topic Cmis: get types and aspects dictionary in Alfresco Archive

Cmis: get types and aspects dictionary

marcus81 — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:54:11 GMT

Hi, I just start now with alfresco and CMIS API (OpenCMIS and extension).I would get, with CMIS API, a list of types(base and custom) and a list of aspects (base and custom) associated with their defined properties.Is it possible? via a query? For each aspect and type I need to know the type of each

Re: Cmis: get types and aspects dictionary

marcus81 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:37:59 GMT

Anyone?
At least, I would like to know if I can do it or not. With Apache CMIS Workbench I can read the custom types defined on alfresco, but how do I get, via CMIS, the mandatory aspects related to these types and their properties?
Thanks.

Re: Cmis: get types and aspects dictionary

raoul — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:53:16 GMT

Hello,

there is a types collection url defined on your repository. If you browse it, it will return a down method you can use to get what you need.

That's what Apache CMIS Workbench is using.

To get the whole model at once, just add depth=-1&includePropertyDefinitions=true to the down url.

Re: Cmis: get types and aspects dictionary

andy — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:09:13 GMT

Hi

CMIS 1.0 does not support aspects. The alfresco extensions expose then via policies.
This will change with CMIS 1.1.

In CMIS 1.1 the data model does not include the concept of mandatory aspects for a type.

You can scan through all the types and aspects (via policies) and get their properties.

Andy