topic Re: Get NodeRef by path in Alfresco Archive

Get NodeRef by path

robertmarkbram — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:45:16 GMT

Hi All,Can I create a NodeRef purely from the path?It seems like NodeRef doesn't allow it, and looking at the various methods in the SearchService and FileFolderService they all require a NodeRef or something similar to search.Let's say I already know this information about a node (from Node Browse

Re: Get NodeRef by path

openpj — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:39:20 GMT

The NodeRef is created by the repository itself, you can't create your own NodeRef in that way.
You need to invoke the createNode method using the NodeService that returns you the new NodeRef.

Re: Get NodeRef by path

robertmarkbram — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:53:06 GMT

Hi Piergiorgio,

Do you mean to say that, in order to reference an existing node purely from the path (which is what I meant by "create a NodeRef purely from the path") I need to call createNode? As in:

getNodeService().createNode()‍

But createNode() also wants nodeRefs and QNames.. so I still don't see how I can reference an existing node if all I know is the path.

Rob

Re: Get NodeRef by path

gyro_gearless — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:40:44 GMT

You might want to use e.g. FilefolderService#resolveNamePath. Here is a code snippet i use to resolve the NodeRef of a template file:

            
            NodeRef companyHome = getCompanyHome();
            List<String> pathElements = Arrays.asList(StringUtils.split(this.template, '/'));

            NodeRef templateRef = fileFolderService.resolveNamePath(companyHome, pathElements).getNodeRef();
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where this.template is set to e.g. "Data Dictionary/Email Templates/ACME/Initial Publish.ftl".

HTH
Gyro

Re: Get NodeRef by path

arunvallamkondu — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 04:45:00 GMT

is there any webservice api to get noderef by path