Re: How to add properties to a nt:file node

[Ian Boston <ie...@tfd.co.uk>]

On 26 Sep 2009, at 21:02, kbar wrote:

>
> I am new to Jackrabbit and I am actually using it via Sling. I would  
> like to
> add properties to a nt:file node. I have read that I need to add a  
> mixin to
> it to allow it to accept properties. Could someone tell me how I go  
> about
> doing this? It would be great if there was a default mixin like
> "mix:versionable" that I could just add. Maybe something like
> "mix:allowproperties" should become a part of Jackrabbit?
>
> For my purposes everything I put into jackrabbit will be a file. And  
> these
> files will always need properties. But the first property that I am
> desperately trying to attach to a nt:file is slings  
> "sling:resourceType" so
> that I can write a html.esp page to display the file in a html page  
> the way
> I want to.


best to ask Sling dev (cc'd)

Have you tried the quick start [1], in particular  ?

Create the header node:

curl -F"sling:resourceType=foo/header" -F"headline=Hello, Sling world" http://admin:admin@localhost:8888/content/header
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Then see [2], it might help

Ian

1http://sling.apache.org/site/discover-sling-in-15-minutes.html
2 http://blog.tfd.co.uk/2009/06/05/file-meta-data/


>
> I hope someone can help me on this one.
>
> Cheers,
> kbar
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