com.adobe.livecycle.content.File - ActionScript® 3.0 Reference for the Adobe® Flash® Platform

Package	com.adobe.livecycle.content
Class	public class File
Inheritance	File EventDispatcher Object
Implements	IManaged

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

File enables efficient transportation of binary content to and from the Experiece Server. It never stores binary content inside it but has all metadata to store and retrieve binary content to/from server. It has capability to upload file from filesystem or byte array to server. It is Data Services managed class so that any content change is notified. It dispatches FileEvent.FILE_CONTENT_CHANGE_EVENT when content is modified on the Experience Server.

Public Properties

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	Property		Defined By
		baseURL : String [static] The baseURL of Experience Server.	File
		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object
		contentStreamPath : String TempPath when content is temporarily uploaded.	File
		created : Date Date when file is created.	File
		createdBy : String The user ID of user who created file.	File
		extendedPropertyMap : Object Additional key-value attributes whichare persisted along with file.	File
		fileName : String The name of the file.	File
		id : String The identifier of the file node.	File
		lastModified : Date The last date the content was modified.	File
		lastModifiedBy : String The user ID of user who last modified the file.	File
		mimeType : String The MIME type of the content.	File
		prototype : Object [static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.	Object
		securityManager : SecurityManager [static] The User Manager (UM) SecurityManager instance.	File
		tempPath : String The temporary path to store the file.	File

Protected Properties

	Property		Defined By
		boundary : String [read-only] Boundary of multipart request used in multipart binary upload of content.	File

Public Methods

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	Method		Defined By
		File() constructor of File.	File
		addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event.	EventDispatcher
		deleteFile():void Deletes the JCR node specified by this instance.	File
		dispatchEvent(event:Event):Boolean Dispatches an event into the event flow.	EventDispatcher
		downloadContentToByteArray():void download content of jcr node into ByteArray.	File
		downloadContentToFileSystem(defaultFileName:String = null):void Downloads content of the JCR node to filesytem.	File
		fillMetaData():void Fill the current instance with metadata of jcr node.	File
		hasEventListener(type:String):Boolean Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type of event.	EventDispatcher
		hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
		isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.	Object
		propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
		removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object.	EventDispatcher
		setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
		toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.	Object
		toString():String Returns the string representation of the specified object.	Object
		updateFromByteArray(fileData:ByteArray, mimeTypeStr:String = null):void Updates content of jcr node specified by this instance from file on ByteArray.	File
		updateFromFileReference(typeFilter:Array = null):void Updates content of jcr node specified by this instance from file on filesystem.	File
		uploadToPathFromByteArray(parentPath:String, fileData:ByteArray, mimeType:String, fileNameArg:String):void Uploads file to location specified by parenPath on the Experience Server from a ByteArray value.	File
		uploadToPathFromFileReference(parentPath:String, typeFilter:Array = null):void Uploads file on filesystem at path specified by parentPath on the Experience Server.	File
		uploadToTempFromByteArray(fileData:ByteArray, mimeType:String, fileNameArg:String = null):void Uploads file to temporary location to the Experience Server from a ByteArray value.	File
		uploadToTempFromFileReference(typeFilter:Array = null):void Uploads file on filesystem to temporary location on the Experience Server.It uses FileReference to upload file to the Experience Server.	File
		valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object.	Object
		willTrigger(type:String):Boolean Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of its ancestors for the specified event type.	EventDispatcher

Protected Methods

	Method		Defined By
		appendSecurityTicket(url:String, ticket:com.adobe.livecycle.ria.security.api:ITicket):String Appends User Manager (UM) ticket to the URL.	File

Events

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	Event		Summary	Defined By
		activate	[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active.	EventDispatcher
		deactivate	[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive.	EventDispatcher

Public Constants

	Constant		Defined By
		NT_FILE : String = "nt:file" [static] constant representing nt:file	File
		TEMP_FOLDER_NAME : String = "/tmp/uploadFilesTempDir" [static] The temporary path of folder where temp files will be uploaded.	File

Property Detail

baseURL

property

public static var baseURL:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

The baseURL of Experience Server. Set it once and File APIs use it to upload and download content from it.

boundary

property

boundary:String [read-only]

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

Boundary of multipart request used in multipart binary upload of content.

Implementation
protected function get boundary():String

contentStreamPath

property

contentStreamPath:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

TempPath when content is temporarily uploaded. It is only populated when content is uploaded using uploadToTempFromFileReference,uploadToTempFromByteArray. path of the content.

This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the propertyChange event.

Implementation
public function get contentStreamPath():String
public function set contentStreamPath(value:String):void

created

property

created:Date

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

Date when file is created.

This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the propertyChange event.

Implementation
public function get created():Date
public function set created(value:Date):void

createdBy

property

createdBy:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

The user ID of user who created file.

