[opencms-dev] New Content Definition Questions

[Bart Elberg]

Thanks Manfred.  All of that is implemented and working.  What I was 
really asking about was getting the username to display in the "Locked 
by" column of the table where the content entries are listed.


Manfred Pruntsch wrote:

>Hallo Bart,
>
>>1) Is it possible to get the "Locked by" column to display like it does
>>in the Explorer view? If so, what needs to be done?
>>
>The following code are needed by your content definition to make it
>lockable:
>
>1) variable declaration
>private int m_lockstate = -1;
>
>2) get method
>   /**
>   * Gets the lockstate of the CD.
>   * @returns Integer with the lockstate.
>   */
>   public int getLockstate() {
>      return m_lockstate;
>   }
>
>3) set method
>   /**
>   * Sets the lockstate of the CD.
>   * @param lockstate The int with lockstate.
>   */
>   public void setLockstate(int lockstate) {
>		m_lockstate = lockstate;
>   }
>
>4) isLockable method
>   /**
>   * This content definition is lockable. This class overwrite the
>isLockable method of the abstract
>   * backoffice to flag that this content definition uses the lock feature
>of the backoffice.
>   * @return boolean true if it is lockable.
>   */
>   public static boolean isLockable() {
>	   return true;
>   }
>
>Then, of course you have to add a lockstate field in your datasource (table
>in mysql for instance:
>name: lockstate
>type: int
>length: 11
>Null: not null
>Default: 0)
>You now are able to use the opencms built in lock/unlock mechanism by the
>contextmenu.
>I never used isReadable and isWriteable before but I can imagine it will
>work in a similar way.
>
>best regards
>Manfred
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-opencms-dev at www.opencms.org
>>[mailto:owner-opencms-dev at www.opencms.org]On Behalf Of Bart Elberg
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:34 AM
>>To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
>>Subject: [opencms-dev] New Content Definition Questions
>>
>>
>>I have some questions about adding a new content definition and
>>controlling access to it in the back office/administration view.
>>
>>1) Is it possible to get the "Locked by" column to display like it does
>>in the Explorer view? If so, what needs to be done?
>>2) What controls access to each custom content entry? The documentation
>>talks about implementing isReadable() and isWriteable() methods and
>>calling them in the constructor, write(), and delete() methods. Using
>>that approach just allows the application to generate an exception. Is
>>is possible to make the non-writeable entries grayed-out in the list? or
>>just disable the "Edit" menu entry?
>>3) What determines what appears in the popup menu when left clicking on
>>a content entry? The only menu entries that are displayed currently are
>>Edit, Delete, and (Un)Lock. Is it possible to add other functions to the
>>menu like Copy, Rename, View History, ...?
>>
>>The closest example I can find is the "Module-management" back office,
>>but I haven't found where the magic happens in the code. Any
>>help/guidance on this is appreciated.
>>
>>System Configuration:
>>
>>OpenCMS: 4.6.1
>>Mandrake Linux: 2.4.18-6mdk
>>Tomcat: 4.0.3
>>JDK: 1.3.1 (for compiling)
>>1.4.0 (for JRE)
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>--
>>Bart Elberg
>>__________________________________________________
>>I.D.E.A.L. Technology Corporation - Orlando Office
>>http://www.idealcorp.com - 407.999.9870 x15
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>


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Bart Elberg
Manager of Software Development
__________________________________________________
I.D.E.A.L. Technology Corporation - Orlando Office
http://www.idealcorp.com - 407.999.9870 x15