(Quick Reference)
Movie domain object.
The
com.cantina.lab.Movie object is the primary domain object used by the
gvps plugin and maintains information concerning movie files.
Fields.
The objects stored in the database do not use versioning and their primary database key is the
video_key column.
Other fields of the object are:
| Field Name | Description |
|---|
| url | relative URI for serving this movie |
| title | title of the movie |
| fileName | name of the file on disk |
| description | brief description of the movie |
| size | size of movie in bytes |
| createDate | date the movie was created |
| createdBy | author of the movie |
| pathFlv | path to converted version of the file |
| pathThumb | path to the thumbnail file in jpg format |
| pathMaster | path to the file in original format |
| contentType | content type of the movie, can be flv or mp4 |
| contentTypeMaster | original content type of the movie |
| key | a unique identifier for the converted file when stored on disk |
| status | current status of the file, can be 'blank', 'removed', 'new', 'inprogress', 'converted', or 'failed' |
The
theFile field is presently unused but is intended for possible future storage of the video file contents in the database.
Operation.
When a
Movie object is created, it's status is initially set to
'blank'.
When the
newFile method is called on a Movie object the
pathMaster and
size fields are populated and the
status field is set to
'new'.