How to generate a Format for a Site Content type

Steve_Coffman

I can successfully associate content types to a site using the V7 API.However, I'm having trouble generating a Format that is abinding between a SiteCTFormatMap and a Template. SiteCTFormatMap siteFormatMap = SiteCTFormatMap.create(newSiteCTDAssocData.getId().toString);  How do I add ContentRelationInstances to the Relation storing the Template per Format? 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!-Steve

Steve_Coffman

Ok, I have something that works. Figuring that out was very painful. I'm posting it here for anyone else who tries to do this.

I modelled this on the page.setTemplateForFormat method.

public static void createSiteFormat(SiteCTFormatMap siteFormatMap, String templateName, String newFormatName)
    throws ApplicationException
{
  log.info("createSiteFormat for template "+templateName+" and format "+newFormatName);
  try{
    Template detailTemplate = findTemplate(templateName);
    String templateId = detailTemplate.getId();
    boolean found = false;
    AttributedObject relations[] = siteFormatMap.getRelations("SiteContentTypeFormats");
    if(relations != null)
    {
      for(int i = 0; i < relations.length; i++)
      {
        String formatName = (String)relations[i].getAttribute("FormatName").getValue();
        if(formatName != null && formatName.equals(newFormatName))
        {
          log.info("createSiteFormat found an existing "+newFormatName+" format that we are setting to the new template");
          relations[i].setAttributeValue("TemplateID", templateId);
          found = true;
        }
      }
    }else
    {
      log.info("createSiteFormat no relations.");
    }
    if(!found)
    {
      log.info("createSiteFormat did not find existing"+newFormatName+" format");
      ArrayList arrayList = null;
      if(relations != null)
      {
        List list = Arrays.asList(relations);
        arrayList = new ArrayList(list);
      } else
      {
        arrayList = new ArrayList();
      }
      ContentRelationInstance cri = new ContentRelationInstance(siteFormatMap.getContentTypeRef());
      cri.setAttributeValue("Formats", siteFormatMap.getId());
      cri.setAttributeValue("FormatName", newFormatName);
      cri.setAttributeValue("TemplateID", templateId);
      arrayList.add(cri);

      AttributedObject dummy[] = new AttributedObject[0];
      relations = (AttributedObject[])(AttributedObject[])arrayList.toArray(dummy);
      siteFormatMap.setRelations("SiteContentTypeFormats", relations);
      siteFormatMap.commit();
      log.info("createSiteFormat added new "+newFormatName+" format with "+templateName+" template.");
    }//end of if not found
  }//end of try
  catch(ValidationException e)
  {
      log.error("Unable to set ContentRelationInstance",e );
      e.printStackTrace();
  }catch(AuthorizationException e)
  {
    log.error("Couldn't commit siteFormatMap",e);
  }
}