I would suggest that you don't make your "fileNode" versionable. Where you define your "fileContent" nodetype, add the mix:versionable there. Then the metadata of your fileNode can change all you want, but your resource has its own independent versioning.
-----Original Message----- From: Lee F [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 3:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: How to add unversioned metadata to a versioned node? Hello, I have an app that allows users to upload binary files to a Jackrabbit repository. There are also a few pieces of metadata that I am tracking withing each file. For example, description, document id, user, etc. The other requirement is that the files be versioned and have access to historical versions. This is all working beautifully except for one small problem... Whenever the user changes something like the description, the version number for the file goes up one. I really only want a new version to occur when the actual file is replaced with a new one. Can someone tell me how I can store unversioned metadata with my versioned node? Would be much appreciated. Thanks! Here is some sample code to illustrate how I am doing it now.... When the session starts, I register a custom property type.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- NodeTypeManager nodeTypeManager = (NodeTypeManager) session.getWorkspace().getNodeTypeManager(); NodeTypeTemplate nodeType = nodeTypeManager.createNodeTypeTemplate(); nodeType.setDeclaredSuperTypeNames(new String[] {"nt:resource"}); nodeType.setName("fileContent"); PropertyDefinitionTemplate property = nodeTypeManager.createPropertyDefinitionTemplate(); property.setName("description"); property.setMultiple(false); property.setRequiredType(type); template.getPropertyDefinitionTemplates().add(property); nodeTypeManager.registerNodeType(nodeType, true); ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- To change property value.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- VersionManager vman = session.getWorkspace().getVersionManager(); Node fileNode = session.getNodeByIdentifier(id); Node resNode = fileNode.getNode("jcr:content"); vman.checkout(fileNode.getPath()); resNode.setProperty("description", description); session.save(); vman.checkin(fileNode.getPath()); ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------
