Get Type Details

[ramprasad]

Are there REst APIs to look at details of a Type like getTypeProperties(), getAspects(), getParentAssociations(),getChildAssocs()?

[mikel_asla]

Hi

I beleave you mean this

Alfresco Content Services REST API Explorer 

[ramprasad]

Sorry I was not clear. Let us say I want to get all properties and associations of type cm:content (I am at the type level and not at an instance level). Which Restful API should I use to get this information dynamically? 

[cesarista]

Hi:

Do you refer to this ?

How to list and check your custom content models in Alfresco - Checking details about bootstrap cont... 

Regards.

--C.

[ramprasad]

Yes. Thank you. Is there a comparable Restful API for doing this?

[cesarista]

Well, the first option is in fact based on a webscript / REST service.

Regards.

--C.

[ramprasad]

Thanks again.

One last question: Is there a way to include inherited attributes, associations and aspects?

[jpotts]

An alternative to using Alfresco native APIs for this is to use CMIS. For example, here are some Java examples that use CMIS to query for type definitions:

Working with Types - Apache Chemistry Samples 

And with the CMIS browser binding you can query the dictionary service in a RESTful way. You can see an example request/response log by looking at the getTypeDefinition section in the CMIS specification document.