How to know type of node (content or folder) when I have NodeRef and NodeService in scope (Java API)

SG — Wed, 13 May 2020 16:59:38 GMT

I have a particular nodeRef variable and nodeService variable in scope inside the java code/method. How can I know the type of the nodeRef - whether it is of type contnet, or type folder.

It seems that nodeRef ( org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef API does not offer any method like getType, or getNodeType.

With nodeRef in scope, how can I know whether the type is content or folder?

Re: How to know type of node (content or folder) when I have NodeRef and NodeService in scope (Java

abhinavmishra14 — Wed, 13 May 2020 21:05:29 GMT

Well you are looking into wrong class. You have nodeRef and nodeService.

when you call nodeService.getType(nodeRef), you will get the type as QName.

final QName nodeType = nodeService.getType(nodeRef);

Some examples:

If nodeRef is of content type (cm:content), you will get following result when you print the node type:

{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}content 

If nodeRef is of content type (cm:folder), you will get following result when you print the node type:

{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}folder

If nodeRef is of custom type (demo:whitePaper), you will get following result when you print the node type:

{http://www.xyz.com/model/demo/1.0}whitePaper (here http://www.xyz.com/model/demo/1.0 is namespace of your custom model)

Refer this javadoc to know more about QName : http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/AlfrescoOne/5.0/PublicAPI/org/alfresco/service/namespace/QName.html

Refer this javadoc for more detail on nodeService methods and getType method:

http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/AlfrescoOne/5.0/PublicAPI/org/alfresco/service/cmr/repository/NodeService.html#getType(org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef)

topic How to know type of node (content or folder) when I have NodeRef and NodeService in scope (Java API) in Alfresco Forum

How to know type of node (content or folder) when I have NodeRef and NodeService in scope (Java API)

Re: How to know type of node (content or folder) when I have NodeRef and NodeService in scope (Java