The document discusses the OpenNTF Domino API (ODA), which is an OSGi plugin that extends the core Domino Java API. It provides features like reducing unnecessary coding, modernizing constructs, improving readability, adding new features, and enabling flexible session management beyond XPages. The document outlines some of the key features of ODA, how to enable it for XPages and Java applications, and how it improves upon and extends the standard Domino Java API in areas like sessions, documents, views, transactions, and more. It also discusses related OpenNTF projects like XOTS, database listeners, and ExtMgr that integrate with ODA.

1. OpenNTF Domino API
(ODA)
Super-Charging
Domino Development

2. Paul Withers
ICS Consultant, Intec Systems Ltd
IBM Champion since 2011
OpenNTF Board Member
ODA developer since start
Co-Author “OpenNTF Extension
Library”
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3. Stephan Wissel
IBM Cloud Development Advocate
Developer on Verse on Premises
Consumer of OpenNTF Domino API
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4. What Is ODA?
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• OSGi Plugin for XPages / Java development with Domino
• First commit Match 3 2013, Tim Tripcony
• 18 releases
• Extension to core Domino Java API
• Reduce unnecessary coding
• Modernise constructs
• Improve readability
• Add new features
• Easy hooks and configurability for XPages
• Flexible session management beyond XPages
• Many methods exposed to SSJS

5. Why ODA? Standard Domino – PART ONE
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6. Why ODA? Standard Domino – PART TWO
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7. Standard Java Notes
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• Line 32 – always have to catch NotesException
• Line 39, 43 – need to set AutoUpdate on views
• Line 44 – Vectors are output
• Line 46, 47 – Need to use Vector for getAllEntriesByKey()
• Line 47 – Need to remember to restrict to exact matches
• Line 48 – Looping
• Line 50 – Need to load Vector of column values, to recycle
• Line 51 – Need to remember to exclude static columns
• Lines 53-56 – Recycling

8. Why ODA?
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9. ODA Java Notes
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• Line 31 – getDatabase() method takes single String (more later)
• Lines 32, 34 – Fixes apply AutoUpdate and include static columns
• Line 35 – getColumnValuesEx() returns unmodifiable collection
• Line 26 – getAllEntriesByKey() accepts Object, defaults to exact
match
• Line 37 – standard Java loops
• Line 42 – XPages OpenLog Logger version incorporated
No recycle, error handling not mandatory

10. Enabling for XPages
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Enable the library in
Xsp Properties > Page Generation > XPage Libraries
Enable flags, e.g.
org.openntf.domino.xsp=godmode,marcel,khan,bubbleExceptions
See ODA demo database
for more details

11. Enabling for Java Applications / Servlets
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• Create ThreadConfig
• Initialise thread with ThreadConfig
• Create SessionFactories for Factory
• Process request and terminate thread

