topic Problem getting node from nodeService in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-getting-node-from-nodeservice/m-p/153477#M108057 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm having a hard time getting a node with the following details:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Primary Path:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/{</SPAN><A href="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}categoryRoot/{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}generalclassifiable/{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}Screening" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}categoryRoot/{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}generalclassifiable/{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}Screening</A><SPAN> status/{</SPAN><A href="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}Screening" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}Screening</A><SPAN> ok </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Type:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{</SPAN><A href="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}category" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}category</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I tried to get it with:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>nodeService.getChildByName( rootNodeRef, QName.createQName( "{<A href="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}category" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}category</A>" ), "categories/General/Screening status/Screening ok" ); <SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>this line returns null</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>nodeService.getChildByName( rootNodeRef, QName.createQName( "{<A href="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}category" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}category</A>" ), "Screening ok" );<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>this line returns null</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>searchService.selectNodes( rootNodeRef, "cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/cm:Screening status/cm:screening ok", null, namespaceService, false );<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>This last line throws the following exception: </SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.XPathException: Error executing xpath: <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; xpath: cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/cm:Screening status/cm:screening ok<BR />Caused by: org.jaxen.XPathSyntaxException: Unexpected 'status/cm:screening ok'<BR />Caused by: class org.jaxen.saxpath.XPathSyntaxException: cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/cm:Screening status/cm:screening ok: 52: Unexpected 'status/cm:screening ok'<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>It's clear to me that the space(s) in the name are causing this problem. I cannot simply remove them since there is a lot of javascript code that uses the following lines:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>roothome.childByNamePath("categories/General/Screening status/Screening ok").nodeRef;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Anybody any suggestions for solutions?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:31:05 GMT wired 2008-07-08T08:31:05Z Problem getting node from nodeService https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-getting-node-from-nodeservice/m-p/153477#M108057 I'm having a hard time getting a node with the following details<IMG id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />rimary Path:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}categoryRoot/{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}generalclassifiable/{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}Screening status/{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:31:05 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-getting-node-from-nodeservice/m-p/153477#M108057 wired 2008-07-08T08:31:05Z Re: Problem getting node from nodeService https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-getting-node-from-nodeservice/m-p/153478#M108058 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>How about sticking "\" before the spaces?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Rob</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:38:11 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-getting-node-from-nodeservice/m-p/153478#M108058 dinger 2008-07-08T08:38:11Z Re: Problem getting node from nodeService https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-getting-node-from-nodeservice/m-p/153479#M108059 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>now i also tried the following with no success:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/cm:'Screening status'/cm:'screening ok'<BR />cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/cm:"Screening status"/cm:"screening ok"<BR /><BR />cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/'cm:Screening status'/'cm:screening ok'<BR />cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/"cm:Screening status"/"cm:screening ok"<BR /><BR />"cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/cm:Screening status/cm:screening ok"<BR />'cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/cm:Screening status/cm:screening ok'<BR /><BR />cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/cm:Screening\ status/cm:screening\ ok<BR />cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/cm:Screening\\ status/cm:screening\\ ok<BR /><BR />cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/cm:Screening%20status/cm:screening%20ok<BR />cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/cm:Screening&nbsp;status/cm:screening&nbsp;ok<BR />cm:categoryRoot/cm:generalclassifiable/cm:Screening\x20status/cm:screening\x20ok<BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:34:53 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-getting-node-from-nodeservice/m-p/153479#M108059 wired 2008-07-08T09:34:53Z Re: Problem getting node from nodeService https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-getting-node-from-nodeservice/m-p/153480#M108060 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>See here </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Search#Example_Queries" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Search#Example_Queries</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The space character needs to be replaced with this: _x0020_</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>HTH</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Rob</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:33:20 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-getting-node-from-nodeservice/m-p/153480#M108060 dinger 2008-07-08T12:33:20Z