[Aplaws-devel] hint on use of generateXML interface for content types

[<Paw...@ne...>]

Having implemented the generateXML interface on a couple of content type 
to replace their default xml rendering for presentation purposes I ran 
into problems the wrong xsl's use for html generation to the portals. This 
problem only occurred when I implemented the second interface on the 
second content type.

I haven't investigated it in depth, but this can be resolve by adding a 
"objectType" element with the value of the full package and contenttype 
name to the generated element in the generateXML method that implements 
the interface, see the example below:

    public void generateXML(PageState state, Element parent, String 
useContext) {
        Element element = new Element("cms:item", CMS.CMS_XML_NS);

        Element objecttype = new Element("objectType");
        objecttype.setText("[package].[ContentTypeName]");
        element.newChildElement(objecttype); 

I didn't find this in the documentation, but believe it is a good practise 
to follow from already the first content type you have implementing the 
generateXML interface. It can save you some time of confusion.

Hope some find this useful,

Paw Hammerlund Andersen, Principal Consultant
www.net2s.com