ReplicationConfiguration

A UBIK^® Replication Configuration object enables the user to configure the replication mechanism (copying) for a objects. The mechanism provides the possibility to configure and control the detailed replication behavior how:

• Copying of objects
• Copying the value of certain properties
• Possibility to configure which property values should be copied
• Possibility to influence (intervene) every single copy process (the object itself and every single property value)
• “Copy references” => copy objects referring to the source (template) and let the new created target refer to the new “owner”
• Possibility to configure whether the copying of a reference should create a new child or should refer to the same as for the source (valid for forward references only)
• Possibility to configure which references should be copied
• Possibility to influence the copy process of a reference (cancel)
• “Copy relations” => copy the relation data object referring to the source (template) and let them target to the new “owner”
• Possibility to configure whether the copying of a relation should create a new child or should rely to the same as for the template
• Possibility to influence the copy process of a relation data (cancel)
• Possibility to configure a copying for documents: system will create a local copy of the (file)document
• Possibility to influence the copy of a document (cancel)

Configuration objects

There are different configuration objects available, each to be for a certain purpose:

• Instance Replication: for replicating standard content objects
• Document Replication: for replicating document objects
• Reference Replication: for replicating References
• Relation Replication: for replicating Relations (relational data)