Objects inside PCD folder

[Former Member]

Hi All,

I am using semantic API in my application for creating and managing PCD objects in the portal. Now, i need to get the list of all PCD objects present inside a specific PCD folder.

I have used javax.naming.Context for creating iviews or pages in a PCD folder. But, how to get the information about all the objects available inside a PCD folder?

Please help me in this regard. Code examples will be very much helpful..

Regards,

Vijay.K

[Dan_Wroblewski · Accepted solution]

Hi Vijay,

Here is the code snippet:

Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
env.put(IPcdContext.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, request.getUser());
env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, IPcdContext.PCD_INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY); 
env.put(Constants.REQUESTED_ASPECT, PcmConstants.ASPECT_SEMANTICS);

InitialContext ctx = null;
DirContext dirCtx;

try {
    ctx = new InitialContext(env);
    dirCtx = (DirContext)ctx.lookup("pcd:portal_content/DanielContent");

    PcdSearchControls cons = new PcdSearchControls();
    cons.setReturningObjFlag(false); //set if will return an object (created by object factory) or only pcdContext

    cons.setSearchScope(PcdSearchControls.UNIT_ROOTS_ONLY_SCOPE);
    dirCtx.addToEnvironment(Constants.APPLY_ASPECT_TO_CONTEXTS, Constants.APPLY_ASPECT_TO_CONTEXTS);

    NamingEnumeration ne = dirCtx.search("", "", cons); 

    response.write ((ne==null)+"AAA<BR>");

    int i=0;
    while (ne.hasMoreElements()) {
        i++;
				
        IPcdSearchResult sr = (IPcdSearchResult) ne.nextElement();

        response.write(sr.getName()+"-----Attr<br>");
	response.write(sr.getAttributes().get("com.sap.portal.pcm.Title").get()+"-----Attr<br>");
	response.write(sr.getAttributes().get("com.sap.portal.pcd.gl.ObjectClass").get()+"-----Attr<br>");

	String location = "pcd:portal_content/DanielContent/"+sr.getName();
	response.write (location+"<BR>");

    }

} catch (NamingException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Check out the PCD Javadocs for more information on refining this search.

For example, if you only want the iViews, you can change the code to this:

NamingEnumeration ne = dirCtx.search("", "(com.sap.portal.pcd.gl.ObjectClass=com.sapportals.portal.iview)", cons);

Also, you ask the search to also include objects inside roles by changing the parameter in the

setSearchScope()

method.

Look at Detlev's link for some additional caveats.

Hope this helps.

Daniel

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Daniel

I would like to use the above code, in webdynpro,

can you provide the approriate code snippet,

Since i am planning to fetch the iview list by ONCLICK of a button.

Thanks

Kumar T

[detlev_beutner]

Hi Vijay,

lookup the folder and retrieve it's elements through <i>list</i>. See and for example.

Hope it helps

Detlev

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