Getting/Setting Attributes
The following gets the Object isa Template attribute, and its Inheritance meta-attribute:
IAdminBase myAdmin = (IAdminBase)iCtx.lookup(myObject);
IAttributeSet attrSet =
(IAttributeSet)
myAdmin.getImplementation(IAdminBase.ATTRIBUTE_SET);
// Display Object is a Template attribute
response.write(attrSet.getAttribute(
IAttrPcmGeneral.ATTRIBUTE_IS_TEMPLATE) );
// Display Inheritance meta-attribute of Object is a Template attribute
response.write(attrSet.getMetaAttribute(
IAttrPcmGeneral.ATTRIBUTE_IS_TEMPLATE,
IAttrPcmGeneral.META_ATTRIBUTE_INHERITANCE));
The following sets the Object isa Template attribute to true:
attrSet.putAttribute(IAttrPcmGeneral.ATTRIBUTE_IS_TEMPLATE,true);
attrSet.save();
If the attribute does not exist, it is created.
Text Attributes
Text attributes are translatable and, therefore, generally require an additional parameter that indicates the locale.
The following attributes require the use of the locale:
● com.sap.portal.pcm.Title
● com.sap.portal.pcm.Description
The following meta-attributes require the use of the locale:
· plainDescription
· longDescription
· category
· validValueTitle0, validValueTitle1, and so forth.
The following gets the Title text attribute:
response.write (attrSet.getAttribute(
IAttrPcmGeneral.ATTRIBUTE_TITLE,request.getLocale()));
Attribute Constants
To specify an attribute, use the designated constant for that attribute. The constants for each semantic type are located in a corresponding interface in the com.sap.portal.pcm.attributes package.
For example, the constants for iView attributes are located in the IAttriView interface. The following code checks whether the current iView allows browser caching:
response.write(
attrSet.getAttribute(IAttriView.ATTRIBUTE_ALLOW_BROWSER));