hw_api->checkout

Description

bool hw_api->checkout ( array parameter )

This function checks out an object or a whole hierarchy of objects. The parameters array contains the required element 'objectIdentifier' and the optional element 'version', 'mode' and 'objectQuery'. 'mode' can be one of the following values:

HW_API_CHECKIN_NORMAL: Checks out an object. The object must be a document.
HW_API_CHECKIN_RECURSIVE: If the object to check out is a collection, all children will be checked out recursively if they are documents. Trying to check out a collection would result in an error.