topic Custom properties not set via CMIS createDocument in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-properties-not-set-via-cmis-createdocument/m-p/252864#M205994 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I've noticed a couple of threads on this behavior, but I have yet to find a working solution. So here goes another try …</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The requirements:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I need to use the CMIS webservices (URL: </SPAN><A href="http://localhost:8080/alfresco/cmis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8080/alfresco/cmis</A><SPAN>) in order to update content in a repository. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Furthermore, a custom aspect has to be set upon creation which will then be used in searches in the repository.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The problem:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I can successfully create the document and the aspect is added, but the associated properties (which are also included in the request) are "null" after the operation. The document is also not retrieved when using the custom properties in searches. When manually updating the properties in Alfresco Share, the documents are successfully found when searching on the custom properties.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The environment:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>Alfresco 4.0e CE on Windows 7 64-bit; <BR />apache-chemistry-opencmis-client 0.7.0 &amp; alfresco-opencmis-extension 0.3<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>The custom model:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;<BR />&lt;model name="dm:demoModel" xmlns="<A href="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0</A>"&gt;<BR />&lt;!– File goes in shared/classes/alfresco/extension –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; …<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!– Imports are required to allow references to definitions in other models –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;imports&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!– Import Alfresco Dictionary Definitions –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;import uri="<A href="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0</A>" prefix="d" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!– Import Alfresco Content Domain Model Definitions –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;import uri="<A href="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0</A>"&nbsp; prefix="cm" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!– Import Alfresco Content Domain Model Definitions –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;import uri="<A href="http://www.alfresco.org/model/system/1.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/model/system/1.0</A>" prefix="sys" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;import uri="<A href="http://www.alfresco.org/model/datalist/1.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/model/datalist/1.0</A>" prefix="dl" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/imports&gt;<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!– Sites Namespace –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;namespaces&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;namespace uri="<A href="http://www.alfresco.org/model/gdomodel/1.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/model/gdomodel/1.0</A>" prefix="dm" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/namespaces&gt;<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;!– Custom aspects –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;aspects&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;aspect name="dm:dossier"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Dossier&lt;/title&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;properties&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;property name="dm:dossiertype"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Dossiertype&lt;/title&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type&gt;d:text&lt;/type&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;property name="dm:dossiernummer"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Dossiernummer&lt;/title&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type&gt;d:text&lt;/type&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/properties&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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cmisProperties = new HashMap&lt;String, Object&gt;();<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;String documentType = null;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;String aspectType = null;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for( DMSObjectEigenschap eigenschap : eigenschappen ) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if( eigenschap.getEigenschap().equals(EigenschapType.DOCUMENT_TYPE) ) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;documentType = "D:" + eigenschap.getWaarde();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;} else if( eigenschap.getEigenschap().equals(EigenschapType.DOSSIER_TYPE) ) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;aspectType ="P:dm:dossier";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cmisProperties.put("dm:dossiertype", eigenschap.getWaarde());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;} else if( eigenschap.getEigenschap().equals(EigenschapType.DOSSIER_NUMMER) ) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cmisProperties.put("dm:dossiernummer", eigenschap.getWaarde());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cmisProperties.put(PropertyIds.OBJECT_TYPE_ID,<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(documentType == null ? CMISConstants.CMIS_BASETYPE_DOC : documentType)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+ (aspectType == null ? "" : "," + aspectType));<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cmisProperties.put(PropertyIds.NAME, naam);<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><BR /><SPAN>The code for the "createDocument" call itself:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>ContentStream contentStream = …<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Document newDoc = ((Folder) destinationFolder)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.createDocument(cmisProperties, contentStream, VersioningState.MAJOR);<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The problem is that I cannot find any exceptions in any logging, the call is successfully performed but the properties are NOT set.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Any thoughts?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:33:03 GMT vvstraet 2012-08-28T14:33:03Z Custom properties not set via CMIS createDocument https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-properties-not-set-via-cmis-createdocument/m-p/252864#M205994 I've noticed a couple of threads on this behavior, but I have yet to find a working solution. So here goes another try …The requirements:I need to use the CMIS webservices (URL: http://localhost:8080/alfresco/cmis) in order to update content in a repository. Furthermore, a custom aspect has to be se Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:33:03 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-properties-not-set-via-cmis-createdocument/m-p/252864#M205994 vvstraet 2012-08-28T14:33:03Z Re: Custom properties not set via CMIS createDocument https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-properties-not-set-via-cmis-createdocument/m-p/252865#M205995 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Nobody having the same issue and/or possibly a solution?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:48:05 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-properties-not-set-via-cmis-createdocument/m-p/252865#M205995 vvstraet 2012-09-24T14:48:05Z Re: Custom properties not set via CMIS createDocument https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-properties-not-set-via-cmis-createdocument/m-p/252866#M205996 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>It's been quiet around this topic for a while now. Revisited it myself and I finally got it working. The cause seemed to be the fact that a Xalan version was present on the classpath of my apache chemistry based client (with the alfresco extension).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>After excluding it, I retried the call and found that the properties were all set!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:49:42 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-properties-not-set-via-cmis-createdocument/m-p/252866#M205996 vvstraet 2012-10-30T14:49:42Z Re: Custom properties not set via CMIS createDocument https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-properties-not-set-via-cmis-createdocument/m-p/252867#M205997 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I found this post while having a problem creating a document via CMIS with a custom aspect with properties.&nbsp; I was receiving an XML parsing error (message: prefix cannot be null or empty).&nbsp; I was running the code in Eclipse from a Alfreco v3.4 SDK against a v4.x repository.&nbsp; Once I moved the project to a v4x SDK everything worked fine.&nbsp; </SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:57:34 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/custom-properties-not-set-via-cmis-createdocument/m-p/252867#M205997 stevegreenbaum 2013-03-08T20:57:34Z