This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the propertyChange event.

Implementation
public function get createdBy():String
public function set createdBy(value:String):void

extendedPropertyMap

property

extendedPropertyMap:Object

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

Additional key-value attributes whichare persisted along with file. This value is applicable when the file is created using the RepositoryService or LiveCycleContentAssembler service.

This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the propertyChange event.

Implementation
public function get extendedPropertyMap():Object
public function set extendedPropertyMap(value:Object):void

fileName

property

fileName:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

The name of the file.

This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the propertyChange event.

Implementation
public function get fileName():String
public function set fileName(value:String):void

id

property

id:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

The identifier of the file node.

This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the propertyChange event.

Implementation
public function get id():String
public function set id(value:String):void

lastModified

property

lastModified:Date

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

The last date the content was modified.

This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the propertyChange event.

Implementation
public function get lastModified():Date
public function set lastModified(value:Date):void

lastModifiedBy

property

lastModifiedBy:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

The user ID of user who last modified the file.

This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the propertyChange event.

Implementation
public function get lastModifiedBy():String
public function set lastModifiedBy(value:String):void

mimeType

property

mimeType:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

The MIME type of the content.

This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the propertyChange event.

Implementation
public function get mimeType():String
public function set mimeType(value:String):void

securityManager

property

public static var securityManager:SecurityManager

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

The User Manager (UM) SecurityManager instance. Set it once and File APIs use it to retrieve ticket and credentials.

tempPath

property

tempPath:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

The temporary path to store the file.

This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the propertyChange event.

Implementation
public function get tempPath():String
public function set tempPath(value:String):void

Constructor Detail

File

()

Constructor

public function File()

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

constructor of File.

Method Detail

appendSecurityTicket

()

method

protected function appendSecurityTicket(url:String, ticket:com.adobe.livecycle.ria.security.api:ITicket):String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

Appends User Manager (UM) ticket to the URL.

Parameters

	`url:String` — url string

	`ticket:com.adobe.livecycle.ria.security.api:ITicket` — UM ticket

Returns

String — ticket appended url

deleteFile

()

method

public function deleteFile():void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

Deletes the JCR node specified by this instance. It dispatches FileEvent.FILE_DELETED_EVENT on completion of file upload.

Related API Elements

com.adobe.livecycle.content.FileEvent.FILE_DELETED_EVENT
flash.events.Event.CANCEL
flash.events.HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS
flash.events.IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR
flash.events.Event.OPEN
flash.events.SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR
flash.events.ProgressEvent.PROGRESS

downloadContentToByteArray

()

method

public function downloadContentToByteArray():void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

download content of jcr node into ByteArray. It dispatches FileEvent.FILE_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETED_EVENT on completion of file download.

Related API Elements

com.adobe.livecycle.content.FileEvent.FILE_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETED_EVENT
flash.events.HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS
flash.events.IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR
flash.events.Event.OPEN
flash.events.SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR
flash.events.ProgressEvent.PROGRESS

downloadContentToFileSystem

()

method

public function downloadContentToFileSystem(defaultFileName:String = null):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

Downloads content of the JCR node to filesytem. It uses FileReference to download content. It dispatches FileEvent.FILE_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETED_EVENT on completion of file download.

Parameters

defaultFileName:String (default = null) — default file name by which file is saved on file system. It appears in save dialog box.

Related API Elements

com.adobe.livecycle.content.FileEvent.FILE_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETED_EVENT
flash.events.Event.CANCEL
flash.events.HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS
flash.events.IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR
flash.events.Event.OPEN
flash.events.SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR

fillMetaData

()

method

public function fillMetaData():void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

Fill the current instance with metadata of jcr node. It makes a call to the Experience Server and retrieves all properties and fills in current instance. It dispatches FileEvent.FILE_METADATA_FILLED_EVENT when metadata is populated in instance.

Related API Elements

com.adobe.livecycle.content.FileEvent.FILE_METADATA_FILLED_EVENT
flash.events.Event.CANCEL
flash.events.HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS
flash.events.IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR
flash.events.Event.OPEN
flash.events.SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR
flash.events.ProgressEvent.PROGRESS

updateFromByteArray

()

method

public function updateFromByteArray(fileData:ByteArray, mimeTypeStr:String = null):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

Updates content of jcr node specified by this instance from file on ByteArray. It uses FileReference to upload file from filesystem. It doesn't update content of temporary file i.e. File object created from uploadToTempFromFileReference and uploadToTempFromByteArray. It doesn't update content on File instance which is retrieved from repository. To update such instance upload content via uploadToTempFromFileReference or uploadToTempFromByteArray API and update it via LiveCycleContentAssembler or RepositoryService. It dispatches FileEvent.FILE_UPLOAD_COMPLETED_EVENT on completion of file upload.

