How to use evaluator='aspect' to check for (parent) aspect

[mathias_lin]

I have one aspect which is the parent aspect of two other aspects.

            <aspect name="my:parentAspect">
       </aspect> 

       <aspect name="my:subAspect1">
           <parent>my:parentAspect</parent>
           </aspect>

       <aspect name="my:subAspect2">
           <parent>my:parentAspect</parent>
           </aspect>
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Now I want to use the "aspect"-evaluator in my share-config-custom to apply some customization if a node directly has the aspect "myarentAspect" <strong>or if the node has an aspect that has inherited from "myarentAspect" by having it as a parent</strong>.

<config evaluator="aspect" condition="my:subAspect1">…</config>
<config evaluator="aspect" condition="my:subAspect2">…</config>
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works, but I would prefer to use

<config evaluator="aspect" condition="my:parentAspect">…</config>
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However, this does not work for nodes that don't have the myarentAspect attached, i.e. when they have my:subAspect1 attached.

What's the best practice to check for an aspect regardless whether it's directly applied or inherited somewhere down the hierarchy?

[scouil]

Hi,

To my knowledge, the parent check is not available out of the box.
What I'd recommend would be to define your own evaluator(s) extending from the default *aspect*evaluator.java (depending if it's a component evaluator or an action evaluator) to include the "checkParentAspect" property
If false then just super(), otherwise you'll have a bit more work