Node type not available through BrowseBean?

[davidpisaac]

Hello-

I cannot seem to access a node's "type" property through the BrowseBean in a JSP through a richList.  That is:

<hutputText id="col10-nodeinfo" value="#{NavigationBean.currentNode.type}" />

correctly shows a node's type, but:

<hutputText id="col10-nodeinfo2" value="#{r.type}" />

where r is bound to a node in a richList displays nothing.  Aren't these both Node objects?  I can display name and ID, but not type or path.

I am trying to implement a custom action tied directly to an item in the browse page list based on the object type.  Since the link on the object's icon and name are not configurable Actions, I must perform this test in a modified browse JSP rather than through an Alfresco config with evaluator for an action.

[davidpisaac]

I think I just found the answer to my own question, but I'll leave this post for others.  BrowseBean.nodes apparently returns a list of lightweight MapNodes, that have some but not all properties of a Node populated.

[dhalupa]

If I may add, I think that all properties from Node are also present in TransientMapNode. The difference comes from the fact that TransientMapNode is implementing Map interface. Therefore, in the first case, JSF will call method getType() which will return Qname of node type, while in the second case JSF will not invoke getType() method, but rather, get("type") method of Map interface which will return null.

[kevinr]

If I may add, I think that all properties from Node are also present in TransientMapNode. The difference comes from the fact that TransientMapNode is implementing Map interface. Therefore, in the first case, JSF will call method getType() which will return Qname of node type, while in the second case JSF will not invoke getType() method, but rather, get("type") method of Map interface which will return null.

You are correct.

Kevin

[gilles]

Did you suceed in getting the type of your beans in the richlist?