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Custom Content Model Tutorial

jpotts — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:46:44 GMT

If you are new to creating custom content models and configuring the Explorer and Share user interfaces to show the types, aspects, properties, and associations from your custom content model, please read the <a href="http://ecmarchitect.com/alfresco-developer-series-tutorials/content/tutorial/tu

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

vishal3521 — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:22:39 GMT

Hey Jeff,

We are using alfresco 4.0.2, does this tutorial apply for this version too? If not, kindly share any other reference on using custom content model with alfresco 4.0.2. Thanks.

Vishal

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

jpotts — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:03:20 GMT

Yes, the second edition should work fine with 4.0.

Jeff

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

darkstar1 — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:48:10 GMT

As I read in one of your older posts (http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2012/02/27/1555) extending a person is slightly different. I am currently trying to extend a person and I haven't managed to succeed yet. I am currently following this post: http://forums.alfresco.com/forum/developer-discussions/content-modeling/add-properties-user-model-08102009-0710 however I keep getting the error that cm:authority isn't found.
This is the extended contentModel:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!– Custom Model –>

<!– Note: This model is pre-configured to load at startup of the Repository.  So, all custom –>
<!–       types and aspects added here will automatically be registered –>

<model name="cm:contentModel" xmlns="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0">
   <!– Optional meta-data about the model –>
   <description>Professional Person Model</description>
   <author></author>
   <version>1.0</version>

   <!– Imports are required to allow references to definitions in other models –>
   <imports>
      <!– Import Alfresco Dictionary Definitions –>
      <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0" prefix="d" />
      <!– Import Alfresco Content Domain Model Definitions –>
      <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0" prefix="cm" />
                
                <import uri="http://www.syn.fr/model/person/ext" prefix="ppm"/>
   </imports>

<types>
      <type name="cm:person">
         <title>Person</title>
         <parent>cm:authority</parent>
         <properties>
            <!– The tokenisation set here is ignored - it is fixed for this type –>
            <!– This is so you can not break person lookup –>
            <property name="cm:userName">
               <type>d:text</type>
               <mandatory>true</mandatory>
               <constraints>
                  <constraint ref="cm:userNameConstraint" />
               </constraints>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:homeFolder">
               <type>d:noderef</type>
               <mandatory>true</mandatory>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:firstName">
               <type>d:text</type>
               <mandatory>true</mandatory>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:lastName">
               <type>d:text</type>
               <mandatory>true</mandatory>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:middleName">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:email">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:organizationId">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:homeFolderProvider">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:defaultHomeFolderPath">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:presenceProvider">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:presenceUsername">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:organization">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:jobtitle">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:location">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:persondescription">
               <type>d:content</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:telephone">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:mobile">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:companyaddress1">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:companyaddress2">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:companyaddress3">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:companypostcode">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:companytelephone">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:companyfax">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:companyemail">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:skype">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:instantmsg">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:userStatus">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:userStatusTime">
               <type>d:datetime</type>
            </property>
            <property name="cm:googleusername">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            
            <property name="cm:emailFeedDisabled">
                <type>d:boolean</type>
            </property>
            
            <property name="cm:subscriptionsPrivate">
                <type>d:boolean</type>
            </property>
            
            <!– system maintained / protected values –>
            
            <property name="cm:emailFeedId">
                <type>d:long</type>
                <protected>true</protected>
            </property>
            
            <property name="cm:sizeCurrent">
                <type>d:long</type>
                <protected>true</protected>
                <mandatory enforced="true">true</mandatory>
            </property>
            
            <property name="cm:sizeQuota">
                <type>d:long</type>
                <protected>true</protected>
            </property>
            
         </properties>
         
         <associations>
            <association name="cm:avatar">
               <source>
                  <role>cm:avatarOf</role>
                  <mandatory>false</mandatory>
                  <many>false</many>
               </source>
               <target>
                  <class>cm:content</class>
                  <role>cm:hasAvatar</role>
                  <mandatory>false</mandatory>
                  <many>false</many>
               </target>
            </association>
         </associations>
      </type>

      <mandatory-aspects>
    <aspect>ppm:attributes</aspect>
      </mandatory-aspects>
</types>     
</model>

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Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

iprosonic — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:08:00 GMT

Hi, can any one help me create a custom form in alfresco and map the data to content model in alfresco.

Thanks in advance.
Saurabh

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

mitpatoliya — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:20:47 GMT

you mean to say you want to add custom properties to alfresco content?

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

rafaelscg — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:03:55 GMT

If you're looking for how you can create new properties into custom types or aspects, you'll need to se the jpotts link's (The firts comment of this topic). trying too this page below:

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Dynamic_Models

You can deploy your models dynamically, without stop server need's.

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

vassilisx — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:03:18 GMT

When using Greek characters in .properties files they are not rendered correctly in Share. I found that in other .properties files, Japanese for example, the character UTF codes are used instead (eg \u3039).

Is this the only way to display non-latin characters in Share?

