topic Repository.findNodeRef doesn't work for Company Home in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/repository-findnoderef-doesn-t-work-for-company-home/m-p/262833#M215963 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>[ Alf v3.4.0(E) ]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Trying to follow the example Java-backed WebScript from the Professional Alfresco book published by Wrox (Chapter 11). I can't seem to get the Repository.findNodeRef function to work when searching for just "Company Home". Searching for a folder underneath Company Home (e.g. Data Dictionary) works, however.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This code sample highlights the issue:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>—————————-</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>package org.example;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>import java.util.HashMap;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>import java.util.Map;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>import org.alfresco.repo.model.Repository;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Cache;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Status;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptException;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptRequest;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>public class JavaDir extends DeclarativeWebScript {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;private Repository repository;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public void setRepository(Repository repository) {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;this.repository = repository;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;protected Map&lt;String, Object&gt; executeImpl(WebScriptRequest req, Status status, Cache cache) {</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;…</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;// Test code:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;System.out.println("/Company Home ==&gt; " + repository.findNodeRef("path", "workspace/SpacesStore/Company Home".split("/")));</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;System.out.println("/Company Home/Data Dictionary ==&gt; " + repository.findNodeRef("path", "workspace/SpacesStore/Company Home/Data Dictionary".split("/")));</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;…</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>——————————————-</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The output from the above is:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>/Company Home ==&gt; null</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>/Company Home/Data Dictionary ==&gt; workspace://SpacesStore/0a9446f3-6cc0-4619-b31a-442c2ca183a7</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>When searching by path for just /Company Home, it returns null. Yet, searching for "/Company Home/Data Dictionary" works. Why is this? Am I doing something wrong? Is this a bug?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Karl</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:43:30 GMT kcepull 2011-02-18T21:43:30Z Repository.findNodeRef doesn't work for Company Home https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/repository-findnoderef-doesn-t-work-for-company-home/m-p/262833#M215963 [ Alf v3.4.0(E) ]Trying to follow the example Java-backed WebScript from the Professional Alfresco book published by Wrox (Chapter 11). I can't seem to get the Repository.findNodeRef function to work when searching for just "Company Home". Searching for a folder underneath Company Home (e.g. Data Di Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:43:30 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/repository-findnoderef-doesn-t-work-for-company-home/m-p/262833#M215963 kcepull 2011-02-18T21:43:30Z Re: Repository.findNodeRef doesn't work for Company Home https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/repository-findnoderef-doesn-t-work-for-company-home/m-p/262834#M215964 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Repository provides a </SPAN><A href="http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/docs/java/repository/org/alfresco/repo/model/Repository.html#getCompanyHome%28%29" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">specific method</A><SPAN> for returning company home.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">public org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef getCompanyHome()<BR /><BR />Gets the Company Home<BR /><BR />Returns:<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; company home node ref</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN>For a path query, this method delegates to:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; fileFolderService.resolveNamePath(rootNodeRef, Arrays.asList(path));</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>However, not sure why it doesn't return it anyway using findNodeRef(). Looking at </SPAN><A href="http://svn.alfresco.com/repos/alfresco-open-mirror/alfresco/HEAD/root/projects/repository/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/model/Repository.java" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">the source</A><SPAN>, I think it does so as a special case… maybe it has been fixed since you posted?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:22:19 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/repository-findnoderef-doesn-t-work-for-company-home/m-p/262834#M215964 dnallsopp 2012-09-27T17:22:19Z