I'm using DotCMIS version0.7 + AtomPub binding. My server is IBM/FileNet P8 5.2. My client is VB.Net.

I'm trying to access a ChoiceList I configured in my FileNet/P8 repository.

If I use Java/Chemistry, I can:

1. Query the FileNet Document class definition: session.getTypeDefinition(docClassName)

2. Get the properties, and look for the property with the choice list: docClassTypeDef.getPropertyDefinitions()/ropertyDefinition propDef = propDefs.get(key);

3. Get the choice list from the property: List<?> ch = propDef.getChoices();

PROBLEM:
There doesn't seem to be any equivalent to Java/Chemistry "List<?> ch = propDef.getChoices();" in my v0.7 DotCMIS library.

Specifically, I believe there should be a "Choices" property on IPropertyDefinition. I can't find one.

ADDITiONAL NOTES:
1.  As I said above, the Java/Chemistry API seems to work fine.
I can log on to my FileNet/P8 repository, query my DocClass, find the DocProperty, call .getChoices(), and see the expected values in the choice list.

2. My DotCMIS/VB.Net client is successfully querying the FileNet/P8 repository for the DocClass and associated DocProperties: I can see the choice list in the AtomPub XML:

  ATOMPUB XML RETURNED FROM DOTCMIS QUERY:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<atom:entry xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app"; xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; xmlns:cmisra="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/cmis/restatom/200908/"; xmlns:cmis="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/cmis/core/200908/"; xmlns:p8ext="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/ecm/cmis/p8extensions"; xmlns:cmism="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/cmis/messaging/200908/";> <cmisra:type xsi:type="cmis:cmisTypeDocumentDefinitionType" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";>
        <cmis:id>RGBClass2</cmis:id>
        <cmis:localName>RGBClass2</cmis:localName>
        <cmis:localNamespace xsi:nil="true"/>
        ...
        <cmis:propertyStringDefinition>
            <cmis:id>RGBChoiceList</cmis:id>
            <cmis:localName>RGBChoiceList</cmis:localName>
            <cmis:displayName>RGBChoiceList</cmis:displayName>
            <cmis:queryName>RGBChoiceList</cmis:queryName>
            <cmis:description>RGBChoiceList</cmis:description>
            <cmis:propertyType>string</cmis:propertyType>
            <cmis:cardinality>single</cmis:cardinality>
            <cmis:updatability>readwrite</cmis:updatability>
            <cmis:inherited>false</cmis:inherited>
            <cmis:required>false</cmis:required>
            <cmis:queryable>true</cmis:queryable>
            <cmis:orderable>true</cmis:orderable>
            <cmis:openChoice>false</cmis:openChoice>
            <p8ext:isHidden>false</p8ext:isHidden>
<p8ext:ChoiceListSymbolicName>RGBChoice</p8ext:ChoiceListSymbolicName> <p8ext:ChoiceListDisplayName>RGBChoice</p8ext:ChoiceListDisplayName>
            <cmis:choice displayName="Joe">
                <cmis:value>Joe</cmis:value>
            </cmis:choice>
            <cmis:choice displayName="Dan">
                <cmis:value>Dan</cmis:value>
            </cmis:choice>
            <cmis:choice displayName="Paul">
                <cmis:value>Paul</cmis:value>
            </cmis:choice>
        </cmis:propertyStringDefinition>
3. The problem is that the VB.Net IPropertyDefinition" object doesn't have a "Choices" property:

  IPROPERTYDEFINITION OBJECT IN MSVS DEBUGGER:

?p
{DotCMIS.Data.Impl.PropertyStringDefinition}
DotCMIS.Data.Impl.PropertyStringDefinition: {DotCMIS.Data.Impl.PropertyStringDefinition}
    Cardinality: Single {0}
    Description: "RGBChoiceList"
    DisplayName: "RGBChoiceList"
    Id: "RGBChoiceList"
    IsInherited: False
    IsOpenChoice: False
    IsOrderable: True
    IsQueryable: True
    IsRequired: False
    LocalName: "RGBChoiceList"
    LocalNamespace: Nothing
    PropertyType: String {6}
    QueryName: "RGBChoiceList"
    Updatability: ReadWrite {1}
    <= No "Choices" VB object property available...
4. The last Jira bug relating to DotCMIS "Choices" was Jira https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CMIS-380.
    This was fixed in 17/Oct/11, DotCMIS 0.3.
    The problem in CMIS-380 was  "IPropertyDefinition.Choices == null".
My current problem is that I don't even *see* any ""IPropertyDefinition.Choices".

5. I have not stepped through the DotCMIS library code yet.

6. I have not tested to see if it works in C# yet (my client is VB.Net)

Please let me know if you have any suggestions for what I can try, or what I can do next.

I'm new to the chemistry.apache.org community

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