how to create new data type in datadictionarymodel

[yogeshkumar]

Hi,

Is it possible to create new datatype? like d:list which maps to java.util.ArrayList

if possible please let me know what are all the steps i should proceed

thanks
yogeshkumar

[mrogers]

Yes its possible.   However alfresco already has support for multi-valued fields and If you pass in an ArrayList then it will handle that as a collection.

If you really need a list type, look at how alfresco handles MLText values to persist the values to and from database format.     And in the extreme case you can persist any serializable java object.

[yogeshkumar]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply..

Yes its possible. However alfresco already has support for multi-valued fields and If you pass in an ArrayList then it will handle that as a collection.

[Yogesh] : If i want to pass any collection object ,in the property of my Aspect what datatype i should pass?

Example :

<aspect name="myaspectname">
         <title>SDXProject</title>
         <properties>
            <property name="mypropertyname">
               <type>d:text</type> [What datatype should i pass here?]
              </property>
</properties>
</aspect>

[mrogers]

Something like …

<aspect name="myaspectname">
<title>SDXProject</title>
<properties>
<property name="mypropertyname">
<type>d:text</type>
<multiple>true</multiple>
</property>
</properties>
</aspect>