The ExtendedNodeTypeManager (from JCR 1.11) interface provides the following methods related to registering node types:

public static final int IGNORE_IF_EXISTS  = 0;


public static final int FAIL_IF_EXISTS    = 2;


public static final int REPLACE_IF_EXISTS = 4;



/**

 * Registers node type using value object.

 */

void registerNodeType(NodeTypeValue nodeTypeValue, int alreadyExistsBehaviour) throws RepositoryException;


/**

 * Registers all node types using XML binding value objects from xml stream.

 */

void registerNodeTypes(InputStream xml, int alreadyExistsBehaviour) throws RepositoryException;


/**

 * Return <code>NodeTypeValue</code> for a given nodetype name. Used for

 * nodetype update. Value can be edited and registered via

 * <code>registerNodeType(NodeTypeValue nodeTypeValue, int alreadyExistsBehaviour)</code>

 */

NodeTypeValue getNodeTypeValue(String ntName) throws NoSuchNodeTypeException, RepositoryException;


/**

 * Registers or updates the specified <code>Collection</code> of

 * <code>NodeTypeValue</code> objects.

 */

public NodeTypeIterator registerNodeTypes(Collection<NodeTypeValue> values,

                                            int alreadyExistsBehaviour) throws UnsupportedRepositoryOperationException,

                                                                       RepositoryException;


/**

 * Unregisters the specified node type.

 */

public void unregisterNodeType(String name) throws UnsupportedRepositoryOperationException,

                                             NoSuchNodeTypeException,

                                             RepositoryException;


/**

 * Unregisters the specified set of node types.<p/> Used to unregister a set

 * of node types with mutual dependencies.

 */

public void unregisterNodeTypes(String[] names) throws UnsupportedRepositoryOperationException,

                                                 NoSuchNodeTypeException,

                                                 RepositoryException;