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CRX Access Methods

You have the choice! When it comes to accessing information, interoperability between software and data formats is key. Using industry-approved standards and widely deployed open technologies, allows leveraging infrastructure and information for use cases not initially predictable. Open and sustainable formats and protocols enable your enterprise to move content management to the next level.


The CRX repository allows various ways to interact with the managed content, both for developers with the Java Content Repository (JCR) standard, and desktop users with the ability to access CRX like a traditional network drive. The repository supports all file formats and can extract, convert and transform content on request.

Desktop Access

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CRX from Adobe has built-in support to access the repository via the widespread used open WebDAV protocol. On top of that, CRX implements the Common Internet File System protocol defined by Microsoft. Both allow the desktop user (Microsoft Windows, Apple MacOS X and Linux) to easily and securely create, read, update and delete files and folders within CRX.

Administrators

Bulk import and export, full or partial transfer between CRX repositories can easily be achieved with the built-in administration tools.

Developer Access

The Java Content Repository (JCR) application programming interface allows Java developers to make use of the full potential of CRX. The developed Java application can run on the same infrastructure or use the performance-optimized remote connector.

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Web application developers can use the built-in rapid web development framework Apache Sling. The RESTful framework provides full-featured access to the JCR and is the ideal foundation for a content service architecture. CRX ships with a JavaScript connector - that provides web site developers direct repository access from within the web browser of the users.

Developers in none-Java environments have various choices - one of them is an extended WebDAV protocol that is mapping the functionality provided by the JCR API to HTTP-based WebDAV.