topic defining your own basic data types in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/defining-your-own-basic-data-types/m-p/122785#M86474 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm trying to define my own basic data types using &lt;data-type&gt; elements in my model schema XML file (is this supported officially?). Anyway, I'm getting a "Property type not recognised" repository fault when trying to create a node with properties having one of the newly defined data types. A stripped-down example follows:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Model definition (all data types are just mapped to java.lang.String for now): </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">&lt;model name="s:simpleModel" xmlns="<A href="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0</A>"&gt;<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;imports&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;import uri="<A href="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0</A>" prefix="cm" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/imports&gt;<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;namespaces&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;namespace uri="<A href="http://example.com/model/mymodel/simple" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://example.com/model/mymodel/simple</A>" prefix="s" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/namespaces&gt;<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;data-types&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;data-type name="s<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />N"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;analyser-class&gt;org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.analysis.AlfrescoStandardAnalyser&lt;/analyser-class&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;java-class&gt;java.lang.String&lt;/java-class&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/data-type&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;data-type name="s<img id="smileyfrustrated" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyfrustrated" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-frustrated.png" alt="Smiley Frustrated" title="Smiley Frustrated" />H"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;analyser-class&gt;org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.analysis.AlfrescoStandardAnalyser&lt;/analyser-class&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;java-class&gt;java.lang.String&lt;/java-class&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/data-type&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/data-types&gt;<BR /><BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;types&gt;<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type name="s:myObject"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;parent&gt;cm:content&lt;/parent&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;properties&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;property name="s:AccessionNumber"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type&gt;s<img id="smileyfrustrated" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyfrustrated" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-frustrated.png" alt="Smiley Frustrated" title="Smiley Frustrated" />H&lt;/type&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;property name="s<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />atientName"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type&gt;s<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />N&lt;/type&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/properties&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/type&gt;<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/types&gt;<BR /><BR /><BR />&lt;/model&gt;</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN>Creating an instance of s:myObject via the web service API (logged in as admin; compHome is an org.alfresco.webservice.types.Node referring to the "Company Home" folder):</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">String SIMPLE="<A href="http://example.com/model/mymodel/simple" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://example.com/model/mymodel/simple</A>";<BR />Store STORE = new Store(Constants.WORKSPACE_STORE, "SpacesStore");<BR /><BR />ParentReference pr = new ParentReference(STORE, null, compHome.getReference().getPath(), Constants.ASSOC_CONTAINS, Constants.createQNameString(SIMPLE, "testobj1"));<BR />nameValue = Utils.createNamedValue(Constants.PROP_NAME, "My Test Object 1");<BR />accNumberValue = Utils.createNamedValue(Constants.createQNameString(SIMPLE, "AccessionNumber"), "123456acc1");<BR />patientNameValue =<BR />Utils.createNamedValue(Constants.createQNameString(SIMPLE, "PatientName"), "John Doe");<BR />contentProps = new NamedValue[] {nameValue, accNumberValue, patientNameValue};<BR />createObj = new CMLCreate("ref1", pr, null, null, null, Constants.createQNameString(SIMPLE, "myObject"), contentProps);<BR />cml = new CML();<BR />cml.setCreate(new CMLCreate[] {createObj});<BR />results = repoSvc.update(cml);</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN>This results in:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">AxisFault<BR /> faultCode: {<A href="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server.generalException" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server.generalException</A><BR /> faultSubcode: <BR /> faultString: <BR /> faultActor: <BR /> faultNode: <BR /> faultDetail: <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{<A href="http://www.alfresco.org/ws/service/repository/1.0}RepositoryFault" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/ws/service/repository/1.0}RepositoryFault</A>:&lt;ns1:errorCode&gt;0&lt;/ns1:errorCode&gt;&lt;ns1:message&gt;org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException: Property type not recognised: <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; type: {<A href="http://example.com/model/mymodel/simple}SH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://example.com/model/mymodel/simple}SH</A>&lt;/ns1:message&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{<A href="http://xml.apache.org/axis/}exceptionName:org.alfresco.repo.webservice.repository.RepositoryFault" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://xml.apache.org/axis/}exceptionName<img id="smileysurprised" class="emoticon emoticon-smileysurprised" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-surprised.png" alt="Smiley Surprised" title="Smiley Surprised" />rg.alfresco.repo.webservice.repository.RepositoryFault</A><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{<A href="http://xml.apache.org/axis/}stackTrace" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://xml.apache.org/axis/}stackTrace</A>:<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.webservice.repository.RepositoryWebService.update(RepositoryWebService.java:518)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.invokeMethod(RPCProvider.java:397)<BR />…</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN>Why does this happen? Is defining your own data-types verboten? Are there performance penalties involved when doing this? It appears that the data-types/data-type elements aren't defined in modelSchema.xsd even though&nbsp; dictionaryModel.xml uses them (to define all the standard data types).</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:57:20 GMT multi_io 2007-09-27T13:57:20Z defining your own basic data types https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/defining-your-own-basic-data-types/m-p/122785#M86474 I'm trying to define my own basic data types using &lt;data-type&gt; elements in my model schema XML file (is this supported officially?). Anyway, I'm getting a "Property type not recognised" repository fault when trying to create a node with properties having one of the newly defined data types. A Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:57:20 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/defining-your-own-basic-data-types/m-p/122785#M86474 multi_io 2007-09-27T13:57:20Z Re: defining your own basic data types https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/defining-your-own-basic-data-types/m-p/122786#M86475 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Defining your own property data types is not currently fully supported.&nbsp; New datatypes require serialize/deserialize plug-ins which are not easily developed and configured.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:00:52 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/defining-your-own-basic-data-types/m-p/122786#M86475 davidc 2007-09-28T09:00:52Z