On 5/13/08, Matej Knopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Tobias Bocanegra
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > hi,
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> > On 5/13/08, Matej Knopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Since workspace#clone works directly on persistent storage it's usage
> > > turned out to be very limiting for us. All calls to the #clone methods
> > > have to be "self contained" in respect that no nodes can be referenced
> > > outside srcAbsPath, otherwise ConstraintViolationException occurs. So
> > > if i want to clone two nodes with circular dependencies I'm out of
> > > luck, unless i clone parent of those nodes, right?
> > that is true and maybe is a flaw in the design of this method.
>
> Any chance of this being addressed in JCR 2.0? I think this really is
> a flaw and it doesn't have any easy workarounds.
not sure. i'm going to address this on the list. thanks for reporting.
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toby
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> > > So far the only workaround i could think about is to implement own
> > > alternative if workspace#clone, but there are several drawbacks.
> > > - I'll lose the original UUID
> > > - I'll lose history information
> > > - I'll duplicate the binary data
> > >
> > > Am I missing something or is this really the only way to go?
> > currently there is only 1 way of controlling the UUIDs of newly
> > created methods, that is by importing sysview. so what you can do is
> > create a XML snippet or generate sax events that creates your node
> > with the respective UUID.
> > for the sake of cloning, you can also export the node in one workspace
> > and then import in on the other.
>
> If i could simply export node in one workspace and import in another i
> would do that with Workspace#clone. Problem is, that I can't, because
> the node has dependencies. Creating simple XML snippet for the node to
> preserve UUID could work (thanks for the tip), unfortunately that
> won't help me with duplicating the binary content.
>
> -Matej
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