Parameters

	`fileData:ByteArray` — the data which will be updated

	`mimeTypeStr:String` (default = `null`) — the new mimeType of the data.

Related API Elements

com.adobe.livecycle.content.FileEvent.FILE_UPLOAD_COMPLETED_EVENT
flash.events.HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS
flash.events.IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR
flash.events.Event.OPEN
flash.events.SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR
flash.events.ProgressEvent.PROGRESS

updateFromFileReference

()

method

public function updateFromFileReference(typeFilter:Array = null):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

Updates content of jcr node specified by this instance from file on filesystem. It uses FileReference to upload file from filesystem. It doesn't update content of temporary file i.e. File object created from uploadToTempFromFileReference and uploadToTempFromByteArray. It dispatches FileEvent.FILE_UPLOAD_COMPLETED_EVENT on completion of file upload. It doesn't update content on File instance which is retrieved from repository. To update such instance upload content via uploadToTempFromFileReference or uploadToTempFromByteArray API and update it using the LiveCycleContentAssembler or RepositoryService service.

Parameters

typeFilter:Array (default = null) — file type filter to filter files in File select dialog.

Related API Elements

com.adobe.livecycle.content.FileEvent.FILE_UPLOAD_COMPLETED_EVENT
flash.events.Event.CANCEL
flash.events.HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS
flash.events.IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR
flash.events.Event.OPEN
flash.events.SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR
flash.events.ProgressEvent.PROGRESS

uploadToPathFromByteArray

()

method

 public function uploadToPathFromByteArray(parentPath:String, fileData:ByteArray, mimeType:String, fileNameArg:String):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

Uploads file to location specified by parenPath on the Experience Server from a ByteArray value. It creates nt:file node at temporary location. The current instance will be consumed by lc-content RepositoryService to move content from temp location to actual location. It dispatches FileEvent.FILE_UPLOAD_COMPLETED_EVENT on completion of file upload.

Parameters

	`parentPath:String` — path upto parent folder location.

	`fileData:ByteArray` — content of file.

	`mimeType:String` — mimeType of file.

	`fileNameArg:String` — name of the file node that will be created on server.

Related API Elements

uploadToPathFromFileReference

()

method

public function uploadToPathFromFileReference(parentPath:String, typeFilter:Array = null):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

Uploads file on filesystem at path specified by parentPath on the Experience Server. It uses FileReference to upload file to the Experience Server. It dispatches FileEvent.FILE_UPLOAD_COMPLETED_EVENT event when the file upload completes.

Parameters

	`parentPath:String` — path upto parent folder location.

	`typeFilter:Array` (default = `null`) — file type filter to filter files in File select dialog.

Related API Elements

uploadToTempFromByteArray

()

method

public function uploadToTempFromByteArray(fileData:ByteArray, mimeType:String, fileNameArg:String = null):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

Uploads file to temporary location to the Experience Server from a ByteArray value. It creates nt:file node at temporary location. The current instance will be consumed by lc-content RepositoryService to move content from temp location to actual location. It dispatches FileEvent.FILE_UPLOAD_COMPLETED_EVENT on completion of file upload.

Parameters

	`fileData:ByteArray` — content of file.

	`mimeType:String` — mimeType of file.

	`fileNameArg:String` (default = `null`) — name of the file node that will be created on server.

Related API Elements

uploadToTempFromFileReference

()

method

public function uploadToTempFromFileReference(typeFilter:Array = null):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

Uploads file on filesystem to temporary location on the Experience Server.It uses FileReference to upload file to the Experience Server. It creates nt:file node at temporary location. The current instance will be consumed by lc-content RepositoryService to move content from temp location to actual location. It dispatches FileEvent.FILE_UPLOAD_COMPLETED_EVENT on completion of file upload.

Parameters

typeFilter:Array (default = null) — file type filter to filter files in File select dialog.

Related API Elements

Constant Detail

NT_FILE

Constant

public static const NT_FILE:String = "nt:file"

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

constant representing nt:file

TEMP_FOLDER_NAME

Constant

public static const TEMP_FOLDER_NAME:String = "/tmp/uploadFilesTempDir"

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Experience Services - Content 10

Runtime Versions:

AIR 2.6, Flash Player 10.2

The temporary path of folder where temp files will be uploaded. The default path is /content/uploadFilesTempDir.

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Classes x

baseURL

boundary

contentStreamPath

created

createdBy

extendedPropertyMap

fileName

id

lastModified

lastModifiedBy

mimeType

securityManager

tempPath

File

appendSecurityTicket

deleteFile

downloadContentToByteArray

downloadContentToFileSystem

fillMetaData

updateFromByteArray

updateFromFileReference

uploadToPathFromByteArray

uploadToPathFromFileReference

uploadToTempFromByteArray

uploadToTempFromFileReference

NT_FILE

TEMP_FOLDER_NAME