topic Cannot rename node (exception Unexpected type...) in Alfresco Archive

Cannot rename node (exception Unexpected type...)

hbf — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:40:58 GMT

Hi,In the Web Client I change the name of a node and obtain the following exception:10:23:43,003 User:admin ERROR [ui.common.Utils] A system error happened during the operation: Unexpected type ({http://www.my.org/foo}content) for target parent: workspace://SpacesStore/c2e83803-ac72-11dc-86f6-b5cebe

Re: Cannot rename node (exception Unexpected type...)

hbf — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:43:33 GMT

(I've created a JIRA issue, http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/AR-1961 for this.)

Re: Cannot rename node (exception Unexpected type...)

derek — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:35:03 GMT

The FileFolderService only supports the File/Folder model. It is one of the few model-specific service implementations, i.e. services that restrict themselves to a certain part of the DD. In this part of the model, files cannot contain files.

You can subclass the implementation and provide your own version of the "fileFolderService" bean (recommended) or use the lower-level NodeService if required.

Re: Cannot rename node (exception Unexpected type...)

hbf — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:46:30 GMT

Thanks for the explanation, Derek!

Maybe in a future version an option could be added that allows renames of arbitrary nodes (i.e., switches to a less strict implementation of fileFolderService)?

It would make the Web Client much more useful for custom models Ã¢â‚¬â€œÃ‚Â one of the particularly nice plus's of Alfresco in my opinion!