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

vassilisx — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:00:24 GMT

…in this post: https://forums.alfresco.com/forum/end-user-discussions/alfresco-share/alfresco-share-wrong-utf-8-encoding-03032013-2350

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

dharinipradeep — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 04:40:14 GMT

I am new to Alfresco. we are using Alfresco 4.2. We are creating a system in which we need to implement dynamic dropdown in content model. I am going through its documentation and tried to create content model as given in doc. I have already created contentModel xml file in /tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension. Even then its not working. Thanks.

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

alfresco-jan — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 12:35:13 GMT

Hi Jeff,
I followed your updated tutorial with Alfresco 4.2.f. I could not manage to use maven for compiling / deploying alfresco. I raised this issue in the google group: http://code.google.com/p/maven-alfresco-archetypes/issues/detail?id=194&sort=-id

Anyway (as a workaround), I extracted the information for this tutorial with a installed Alfresco 4.2f and could use the information for a customised document type (in the folder tomcat7/shared/ …)

I have successfully extended the alfresco repository for a custom document type with custom aspects.
I can access the model changes via the alfresco api (cmis).
The next step is to view the changes in the alfreso share client.

I copied the shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension/share-config-custom.xml.sample

and extended this file as seen in the vimdiff screenshot (attached)

From the tutorial steps, I am stuck at Part 2 (Configuring Alfresco Share), Step 3 test / see your changes.

I can add a new rule: specify content type -> new custom content type (in my case kivitendo:doc)

I can also see my custom aspects, but if I try to add this aspect (even if I changed the type to my custom doc model), I get the error: "Could not change aspect".

I am grateful for any hints …

thx,
Jan

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

rjohnson — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 22:54:19 GMT

You should find a lengthy error in alfresco.log.

That should give you a good pointer to your problem.

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

alfresco-jan — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:59:00 GMT

The only thing which appears in the log file (acces..log), are two successful posts and after that normal gets (all with 200 return-code)
POST /share/proxy/alfresco/slingshot/doclib/action/aspects/node/workspace/SpacesStore/89a2a125-c738-4295-a2a7-5c7b2474bbda HTTP/1.1" 200 355
127.0.0.1 - -
[10/Nov/2014:16:55:29 +0100] "POST /alfresco/s/slingshot/doclib/action/aspects/node/workspace/SpacesStore/89a2a125-c738-4295-a2a7-5c7b2474bbda?alf_ticket=TICKET_fa2fe196b4f5ee498f580c12248d8603ed25aa9a HTTP/1.1" 200 355

Probably the error is thrown via ajax in my browser client?

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

jpotts — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:09:48 GMT

That looks like something from the Share log rather than the underlying catalina.out. There should be an exception being thrown or something that hints at why the aspect couldn't be set.

Jeff

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

mvicidomini — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:50:20 GMT

Hello All I would like to create a custom model for invoices. As I am a beginner I'm trying to use some tutorial, but after having spent hours I cannot managed to setup my custom model/type.
When I try to change the type of a document I have this error in the log file :

Namespace prefix my is not mapped to a namespace URI.

Could someone help me ?

I have attached my customModel.xml and custom-model-context.xml files

Thanks in advance

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

mrogers — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:05:14 GMT

Can't see any error in what you have posted.

How have you deployed this code and was there any more of the error message?

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

mvicidomini — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:17:05 GMT

I have posted my xml files only.
Pleased find below an example of the log.
Has I have a test instance of Alfresco, I have just modified the xml and the restart the app.

