.

Can anyone tell me how to update an attribute set in this particular example? I also would like to know how to delete or add an attribute set.

I've attached a code snippet of what I have so far.

test.txt

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Appu_Nair1

The code that you are showing is very interesting but when I used to program in lapi I had to use setter and getter functions to do the work.Code I have done or seen I cannot recall these kind of lines looks like you are trying to send an assoc in a serialized fashion.I don't know if that was supposed to work.If you have lapi documentation ,then getters and setters are explained including how to use them in a set attribute type

attrValuesSet.setValue(0, LLValue.valueOf("A<1,N,23=A<1,N,ID=23,Values={Australia}>,22=A<1,N,ID=22,Values={Asia Pacific}>>"));						if (attr.AttrSetValues(catVersion, "Org Level", LAPI_ATTRIBUTES.ATTR_DATAVALUES, attrValuesPath, attrValuesSet) == 0)

When I was interested in lapi I created this and put it here http://greggriffiths.org/livelink/development/lapi/catAttWhatHaveYou/ and I think at that time about 2004 this used to work.OT wants you to move away from lapi and the new wsapi has cleaner methods to get/set those.

Mike_Tran

Hi Appu,

thanks for the link. However, is your example to create a category and define the fields? What I would like to do is simply change the currently set metadata values on a category that already exists.

In my case, I have a set that represents "Org Level" where level1 = "Asia Pacific" and level2 = "Brunei". But I want to use lapi to change Brunei to Australia

My code above only works on text fields. I don't know how to update a 'set' field.

Appu_Nair1

My intention was to show you some working category setting code unless there is some lapi people here who could help you may not get help regardless whether the category is getting created or updated the manipulation of the data structure is similar to what the OT sample is which you downloaded from Greg's site. Incidentally the wsapi sample involving cats/atts sample also shows creation of category and applying it probably a vestige from the lapi era.So the datastructre manipulation is pretty much the same that is what OT or I could be telling you.
I may have an old lapi project I maintained in VB.Net but I doubt if I used sets in them.
This link will take you to EasyLAPI a once popular framework written By Chris Meyer(WWW.SCHWIIZ.ORG)
I am sure it has has Easy setters to what you are trying to do.
https://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/cs.dll?func=ll&objId=3692085&objAction=viewincontainer

You should also get bits and pieces of category setting code if you use advanced search on this forum

Good Luck.