[opencms-dev] creating instances of structured content programmatically

[Paul-Inge Flakstad]

Hi Eel,  

An XPath is used for identifying an XML element. 

A property is not part of any XML element (although a mapping may exist, telling the system to copy the XML element's value into a property), so an XPath is not something you should consider for this task. 

Instead, try writing your property value simply by using CmsObject:
http://www.opencms.org/javadoc/core/org/opencms/file/CmsObject.html#writePropertyObject(java.lang.String,%20org.opencms.file.CmsProperty)

I hope this helps you! :)

Cheers,
Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org 
> [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of eelboy at aol.com
> Sent: 4. januar 2011 17:30
> To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
> Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] creating instances of structured 
> content programmatically
> 
> Harald,
> 
> Do you know of a way to also set property values using the Helper 
> object?  I've been trying to find out what the XPath parameter might 
> look like... and I've tried a few things, but it doesn't seem to work.
> 
> thanks for any help (again!)
> eelboy
> 
> On 12/22/2010 7:03 AM, Brabenetz, Harald wrote:
> > There are small HelperClasses on sourceforge (Version 1.0):
> > 
> http://bp-cms-commons.sourceforge.net/m2site/infonova/modules/
at.infonova.opencms.modules.commons/1.0/
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > // create a Cms File.
> >   CmsFile file = XmlContentEditorHelper.createFile(
> >        getCmsObject(), "/test/testHappyPath.xml", "onlineForm");
> >
> >   // create Helper
> >   XmlContentEditorHelper helper = new 
> XmlContentEditorHelper(getCmsObject(), file, locale);
> >
> >   // edit XML Content
> >   helper.setValue("Title", "Some test Message");
> >   helper.setValue("InputFieldBlock[1]/Headline", "A Dummy 
> Headline");
> >   
> helper.setValue("InputFieldBlock[1]/InputField[1]/InputFieldIt
> em[1]/FieldItemText[1]", "Item text");
> >   
> helper.setValue("InputFieldBlock/InputField/InputFieldItem/Fie
> ldItemValue", "DummyValue");
> >   // create 4 nested Content nodes
> >   for (int i = 0; i<  4; i++) {
> >       String node = 
> helper.addNestedContent("InputFieldBlock[2]/InputField[1]/Inpu
> tFieldItem");
> >       helper.setValue(node + "/FieldItemText", "Item text " + i);
> >       helper.setValue(node + "/FieldItemValue", "DummyValue " + i);
> >   }
> >
> >   // save XML-Content.
> >   helper.writeContent();
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Harald
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org 
> [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of 
> Paul-Inge Flakstad
> > Sent: Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 2010 03:40
> > To: The OpenCms mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] creating instances of structured 
> content programmatically
> >
> > Hey Eel,
> >
> > Sebastian Himberger has made available some example code 
> for manipulating structured content programatically: 
> http://goo.gl/VA6Wx
> >
> > I'm sure you'll find it very useful. Although his blog post 
> is a couple of years old by now, the code should still be applicable.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Paul
> > ________________________________________
> > Fra: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org 
> [opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] på vegne av 
> eelboy at aol.com [eelboy at aol.com]
> > Sendt: 21. desember 2010 16:41
> > Til: The OpenCms mailing list
> > Emne: [opencms-dev] creating instances of structured 
> content    programmatically
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone have any examples (or know of any online 
> documentation) of
> > how I might be able to generate instances of structured xml 
> content via
> > java code?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > eelboy
> >
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