topic Re: Repercussions not extending cm:folder in Alfresco Archive

Repercussions not extending cm:folder

skoalbrother952 — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:07:40 GMT

Hello,cm:folder defines the cm:contains child association, allowing types of sys:base to become it's children. We have requirements that we must restrict the type allowed for some folders and to create additional associations to other types.We know that the <overrides/> directive allows for p

Re: Repercussions not extending cm:folder

patil — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:49:34 GMT

Hi,

final NodeRef _childNodeRef = new NodeRef("workspace://SpacesStore/83196957-6bdb-4caa-87ff-d08f773cda4a")
//replace the hardcode string with your actual noderef
final String name = nodeService.getProperty(_childNodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_NAME).toString();
final String downloadURL = DownloadContentServlet.generateDownloadURL(_childNodeRef, name);

downloadURL will give you the url to generate. To access the content along with this url pass the ticket.

Thanks,
Patil
Cignex Technologies
Bangalore

Re: Repercussions not extending cm:folder

lotharmärkle — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:12:17 GMT

If you would like to restrict files within a folder to some set of specific document types, I think you are better of using a policy to enforce this behaviour. See http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Policy_Component#Binding_Behaviour_to_a_Policy and other posts. This would result in some transaction failed error messages.