Edit of property that is multiple

[bgl]

Hi,

I'm trying to implement an aspect with a property that has the xml attribute multiple set to true.
Here is the definition for the aspect :

    <aspect name="ldap:contactsMultiples">
      <title>Contacts LDAP (multiples)</title>
      <properties>
        <property name="ldap:searchStringMultiple">
          <type>d:text</type>
          <multiple>true</multiple>
        </property>
      </properties>
    </aspect>
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For this property, I use a component generator that defines a special picker (that is searching in an ldap repository).

Declaration of component generator in web-client-config-custom.xml

  <config evaluator="aspect-name" condition="ldap:contactsMultiples">
    <property-sheet>
      <show-property
        name="ldap:searchStringMultiple"
        converter="MultipleLdapConverter"
        component-generator="MultipleLdapGenerator"
        display-label-id="ldap.aspect.title"
        />
    </property-sheet>
  </config>
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But when I edit the node with this aspect, Alfresco generates automatically the following interface: on the left of the screen, a panel with a button on the top with "Add to list" label. Then a list of elements selected with the ability to add/remove items. Then I have the panel that I have defined in the component generator (my picker).

I thought I could define something like

<config name="node-type" condition="cm:object">
  <property-sheet>
    <show-aspect name="aspectName" component-generator="MyGeneratorBeanName"/>
  </property-sheet>
</config>
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to force the aspect to be displayed with my component generator but this is ignored so I guess this syntax is either incorrect or unsupported.

So I don't see easy solution to get it work with a pretty interface.

Another question is about display of list of contacts : I would like to have a list displayed. Currently I have a converter but I have to put my results concatenated, separated with a comma. But this is unreadable…

Any idea for those things ?

Thank you !

[jarrett]

Hi,

I know you've probably figured this out by now… but the trick is adding your bean to faces-config-custom.xml  located in tomcat|webapps|alfresco|WEB-INF

The entry would look something like:

<managed-bean>
        <description>your discription</description>
        <managed-bean-name>YourBean</managed-bean-name>
        <managed-bean-class>YourFullClassName</managed-bean-class>
        <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>