Returns as an object the value of an item containing custom data.

Note This method is new with Release 6.

Defined in

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Syntax

public Object getItemValueCustomData(String itemname)
   throws ClassNotFoundException
   throws NotesException
   throws java.io.IOException

public Object getItemValueCustomData(String itemname, String datatypename)
   throws ClassNotFoundException
   throws NotesException
   throws java.io.IOException

Parameters

String itemname

The name of the item.

The name of the data type. If specified, this name must match the data type name specified when the item was written. If omitted, no name checking occurs.

Object

An object that receives the value of the item. Must have the same class definition as the object written to the item.

An item that contains custom data is of type Item.USERDATA (14).

For other methods that get custom data, see:

• getItemValueCustomDataBytes
• Item.getValueCustomData
• Item.getValueCustomDataBytes

• replaceItemValueCustomData
• replaceItemValueCustomDataBytes
• Item.setValueCustomData
• Item.setValueCustomDataBytes

Example
See Also

Working with custom data

Glossary