2015-01-22 16:16:41,275 ERROR [extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime] [ajp-bio-8009-exec-12] Exception from executeScript - redirecting to status template error: 00220000 Wrapped Exception (with status template): 00220006 Failed to execute script 'classpath*:alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/type.post.json.js': Namespace prefix ft is not mapped to a namespace URI
org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptException: 00220000 Wrapped Exception (with status template): 00220006 Failed to execute script 'classpath*:alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/type.post.json.js': Namespace prefix ft is not mapped to a namespace URI
   at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractWebScript.createStatusException(AbstractWebScript.java:1126)
   at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript.execute(DeclarativeWebScript.java:171)
   at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer$3.execute(RepositoryContainer.java:470)
   at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:454)
   at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecute(RepositoryContainer.java:532)
   at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecuteAs(RepositoryContainer.java:600)
   at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.executeScriptInternal(RepositoryContainer.java:380)
   at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.executeScript(RepositoryContainer.java:261)
   at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:378)
   at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:209)
   at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.servlet.WebScriptServlet.service(WebScriptServlet.java:132)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
   at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
   at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.GlobalLocalizationFilter.doFilter(GlobalLocalizationFilter.java:61)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
   at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:503)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170)
   at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
   at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
   at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:421)
   at org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.process(AjpProcessor.java:190)
   at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:611)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:314)
   at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
   at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.alfresco.scripts.ScriptException: 00220006 Failed to execute script 'classpath*:alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/type.post.json.js': Namespace prefix ft is not mapped to a namespace URI
   at org.alfresco.repo.jscript.RhinoScriptProcessor.execute(RhinoScriptProcessor.java:204)
   at org.alfresco.repo.processor.ScriptServiceImpl.execute(ScriptServiceImpl.java:212)
   at org.alfresco.repo.processor.ScriptServiceImpl.executeScript(ScriptServiceImpl.java:174)
   at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryScriptProcessor.executeScript(RepositoryScriptProcessor.java:102)
   at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractWebScript.executeScript(AbstractWebScript.java:1364)
   at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript.execute(DeclarativeWebScript.java:86)
   … 33 more
Caused by: org.alfresco.service.namespace.NamespaceException: Namespace prefix ft is not mapped to a namespace URI
   at org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName.createQName(QName.java:102)
   at org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName.createQName(QName.java:124)
   at org.alfresco.repo.jscript.ScriptNode.createQName(ScriptNode.java:3471)
   at org.alfresco.repo.jscript.ScriptNode.specializeType(ScriptNode.java:1718)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
   at org.mozilla.javascript.MemberBox.invoke(MemberBox.java:126)
   at org.mozilla.javascript.NativeJavaMethod.call(NativeJavaMethod.java:225)
   at org.mozilla.javascript.optimizer.OptRuntime.call1(OptRuntime.java:32)
   at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.classpath__alfresco_templates_webscripts_org_alfresco_slingshot_documentlibrary_type_post_json_js_16._c_main_1(classpath*:alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/type.post.json.js:24)
   at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.classpath__alfresco_templates_webscripts_org_alfresco_slingshot_documentlibrary_type_post_json_js_16.call(classpath*:alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/type.post.json.js)
   at org.mozilla.javascript.optimizer.OptRuntime.callName0(OptRuntime.java:74)
   at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.classpath__alfresco_templates_webscripts_org_alfresco_slingshot_documentlibrary_type_post_json_js_16._c_script_0(classpath*:alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/type.post.json.js:33)
   at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.classpath__alfresco_templates_webscripts_org_alfresco_slingshot_documentlibrary_type_post_json_js_16.call(classpath*:alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/type.post.json.js)
   at org.mozilla.javascript.ContextFactory.doTopCall(ContextFactory.java:394)
   at org.mozilla.javascript.ScriptRuntime.doTopCall(ScriptRuntime.java:3091)
   at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.classpath__alfresco_templates_webscripts_org_alfresco_slingshot_documentlibrary_type_post_json_js_16.call(classpath*:alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/type.post.json.js)
   at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.classpath__alfresco_templates_webscripts_org_alfresco_slingshot_documentlibrary_type_post_json_js_16.exec(classpath*:alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/type.post.json.js)
   at org.alfresco.repo.jscript.RhinoScriptProcessor.executeScriptImpl(RhinoScriptProcessor.java:502)
   at org.alfresco.repo.jscript.RhinoScriptProcessor.execute(RhinoScriptProcessor.java:200)
   … 38 more

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

jpotts — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:26:11 GMT

The error complains about a namespace prefix called "ft" but your namespace abbreviation according to your content model XML is "my". You need to make sure that all of the namespace prefixes you are using are declared in your content model XML.

Jeff

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

mvicidomini — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 14:26:38 GMT

Sorry here is the file but I still have the same issue.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!– Definition of new Model –>
<model name="ft:modelfactures" xmlns="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0">
    <!– Optional meta-data about the model –>
    <description>Someco Model</description>
    <author>Jeff Potts</author>
    <version>1.0</version>

    <!– Imports are required to allow references to definitions in other models –>
    <imports>
        <!– Import Alfresco Dictionary Definitions –>
        <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0" prefix="d" />
        <!– Import Alfresco Content Domain Model Definitions –>
        <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0" prefix="cm" />
    </imports>

    <!– Introduction of new namespaces defined by this model –>
    <namespaces>
        <namespace uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/factures/1.0" prefix="ft" />
    </namespaces>
    <types>
     <!– Definition of new Content Type: Standard Operating Procedure –>
      <type name="ft:facture">
         <title>Factures</title>
         <parent>cm:content</parent>
         <properties>
            <property name="ftublishedDate">
               <type>d:datetime</type>
            </property>
            <property name="ft:authorisedBy">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
         </properties>
         <associations>
            <association name="ft:signOff">
               <source>
                  <mandatory>false</mandatory>
                  <many>true</many>
               </source>
               <target>
                  <class>cm:content</class>
                  <mandatory>false</mandatory>
                  <many>false</many>
               </target>
            </association>
            <child-association name="ftrocessSteps">
               <source>
                  <mandatory>false</mandatory>
                  <many>true</many>
               </source>
               <target>
                  <class>cm:content</class>
                  <mandatory>false</mandatory>
                  <many>true</many>
               </target>
         </child-association>
         </associations>
      </type>

    </types>

    <aspects>
      <!– Definition of new Content Aspect: Image Classification –>
      <aspect name="ft:imageClassification">
         <title>Image Classfication</title>
         <properties>
            <property name="ft:width">
               <type>d:int</type>
            </property>
            <property name="ft:height">
               <type>d:int</type>
            </property>
            <property name="ft:resolution">
               <type>d:int</type>
            </property>
         </properties>
      </aspect>

   </aspects>
   </model>

Re: Custom Content Model Tutorial

mvicidomini — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 07:38:52 GMT

Sorry here it is