xo::db::CrClass proc get_instance_from_db (public)

 xo::db::CrClass get_instance_from_db [ -item_id item_id ] \
    [ -revision_id revision_id ] [ -initialize on|off ]

Defined in /var/www/openacs.org/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/cr-procs.tcl

Instantiate the live revision or the specified revision of an CrItem. The XOTcl object is destroyed automatically on cleanup (end of a connection request).

Switches:

-item_id (optional, integer, defaults to "0")

-revision_id (optional, integer, defaults to "0")

-initialize (optional, boolean, defaults to "true")

Returns:

fully qualified object containing the attributes of the CrItem

Testcases:

test_cr_items, create_workflow_with_instance, xowiki_test_cases, link_tests, slot_interactions, path_resolve