topic Questions about relationship multiplicity in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/questions-about-relationship-multiplicity/m-p/218044#M171174 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have two questions about multiplicity in relationships (Alfresco-Community-3.3).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>First question: what does the source's mandatory attribute mean? It doesn't seem to make a difference whether I make it false or true.</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&lt;type name="yourCo:product5"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Product&lt;/title&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;parent&gt;cm:content&lt;/parent&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;associations&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!– one to one –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;association name="yourCo:productGraphicLink"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Product Graphic&lt;/title&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;source&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mandatory&gt;false&lt;/mandatory&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;many&gt;true&lt;/many&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/source&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;target&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;class&gt;yourCo:productGraphic&lt;/class&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mandatory&gt;false&lt;/mandatory&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;many&gt;false&lt;/many&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/target&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/association&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/associations&gt;<BR />&lt;/type&gt;<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>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>Second question: is it broken to have target mandatory = true and many = true or do I just not understand it? My understanding is that you can't make an instance of the below unless you first have more than 1 instances of the target.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&lt;type name="yourCo:product"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Product&lt;/title&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;parent&gt;cm:content&lt;/parent&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;associations&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!– one to one –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;association name="yourCo:productGraphicLink"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Product Graphic&lt;/title&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;source&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mandatory&gt;false&lt;/mandatory&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;many&gt;false&lt;/many&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/source&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;target&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;class&gt;yourCo:productGraphic&lt;/class&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mandatory&gt;true&lt;/mandatory&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;many&gt;true&lt;/many&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/target&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/association&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/associations&gt;<BR />&lt;/type&gt;<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>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>But whenever I try to make this I get:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>16:10:05,199 ERROR [org.alfresco.repo.node.integrity.IntegrityChecker] Found 1 integrity violations:<BR />The association target multiplicity has been violated:<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; Source Node: workspace://SpacesStore/d903f15e-4034-422c-8cf6-e6d4990ce3cf<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; Association: Association[ class=ClassDef[name={<A href="http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}product" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}product</A>], name={<A href="http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}productGraphicLink" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}productGraphicLink</A>, target class={<A href="http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}productGraphic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}productGraphic</A>, source role=null, target role=null]<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; Required target Multiplicity: 1..*<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; Actual target Multiplicity: 0<BR />16:10:05,215 ERROR [org.alfresco.web.ui.common.Utils] Failed to create content due to error: 05300004 Found 1 integrity violations:<BR />The association target multiplicity has been violated:<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; Source Node: workspace://SpacesStore/d903f15e-4034-422c-8cf6-e6d4990ce3cf<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; Association: Association[ class=ClassDef[name={<A href="http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}product" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}product</A>], name={<A href="http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}productGraphicLink" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}productGraphicLink</A>, target class={<A href="http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}productGraphic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}productGraphic</A>, source role=null, target role=null]<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; Required target Multiplicity: 1..*<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; Actual target Multiplicity: 0<BR />org.alfresco.repo.node.integrity.IntegrityException: 05300004 Found 1 integrity violations:<BR />The association target multiplicity has been violated:<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; Source Node: workspace://SpacesStore/d903f15e-4034-422c-8cf6-e6d4990ce3cf<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; Association: Association[ class=ClassDef[name={<A href="http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}product" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}product</A>], name={<A href="http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}productGraphicLink" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}productGraphicLink</A>, target class={<A href="http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}productGraphic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.yourCo.com.au/model/content/1.0}productGraphic</A>, source role=null, target role=null]<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; Required target Multiplicity: 1..*<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; Actual target Multiplicity: 0<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.node.integrity.IntegrityChecker.checkIntegrity(IntegrityChecker.java:661)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.AlfrescoTransactionSupport$TransactionSynchronizationImpl.beforeCommit(AlfrescoTransactionSupport.java:683)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionSynchronizationUtils.triggerBeforeCommit(TransactionSynchronizationUtils.java:95)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.triggerBeforeCommit(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:927)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.processCommit(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:737)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.commit(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:723)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.commitTransactionAfterReturning(TransactionAspectSupport.java:394)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.util.transaction.SpringAwareUserTransaction.commit(SpringAwareUserTransaction.java:472)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:343)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.web.bean.dialog.BaseDialogBean.finish(BaseDialogBean.java:124)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.web.bean.content.CreateContentWizard.finish(CreateContentWizard.java:115)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.web.bean.wizard.WizardManager.finish(WizardManager.java:593)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.myfaces.el.MethodBindingImpl.invoke(MethodBindingImpl.java:132)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.myfaces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:61)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:109)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot._broadcastForPhase(UIViewRoot.java:97)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processApplication(UIViewRoot.java:171)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationExecutor.execute(InvokeApplicationExecutor.java:32)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.executePhase(LifecycleImpl.java:95)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:70)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:139)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:104)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor482.invoke(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChainingSubsystemProxyFactory$1.invoke(ChainingSubsystemProxyFactory.java:116)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:172)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:202)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at $Proxy232.doFilter(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.filter.beans.BeanProxyFilter.doFilter(BeanProxyFilter.java:82)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.filter.beans.NullFilter.doFilter(NullFilter.java:68)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor482.invoke(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChainingSubsystemProxyFactory$1.invoke(ChainingSubsystemProxyFactory.java:116)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:172)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:202)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at $Proxy232.doFilter(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.filter.beans.BeanProxyFilter.doFilter(BeanProxyFilter.java:82)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:845)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)<BR /><SPAN 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/><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for any advice!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Rob</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:43:20 GMT robertmarkbram 2010-06-30T06:43:20Z Questions about relationship multiplicity https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/questions-about-relationship-multiplicity/m-p/218044#M171174 I have two questions about multiplicity in relationships (Alfresco-Community-3.3).First question: what does the source's mandatory attribute mean? It doesn't seem to make a difference whether I make it false or true.&lt;type name="yourCo<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" />roduct5"&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Product&lt;/title&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;paren Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:43:20 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/questions-about-relationship-multiplicity/m-p/218044#M171174 robertmarkbram 2010-06-30T06:43:20Z Re: Questions about relationship multiplicity https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/questions-about-relationship-multiplicity/m-p/218045#M171175 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">:lol: SHOES</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN>What do you mean?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:12:19 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/questions-about-relationship-multiplicity/m-p/218045#M171175 robertmarkbram 2010-07-01T07:12:19Z