Hi Paul,
I don't know much ab VB. In C# the class definition of
PropertyStringDefinition looks like this:
public class PropertyStringDefinition : PropertyDefinition,
IPropertyStringDefinition
{
public IList<string> DefaultValue { get; set; }
public IList<IChoice<string>> Choices { get; set; }
public long? MaxLength { get; set; }
}
I would assume that "Choices" is also accessible in VB. I have no idea
why you can't see it.
- Florian
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
