Trying to get the ContentInstancePage returns null

Hello,

Given the ManagedObject (mo) via event listener, how can I obtain the mo's template?

Based on the API, the first step is to get the ContentInstancePage, then from there, get the Template.

public static ContentInstancePage findBySiteAndContentInstanceId(java.lang.String siteAppObjId,                                                                 java.lang.String contentInstanceVCMID)

Here is what I have:

Site site = Site.findByName(siteName);
SiteRef sr = new SiteRef(site.getId());
ContentInstancePage cip = ContentInstancePage.findBySiteAndContentInstanceId(sr.getId(), mo.getContentManagementId().getId());

I am getting a null result for cip. The mo is from the event listener and my log output indicates that it is passing in the content instance correctly. I do a test for the cip output ( if(cip != null) {do stuff} else { log.error("cannot get cip"); } I am getting the cannot get cip message consistently.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.
Christine

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dsarada

Hi Christine,

I have few basic points as described below. See, if they can help you.

IMHO, there is a possibility that there is no content instance page object (indeed) for the content instance you are looking at.

When you preview content instance and you have a relevant site - content type - format - template association, it is displayed using the template configured at that level. This could be making you think that there is a content instance page though there is none. A content instance page is created only if you edit the instance and associate a template explicitly using the presentation tab.

Thanks,

Deepak.

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Trying to get the ContentInstancePage returns null

Posted byhowellc@franklin.edu (Howell, Christine) On 01-30-2013 15:59

Hello,

Given the ManagedObject (mo) via event listener, how can I obtain the mo's template?

Based on the API, the first step is to get the ContentInstancePage, then from there, get the Template.

public static ContentInstancePage findBySiteAndContentInstanceId(java.lang.String siteAppObjId,

                                                                 java.lang.String contentInstanceVCMID)

Here is what I have:

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.
Christine

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Christine_Howell

Thank you, that is useful to know.

For some of our content items, we have default presentation defined (via site->ctd->presentation) and the item's presentation tab will have the default setting (default).

What I am trying to accomplish here is to determine if any of the content items have a presentation template, if so, then proceed, otherwise, ignore. Many of our 'other' content items are just part of a smart list, where the rest will have some kind of presentation template for it.

Thanks.

Christine_Howell

Hello,

I have found another class in the API that allows me to test for the presence of a template. It is SiteCTFormatMap. Interestingly enough, I think there is a bug in this class.

There is a method that is supposed to return a Template:

findTemplateBySiteCTFormat

public static Template findTemplateBySiteCTFormat(java.lang.String siteId,                                                  java.lang.String contentTypeId,                                                  java.lang.String formatName)                                           throws ApplicationException

But this returns a null for me. However, if I change my code to use two other methods provided for this class, I am able to ascertain the presence of a template: findSiteCTFormatMapBySiteCTpublic static SiteCTFormatMap findSiteCTFormatMapBySiteCT(java.lang.String siteId, java.lang.String contentTypeId) throws ApplicationException

Christine_Howell

Hello,

Seems I am revisiting this once again, this time for a different issue. I do need to obtain the ContentInstancePage (CIP) in order to retrieve the Meta data that is associated with the CIP. There is a static method in the API:

public static ContentInstancePage findBySiteAndContentInstanceId(java.lang.String siteAppObjId,                                                                 java.lang.String contentInstanceVCMID)

I found the associated row in the database in table VGNEXTCIPAGE:

CIPAGEID CONTENTINSTANCEID SITEID METADESCRIPTION METAKEYWORDS METATITLE
0f895271ec85d310VgnVCM1000001e09000a____ 38ceb4f528f29310VgnVCM1000001e09000aRCRD cc19fd2033d72010VgnVCM100000233c010a____ Franklin is committed to offering quality education that is convenient and affordable. Soldiers are encouraged to explore the funding options that may be available to them. Army Students - College Education - GoArmyEd | Franklin University

I wrote the code to obtain the CIP and from there, the Meta data. I even printed out the values of the ids I passed in to make sure I had the right ones:

siteID=cc19fd2033d72010VgnVCM100000233c010a____, ciID=38ceb4f528f29310VgnVCM1000001e09000aRCRD

Yet, according to the results, the cip was still null. It seems perhaps the API is not working correctly?