12. Sessions
Use e.g. Factory.getSession(SessionType.CURRENT)
XPages implicit variables can also be used
With godmode
• session = current user ODA session
• sessionAsSigner = current signer ODA session
• sessionAsSignerWithFullAccess = current signer full access
ODA session
• database = current database as current user
Without godmode, prefix variable names with open as camelCase, e.g.
openSession
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13. Additional Scopes for XPages
serverScope – scope for whole server
userScope – scope per user for single NSF
identityScope – scope per user for whole server
NOTE: that’s user, not browser session!
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14. Databases
Core API has lots of methods of getting Database
Depends whether filepath, replica ID
XPages adds third serializable option, Server!!FilePath
No way to retrieve with this format in core API
ODA provides single Session.getDatabase(String) method, accepts:
• Filepath
• ReplicaID
• ApiPath (Server!!FilePath)
• MetaReplicaID (Server!!ReplicaID, Server is optional)
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15. Documents
Methods have second parameter, boolean whether of not to
create document
Fixes.DOC_UNID_NULLS returns null if document not found
• Core API throws error
• Enabled by default with khan / STRICT ThreadConfig
getDocumentWithKey(Serializable) takes UNID or converts
parameter to UNID
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16. Documents
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17. Documents
appendItemValue appends to existing Item with Fix
Auto-boxing of Java objects to Domino objects
Store Java objects in Items (alternative to “Table Fields”)
getItemValue(itemName, class) auto-converts
replaceItemValue(itemName, null) removes Item
replaceItemValue(itemName, value, boolean isSummary)
Document extends Map class
MetaversalID = ReplicaID + UNID
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18. Readers / Authors / Names
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19. Table Fields
getItemTable() creates a Map pulling multiple Items from source document
• Key in Map is Item name
• Value is item value
getItemTablePivot() pivots the Map
• List.get(0)
• item1 = doc.getFirstItem(item1).getItemValue(0)
• item2 = doc.getFirstItem(item2).getItemValue(0)
• List.get(1)
• item1 = doc.getFirstItem(item1).getItemValue(1)
• item2 = doc.getFirstItem(item2).getItemValue(1)
….
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20. Enums
Enums have been added throughout for greater readability
Database.createFTIndex(9, false)
Set indexOpts = new HashSet();
indexOpts.add(FTIndexOption.ATTACHED_FILES);
indexOpts.add(FTIndexOption.CASE_SENSITIVE);
Database.createFTIndex(indexOpts, false);
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21. SyncHelper
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22. SyncHelper
Create Map
• Map key is formula to run against source document
• Map value is field name for target documents
Define strategy for updating fields
Pass map, target server and filepath, target view name
Final parameter is formula to run on source document to get lookup key
Call process(DocumentCollection source) or
process(Document source)
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23. Transactional Processing
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24. Transactional Processing
Start the transaction
Add additional databases to the transaction
Finally call commit() or rollback()
Stamping a collection is not transactions
SyncHelper can be transactional
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25. View
checkUnique(Object, Document)
• check whether another document exists in view with same key
Recommended – getFirstDocumentByKey(), getFirstEntryByKey()
Performance-related
• isTimeSensitive()
• isResortable()
• getIndexCount()
• isAutomaticRefresh(), isAutoRefreshAfterFirstUse(),
isIndexed() etc
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26. (Selected) Other Useful Things
DominoEmail class (partially implemented, supports basic)
DocumentComparator
DocumentSorter
DateTime.isBefore(), DateTime.isAfter(), DateTime.isBeforeIgnoreTime(),
DateTime.isAfterIgnoreTime()
DocumentCollection.stampAll(Map), ViewEntryCollection.stampAll(Map)
NoteCollection.setSelectOptions()
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27. XOTS
DOTS is not officially (or unofficially) supported
Requires code to be written in a plugin
OpenNTF Extension to DOTS recommended, provides
• Fixes
• Extensions for better thread handling
• Extensions for triggered events
Xots provides background (runnable) and multi-threaded
(callable) Java code within application to be triggered
• Scheduling not currently supported
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28. XOTS
Available in XPages / OSGi and CrossWorlds
Core functionality and classes in non-XPages feature
Includes extension for OpenLog logging (XotsUtil.handleException())
XPages feature and CrossWorlds auto-launches 10-thread ThreadPoolExecutor
XPages feature adds hooks to scopes, FacesContext and XspContext
Shared methods requiring access to scopes may require checks to identify if
context is XPages or Xots thread
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29. XOTS
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• Extend AbstractXotsRunnable (AbstractXotsXspRunnable XPages)
• Pass any required variables into constructor
• Code run() method to do something
• Somewhere in your app
• Create new instance of class
• Call Xots.getService().submit(), passing your instance
• For Callable
• Extend AbstractXotsCallable (AbstractXotsXspCallable XPages)
• Code call() method to do something and return something
• Return outcome to Futures
• Process Futures

30. Database Listeners
DatabaseListeners have been available since M3
• Create Listener class
• Define Event(s) to listen for
• Define code to run for those events
• Assign listener whenever accessing Database object (e.g. in
Utils.getAppDb() method)
• API will run that code when event occurs
Limitation:
• Only works if triggered for a Database that has had listener subscribed
prior to calling ODA code
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31. ExtMgr
C API layer has events, that throw messages to message queue
Needs DOTS dlls (OpenNTF version recommended) installed and
ExtMgr_Addins=dotsExtMgr2 in notes.ini
MessageListener reads MQ$DOTS queue, parses event and redirects to Xots
Create an extension of AbstractEMBridgeSubscriber
• Define Events to listen for
• Define code to run based on the events
Add the subscriber using EMBridgeMessageQueue.addSubscriber()
Watch your code triggered from anywhere in Notes / Domino environment
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32. EventSubscriber
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33. EventSubscriber
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34. Beyond The Basics
GraphNSF: “Big Data with Graph, IBM Domino and OpenNTF API”, Devin
Olson, 23 Feb 1pm Room 2008
ODA beyond XPages: “BlueMix and Domino – Complementing SmartCloud”,
Daniele Vistalli and Matteo Bisi, 23 Feb 10am Room 2008
ODA Demo Servlet
OsgiWorlds Vaadin Servlet classes
CrossWorlds
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37. Thank you
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Paul Withers
Intec Systems Ltd & OpenNTF
pwithers@intec.co.uk
@paulswithers
https://www.intec.co.uk/blog
https://paulswithers.github.io
Stephan Wissel
IBM
@notessensei
https://wissel.net/