Let us create a template file that allows content creators to enter names of multiple books as well as the names of their authors in a repeating block.
We will develop a custom XML Application that will populate the authors multi-valued repeating property of a document with the names of authors entered in the Template file.
Second_XMLApp_Template.xml)
and attach it to dm_document
object type with Default Lifecycle. The Template file Second_XMLApp_Template.xml
follows:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <BOOK> <REPEATBLOCK> <BOOKNAME/> <AUTHORNAME/> </REPEATBLOCK> </BOOK>
Create a Rules file (say Second_XMLApp_TemplateRule.xml
) for the above template and associate the Template file with this Rules file. The Rules file Second_XMLApp_TemplateRule.xml
follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rules> <tagcontent tag_name="BOOKNAME"> <textline charlength="100" instruction="Please provide the name of the book" label="Book Name"> </textline> </tagcontent> <tagcontent tag_name="AUTHORNAME"> <textline charlength="100" instruction="Please provide the name of the author" label="Author Name"> </textline> </tagcontent> <repeatdef instruction="Provide as many values as you want" label="repeating block for books and authors" tag_list="REPEATBLOCK"> </repeatdef> </rules>
SecondXMLApp.xml
and provide the name of the XML configuration file (without the .xml)
in the Category field of the template Second_XMLApp_Template.xml
. This sets the a_category
attribute of the template.The SecondXMLApp.xml
file is shown below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE application SYSTEM "config_5.2.dtd"> <application> <name>SecondXMLApp</name> <app_pattern> <element>BOOK</element> <!-- Specifying the XML Root element BOOK--> </app_pattern> <map_rules> <xml_content_rule> <element_selection_pattern> <element>BOOK</element> </element_selection_pattern> <variables> <!-- Defining variable to map values in object attribute authors--> <variable> <name>authorName</name> <!--Getting the value of AUTHORNAME template element --> <content_of_element> <element_selection_pattern> <element>AUTHORNAME</element> </element_selection_pattern> </content_of_element> </variable> </variables> <object_type>dm_document</object_type> <!-- Specifying the object type --> <metadata> <dctmattr_repeating> <name>authors</name> <!-- Saving value in authors repeating attribute--> <template><var name="authorName"/></template> </dctmattr_repeating> </metadata> <make_entity/> </xml_content_rule> </map_rules> </application>
<dctmattr_repeating>
: Sets the value of a multi-valued (repeating) Documentum object property.
Here, we have set the value of the authors multi-valued property through the variable authorName.
The variable authorName
captures the multiple values entered by content creators in the AUTHORNAME
repeating element in the Template file.
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