package_instantiate_object (public)

 package_instantiate_object [ -creation_user creation_user ] \
    [ -creation_ip creation_ip ] [ -package_name package_name ] \
    [ -var_list var_list ] [ -extra_vars extra_vars ] \
    [ -start_with start_with ] [ -form_id form_id ] \
    [ -variable_prefix variable_prefix ] object_type

Defined in packages/acs-subsite/tcl/package-procs.tcl

Creates a new object of the specified type by calling the associated PL/SQL package new function.

Switches:
-creation_user (optional)
The current user. Defaults to [ad_conn user_id] if not specified and there is a connection
-creation_ip (optional)
The current user's IP address. Defaults to [ad_conn peeraddr] if not specified and there is a connection
-package_name (optional)
The PL/SQL package associated with this object type. Defaults to acs_object_types.package_name
-var_list (optional)
A list of pairs of additional attributes and their values to pass to the constructor. Each pair is a list of two elements: key => value
-extra_vars (optional)
an ns_set of extra vars
-start_with (optional)
The object type to start with when gathering attributes for this object type. Defaults to the object type.
-form_id (optional)
The form id from templating form system if we're using the forms API to specify attributes
-variable_prefix (optional)
Parameters:
object_type (required)
The object type of the object we are instantiating
Returns:
The object id of the newly created object

Example: 


    template::form create add_group
    template::element create add_group group_name -value "Publisher"

    set var_list [list  [list context_id $context_id]   [list group_id $group_id]]

    return [package_instantiate_object  -start_with "group"  -var_list $var_list  -form_id "add_group"  "group"]
Authors:
Michael Bryzek <mbryzek@arsdigita.com>
Ben Adida <ben@openforce.net>
Created:
02/01/2001

Partial Call Graph (max 5 caller/called nodes):
%3 test_auth_authenticate auth_authenticate (test acs-authentication) package_instantiate_object package_instantiate_object test_auth_authenticate->package_instantiate_object test_auth_create_user auth_create_user (test acs-authentication) test_auth_create_user->package_instantiate_object test_category_tree_procs category_tree_procs (test categories) test_category_tree_procs->package_instantiate_object test_object_p object_p (test acs-tcl) test_object_p->package_instantiate_object _ _ (public) package_instantiate_object->_ acs_object_type::get acs_object_type::get (public) package_instantiate_object->acs_object_type::get ad_conn ad_conn (public) package_instantiate_object->ad_conn db_exec_plsql db_exec_plsql (public) package_instantiate_object->db_exec_plsql package_object_attribute_list package_object_attribute_list (public) package_instantiate_object->package_object_attribute_list bug_tracker::bug::insert bug_tracker::bug::insert (public) bug_tracker::bug::insert->package_instantiate_object calendar::new calendar::new (public) calendar::new->package_instantiate_object content::folder::new content::folder::new (public) content::folder::new->package_instantiate_object forum::message::new forum::message::new (public) forum::message::new->package_instantiate_object forum::new forum::new (public) forum::new->package_instantiate_object

Testcases:
auth_authenticate, auth_create_user, object_p, category_tree_procs
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