Chetan,
Thanks - this is perfect - I must be thinking thinking of something else.
Do you happen to know off the top of your head if the jcrcontent
loader is used for JSON initial-content? Just curious as to what the
documentation I found on the Sling site is in referenced to (using the
"properties" and "nodes" keys).
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:41 AM, Chetan Mehrotra
<chetan.mehro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Looking at the JsonReader implementation [1] getType
>
> protected int getType(String name, Object object) {
> if (object instanceof Double || object instanceof Float) {
> return PropertyType.DOUBLE;
> } else if (object instanceof Number) {
> return PropertyType.LONG;
> } else if (object instanceof Boolean) {
> return PropertyType.BOOLEAN;
> } else if (object instanceof String) {
> if (name.startsWith(REFERENCE)) return PropertyType.REFERENCE;
> if (name.startsWith(PATH)) return PropertyType.PATH;
> if (name.startsWith(NAME)) return PropertyType.NAME;
> if (name.startsWith(URI)) return PropertyType.URI;
> if (jsonDate.matcher((String) object).matches()) return
> PropertyType.DATE;
> }
>
> // fall back to default
> return PropertyType.UNDEFINED;
> }
>
> It appears that type is inferred from the JSON representation itself. And
> in some cases from propetyName prefixes. So keeping {"foo":1} should create
> foo of type integer
>
> Chetan Mehrotra
> [1]
> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/sling/trunk/bundles/jcr/contentloader/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/jcr/contentloader/internal/readers/JsonReader.java?view=markup
>
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 3:57 AM, David G. <davidjgonza...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Can someone refresh my memory how to specify property types in a JSON
>> file used in a Bundle's initial-content?
>>
>> I could swear i remember reading it on the Sling site, but can't find it
>> again -- i swear that sites randomizes its content every few days just so I
>> can't find anything on it :)
>>
>> I tried using the properties key as seen here:
>> http://sling.apache.org/site/content-loading-jcrcontentloader.html
>>
>> "properties": {
>> "foo": {
>> "value": 1,
>> "type": "Long"
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> However that just creates
>> .../node/properties/foo.value = [String] 1
>> .../node/properties/foo.type = [String] Long
>>
>> As I would expect.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> David Gonzalez
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>>
>>
