Order property

[robby]

Hi all,
it's posible get the list of the property in the defined (xml) order?
Eg:

<type name="prfix:Type">
         <title>Title</title>
        <parent>cm:content</parent>
        <properties>
            <property name="xxx">
               <title>Prop1</title>
                  <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="yyy">
               <title>Prop2</title>
                  <type>d:date</type>
            </property>
            <property name="zzz">
               <title>Prop3</title>
                  <type>d:text</type>
                  <mandatory>true</mandatory>
            </property>
        </properties>
</type>
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At this point i get the properties map with:
Map<QName, PropertyDefinition> propertyDefsMap = typeDef.getProperties();

This is a map and i lost the sorting.
I want to have this order: Prop1,Prop2,Prop3.
It's possible???

Best regards

Robert.

[robby]

Is't possible write smth like:

ConfigService svc = Application.getConfigService(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance());
Config wizardCfg = svc.getConfig("prfix:Type");
ConfigElement typesCfg = wizardCfg.getConfigElement("show-property");
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Associated to xml:

<config evaluator="node-type" condition="prfix:Type">
      <property-sheet>      
         <show-property name="Prop1" />
         <show-property name="Prop2" />
         <show-property name="Prop3" />
</config>
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All suggestions are welcome!!

Robert.

[gavinc]

No, only the config will return the properties in a guaranteed order, getting the property definitions from the model will not necessarily come back in the order defined in the model (as Maps are used)

[robby]

I want to get the properties list in config order but i can't do that.

It's possible or not???

[gavinc]

Sorry, I misunderstood your question, yes you can get the properties in config order.

With the config example you provide you must pass an instance of a Node object (org.alfresco.web.bean.repository.Node) to getConfig() not a String, if you want to access the config by string you would have to change the evaluator to be "string-compare".

Presuming you are using a Node you can do the following:

ConfigService svc = Application.getConfigService(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance()); 
Config wizardCfg = svc.getConfig(yourNode); 
PropertySheetConfigElement props = (PropertySheetConfigElement)wizardCfg.getConfigElement("property-sheet");
List<String> propsToShow = props.getItemNamesToShow();‍‍‍‍

This will return you a list of the properties (in order) that are configured to be displayed.

Hope this helps.

[robby]

Ok, it's clear..
But i don't have the node object…
I want to retrive the property list using the content type name (Eg: cm:MyType). This because the node object dosn't exists.

The user chose a type, after the choice, I display a form with the associated properties…
My problem is only the property sorting… :roll:  :roll:  :roll:

Robert….

[robby]

OK,
i've changed

<config evaluator="node-type" condition="ecm:TypeName">
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with:

<config evaluator="string-compare" condition="ecm:TypeName">
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Now with:

ConfigService svc = Application.getConfigService(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance());
      Config wizardCfg = svc.getConfig("ecm:TypeName");
      PropertySheetConfigElement props = (PropertySheetConfigElement)wizardCfg.getConfigElement("property-sheet");
      List<String> propsToShow = props.getItemNamesToShow();
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I get all sorted properties list.
Thank's!

Robert.