IDfFormatRecognizer gives old content type of documents

Mayur_shivs

Hello ,

I have a method which gives content type of document

public String getContentType (String strPath){

String format = "";

try{

IDfFormatRecognizer formatRec = clientX.getFormatRecognizer(idfSession, strPath, null);

if(formatRec.getDefaultSuggestedFileFormat() != null) {

format = formatRec.getDefaultSuggestedFileFormat();

} else {

format = "unknown";

}

} catch(DfException e){

e.printStackTrace();

}

return format;

}

in this case if i have a word document with extension as ".doc" it gives me content type as "msw" , instead i want latest and most appropriate

content type , when i have checked dm_format by using DQL query " select distinct name from dm_format" for doc it gives me

msw
msw12
msw12me
msw12metemplate
msw12template
msw14
msw14template
msw3
msw6
msw6template
msw8
msw8template

list , now if i have file extension with me how can i get the " name " ie latest and most appropriate content type from documentum for

file path which i will provide

Regards

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bacham2

You're asking too much of that poor old class

I suggest you remove the formats that you don't need. Otherwise, you will need to hard-code some formats in your Java code.

DCTM_Guru

Alternatively, if you dont want to delete the old format class (b/c they are in use), you can update the description attribute for the old format objects and NULL the value out. Then in your DQL query, just query for the ones that have description value.

Mayur_shivs

Hello johny ,

I have scenario where i am getting file path from a method now from that file path or file extension , i want to retrieve

a content type in document so by using query or dfc class other than IDfFormatRecognizer() , how can i do it

Regards

Mayur Mitkari

DCTM_Guru

Like I said, you need to write your own query. I'm guess that the IDfFormatRecognizer() class use the file extension (ie doc_extension) value to determine the format. This is why doc->msw.