topic Re: protected property in Alfresco Archive

protected property

michiel_verkaik — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:08:58 GMT

Hi,I'm looking at the Alfresco content model in contentModel.xml, and I see the following property definition in cm:audible: <property name="cm:creator"> <title>Creator</title> <type>d:text</type> <protected>tru

Re: protected property

calle — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:05:18 GMT

I would also like to know!

Re: protected property

debaser — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:45:02 GMT

I'm also in great need to get more information on this matter.

I tried to set "Created" and "Creator" to a document with the Web Service API but nothing happened.

I also tried to explicitly set the aspect "auditable" and deleted the "protected"-value in the contentModel without any success…

Re: protected property

zaizi — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:11:20 GMT

Found this post while looking up the same answer. So ended up looking in the code. For anyone else who ends up here the answer is

Protected: true => system maintained, false => client may maintain

Ainga

Re: protected property

ranjeetsi — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 17:48:56 GMT

Content Model - Defining and Deploying | Alfresco Documentation
true = this property cannot be edited after the value has been set. And it cannot be edited at all from the user interface (that is Alfresco Share). This is usually used for system properties such as cm:created, cm:creator. They are set by the system and can then not be touched. It is sometimes also used in custom content models to make a property read-only after it has been initially set via an API call.
false = the property can be updated as many times as you like. This is the default if this element is not specified.