Introduction
There are two interfaces for reading and changing meta data stored in openBIS:
ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.api.v1.IGeneralInformationService : Reading meta data.
ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.api.v1.IGeneralInformationChangingService : Changing some meta data
Usage
In a Java client application these services are created most easily with a ServiceFinder . Only host name and port of openBIS Application Server are needed. Here is an example for IGeneralInformationService:
ServiceFinder serviceFinder = new ServiceFinder("openbis", IGeneralInformationService.SERVICE_URL);
IGeneralInformationService infoService =
serviceFinder.createService(IGeneralInformationService.class, "https://sprint-openbis.ethz.ch:8446");
Similar code is needed for IGeneralInformationChangingService.
In order to use IGeneralInformationChangingService you need to login into IGeneralInformationService and using the returned session token. Example:
String sessionToken = infoService.tryToAuthenticateForAllServices("user-id", "user-password");
infoChangingService.createMetaproject(sessionToken, "my-project", null);
The following library is needed: openbis-query-api.jar. It is part of the openBIS Clients and APIs distribution.