Communication Patterns
Operation of the Documentum platform involves basic communication patterns, which are repeated over and over. In order to understand these patterns, it is important to first identify the components that participate in such communication.
Key Components
The following figure shows the key components involved in communication with Content Server:
We are already familiar with the Content Server it manages the repository. Any content management communication ultimately needs to reach it.
Documentum Client Library (DMCL) is a low-level API that exposes full Content Server functionality. DMCL supports Remote Procedure Call (RPC) capability, enabling clients to connect to the Content Server without dealing with network details. Even though direct access to DMCL is available, it is not recommended for clients to directly interact with DMCL. Rather DFC wraps around DMCL and exposes a higher-level API for the clients to use.
DFC is implemented in Java and it also provides a Java...
