Each interface derived from the Resource interface has a well-defined set of properties than can be examined and modified by the Rational® CM API. Each interface also has a well-defined set of operations that can be invoked on the proxy to cause something to happen to the underlying resource.
Methods that get and set properties do not interact with the resource. The set methods store their argument values in the proxy and the get methods retrieve property values already stored in the proxy. Values are read from a repository using a do method such as Resource.doReadProperties() and are written to a repository by using a do method such as doWriteProperties().
The do methods cause the Rational CM API Provider to perform operations on the resource, and cause an interaction with the server. Many do methods take an optional ProperyRequest or Feedback parameter in which the client can request the properties to be read from the resource when executing that method. All do methods write to the actual resource any property values that have been set in the proxy since the last server interaction.
The name of each interface in each Rational CM API package is unique and includes a prefix that identifies the package that contains it. This makes it easy to read code even when not using fully-qualified interface names.