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Ensure values of a certain category only

agericke — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:07:11 GMT

Hi there, I'm defining my own custom model (Alfresco 1.3.0). I have a property 'lang' which can take one of the following enumeration values: 'eng', 'ger', 'fre'. I set the property type to 'd:category'. The root category for the enumeration values would be something like 'language'. Since I'm also

Re: Ensure values of a certain category only

agericke — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:57:24 GMT

Hi there,
I see that there are constraints on property values (e.g. numerical ranges or reg exps). Are there also constraints to limit the values of 'd:category' properties?

The list constraint would solve my problem but as I read in the Alfresco Roadmap, Version 1.4 will provide browsing by categories so text properties with list constrains won't work then, I guess.

I haven't gotten any answers to my original question. Is my question too basic or too exotic? Please give me a hint.

Cheers,
Alex

Re: Ensure values of a certain category only

dbevacqua — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:49:14 GMT

Custom constraints are your friend:

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Constraints

Hope this helps.

Dominic.

Re: Ensure values of a certain category only

agericke — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:19:44 GMT

Hi Dominic,
thank you for your reply.

Alex