com.atlassian.confluence.api.service.content
Interface ContentService

public interface ContentService

Provides methods for creating, reading, updating and deleting Confluence Content objects such as Pages, BlogPosts and Comments. This interface provides no capability for searching content, use the SearchService instead.

Method Summary

Content	create(Content newContent) Create a piece of content.
void	delete(Content content) Removes an item of Content from the system.
com.atlassian.fugue.Option<Content>	find(ContentLocator locator, Expansion... expansions) Retrieve a piece of content by some more complex criteria (defined by the ContentLocator).
com.atlassian.fugue.Option<Content>	findById(java.lang.String contentId, Expansion... expansions) Retrieve a piece of content by its id.
Content	update(Content content) Updates a piece of content.
ValidationResult	validateCreate(Content newContent) Validate that a piece of content can be included, including permission checks.
ValidationResult	validateDelete(Content content) Validate that a piece of content can be deleted, including permission checks.

Method Detail

findById

com.atlassian.fugue.Option<Content> findById(java.lang.String contentId,
                                             Expansion... expansions)
                                             throws ServiceException

Retrieve a piece of content by its id.

Parameters:

contentId - the id of the content you are looking for

Returns:

the content, if one exists matching the id, or none otherwise.

Throws:

ServiceException

find

com.atlassian.fugue.Option<Content> find(ContentLocator locator,
                                         Expansion... expansions)
                                         throws ServiceException

Retrieve a piece of content by some more complex criteria (defined by the ContentLocator).

Parameters:

locator - the locator containing the criteria for the content you are looking for

Returns:

the content, if one exists matching the criteria, or none otherwise.

Throws:

ServiceException

validateCreate

ValidationResult validateCreate(Content newContent)
                                throws ServiceException

Validate that a piece of content can be included, including permission checks.

Parameters:

newContent - the content to be created

Returns:

an immutable Validation result.

Throws:

ServiceException

create

Content create(Content newContent)
               throws ServiceException

Create a piece of content.

Valid ContentRepresentations for the ContentBody can be found in the documentation on the ContentBodyConversionService.

Parameters:

newContent - the content to create

Returns:

the content created

Throws:

ServiceException - if the content cannot be created

update

Content update(Content content)
               throws ServiceException

Updates a piece of content.

Valid ContentRepresentations for the ContentBody can be found in the documentation on the ContentBodyConversionService.

Parameters:

content - the updated Content with metadata about the change

Returns:

the updated content after being persisted

Throws:

ServiceException

validateDelete

ValidationResult validateDelete(Content content)

Validate that a piece of content can be deleted, including permission checks.

Parameters:

content - the content to be deleted

Returns:

an immutable Validation result.

delete

void delete(Content content)
            throws ServiceException

Removes an item of Content from the system.

Parameters:

content - if of the content to remove

Throws:

ServiceException - if the content cannot be found, or cannot be deleted