topic Found duplicate property definition... in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/found-duplicate-property-definition/m-p/131926#M92700 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have just started looking into Alfresco and here is a problem I have. I have created these three types:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>* fa:base_document - this is a base type which contains some common attributes:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE> <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type name="fa:base_document"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Base Document&lt;/title&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="fa:documentType"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type&gt;d:text&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="fa:productRef"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type&gt;d:text&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="fa:description"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type&gt;d:text&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;&nbsp; &lt;/type&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>* fa:document - this is my document type, this adds only approvedOn attribute</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type name="fa:document"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Document&lt;/title&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;parent&gt;fa:base_document&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="fa:approvedOn"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type&gt;d:date&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;<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>* fa:folder - this is my new folder type, adds two attributes (approvedOn can be set when all documents in this folder are also approved)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type name="fa:folder"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Folder&lt;/title&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;parent&gt;cm:folder&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="fa:productRef"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type&gt;d:text&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="fa:approvedOn"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type&gt;d:date&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 /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>As you can see there is a fa<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />roductRef attribute both in fa:document and in fa:folder - this is a field which is common for these two types.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Now, when I validate this model I get:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>kbryd@mob:~/tmp/alfresco/tomcat$ ./modelValiddate.sh </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Testing dictionary model definitions…</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> alfresco/model/dictionaryModel.xml</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> alfresco/model/systemModel.xml</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> org/alfresco/repo/security/authentication/userModel.xml</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> alfresco/model/contentModel.xml</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> alfresco/model/wcmModel.xml</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> alfresco/model/applicationModel.xml</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> alfresco/model/bpmModel.xml</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> alfresco/extension/testModel.xml</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Found an invalid model…</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Could not import bootstrap model alfresco/extension/testModel.xml</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Failed to compile model fa:testmodel</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Found duplicate property definition fa<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />roductRef within class fa:folder and class fa:base_document</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have read somewhere that the name of attribute must be globally unique, but I don't understand why and first of all how one should proceed in such situations like mine (I don't like the idea to change name of a property each time)? Should I create an aspect instead of that attribute?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Karol</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:43:34 GMT kbryd 2008-01-27T15:43:34Z Found duplicate property definition... https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/found-duplicate-property-definition/m-p/131926#M92700 HiI have just started looking into Alfresco and here is a problem I have. I have created these three types:* fa:base_document - this is a base type which contains some common attributes:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type name="fa:base_document"&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Base Document&lt;/title&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;pare Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:43:34 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/found-duplicate-property-definition/m-p/131926#M92700 kbryd 2008-01-27T15:43:34Z Re: Found duplicate property definition... https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/found-duplicate-property-definition/m-p/131927#M92701 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The real issue here is the namespace applied in your model to make things unique, not the types per se.&nbsp; If I define</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;namespaces&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;namespace uri="custom.model" prefix="custom"/&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/namespaces&gt;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;types&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type name="custom<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />ressrelease"&gt;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Then I can only have one custom<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />ressrelease in that model.&nbsp; If you need to utilize the same attribute name across types, you should either leverage:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subtyping / inheritance</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;aspects</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>If applicable, or in any case – you can always create a separate model with its own namespace to avoid the clash.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:11:22 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/found-duplicate-property-definition/m-p/131927#M92701 jbarmash 2008-02-22T15:11:22Z