topic Re: More presets files in share in Alfresco Archive

More presets files in share

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:26:17 GMT

Hi,I create a module for share that implements a new site type. I create a presets file (presets.xml) and install it in /classes/alfresco/web-extensions/site-data/All right for now.After i create another module that implements another site type. I create another presets file (presets.xml), but i can

Re: More presets files in share

afaust — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:53:43 GMT

Hello,

in order to define alternative preset file names - or change the search path - you need to override some default beans in your custom-slingshot-application-context.xml in /shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension

The following beans are of interest in this use case:


    <bean id="webframework.classpathstore.presets.custom" class="org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.ClassPathStore">
      <property name="mustExist"><value>false</value></property>
      <property name="classPath"><value>alfresco/web-extension/site-data/presets</value></property>
   </bean>
   
   <bean id="webframework.remotestore.presets" parent="webframework.store.remote.abstract">
      <property name="path"><value>alfresco/site-data/presets</value></property>
   </bean>
   
   <bean id="webframework.presets.searchpath" class="org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.SearchPath">
      <property name="searchPath">
         <list>
            <ref bean="webframework.classpathstore.presets.custom" />
            <ref bean="webframework.classpathstore.presets" />
         </list>
      </property>
   </bean>

    <!– Presets manager - configured to walk a search path for preset definition files –>
   <bean id="webframework.presets.manager" class="org.springframework.extensions.surf.PresetsManager">
      <property name="modelObjectService" ref="webframework.service.modelobject" />
      <property name="searchPath" ref="webframework.presets.searchpath" />
      <property name="files">
         <list>
            <value>presets.xml</value>
         </list>
      </property>
   </bean>
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You can add another path for Surf to look for presets or simply add another file name, i.e. "my-custom-presets.xml".

Regards
Axel

Re: More presets files in share

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:54:37 GMT

Hi, I choose to create presets file with another name. This is the code:


<!– Add another Presets manager –>
   <bean id="custom.webframework.presets.manager" class="org.springframework.extensions.surf.PresetsManager">
      <property name="modelObjectService" ref="webframework.service.modelobject" />
      <property name="searchPath" ref="webframework.presets.searchpath" />
      <property name="files">
         <list>
            <value>my-presets.xml</value>
         </list>
      </property>
   </bean>
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But, it not works (no errors at startup).
I'm using default searchpath with this code.
I would not override default beans, because the two projects are indipendent…
Any suggestions?

Re: More presets files in share

ddraper — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:38:49 GMT

It is actually not necessary to override the beans definitions any more… there have been some updates to Surf that mean that the any file ending in "presets.xml" will be processed (for example "my-presets.xml" would be processed). Depending upon what version (e.g. Community or Enterprise) and service pack of Alfresco 4.0 you have you may or may not have this feature.

Regards,
Dave

Re: More presets files in share

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:07:37 GMT

ok, perfect.
I'm using alfresco community 4.0.e (it has surf-1.0.0).
Which version of surf has this feature?

Re: More presets files in share

ddraper — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:03:54 GMT

The Surf version specified by the JAR file name has little meaning for Surf… if you open up the "spring-surf-core*.jar" and inspect the META-INF/manifest.mf file you will find an "SCM-Revision" property… this value indicates the revision of Surf that built the JAR.

Using "presets.xml" as a suffix rather than an explicit file was added in revision 1013 so as long as the SCM-Revision property in your manifest.mf file is equal to or greater than "1013" then you will have that feature.

Regards,
Dave

Re: More presets files in share

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:17:57 GMT

In fact alfresco 4.0.d surf revision number is 958.
Thank you Dave for your amazing support!!!

-ft

Re: More presets files in share

gregheller2510 — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:04:00 GMT

We are trying to override the preset for a user dashboard "<preset id="user-dashboard">" using a custom my-custom-presets.xml file stored under alfresco/web-extension/site-data/presets/my-custom-presets.xml. We are on alf version 4.0.2.9 and we package our customization's as a jar file. This override does not get picked up unless we modify the presets.xml under the WEB-INF/classes/

This is the preset ID we are trying to override - preset id="user-dashboard"

Re: More presets files in share

guiguik — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:19:26 GMT

I tried to do the same and I have same problem. My preset define in my jar is not recognized. Does anybody have a solution?