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Format property before commit using Behavior

vincent-kali — Sat, 25 May 2019 22:09:42 GMT

I'd like to ensure that a given property is always set as uppercase string.I tried to use a java Behavior to update property value before commit, but this has no effect (see below). Any behavior declaration:<code>eventManager.bindClassBehaviour( NodeServicePolicies.OnUpdatePropertiesPolicy.QNA

Re: Format property before commit using Behavior

afaust — Mon, 27 May 2019 08:00:45 GMT

Modifying the after map NEVER has any effect. The after map is just a shallow copy of the node properties state provided to the behaviour - it does not allow for direct mutation. You have to use the NodeService to make actual, persistent changes to nodes from within your behaviour.

Re: Format property before commit using Behavior

vincent-kali — Mon, 27 May 2019 10:26:52 GMT

OK. I'd like to apply some string 'normalization' to specific properties when set by the user in UI (either share or any other external custom UI).

I was thinking about using behaviors to do that: 1) test if the value set is a normalized value, if not reset the value with the normalize value (which will trigger again the behavior….).

Do you think there's a more efficient way to do that ?