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4.2 Program Own Initializers

Initializers fill the fields of a newly created document with default values.

Interface to implement

For own initializers you need to implement the interface hox.corem.editor.initialization.Initializer with the method getInitialValue.

Parameters to use

The getInitialValue method gets the following parameters:

Parameter

Type

Description

document

DocumentModel

The document which contains the property to initialize.

propertyType

PropertyTypeModel

The property to initialize.

Table 4.1. Parameters of the getInitialValue method


Return Type

Depending on the property type for which the initializer is intended to use the method may return the following values (return type is Object):

Property

Default PropertyModel

Value

String

StringModel

String

Integer

IntegerModel

Integer

Date

CalendarModel

Calendar

LinkList

LinkListModel

ResourceHolder[]

SgmlText

SgmlTextModel

org.w3c.Document

Blob

BlobModel

byte[]

Table 4.2. Return values of the getInitialValue method


Integrate your Initializer into the Site Manager using editor.xml

You can integrate your Initializer into the Site Manager using the element Initializer of the editor.xml file as shown in example.

<DocumentTypes>
	<DocumentType name="SomeType">
		<PropertyType name="SomeProperty">
			<Initializer 
			class="com.customer.example.editor.SimpleInitializer"/>
		</PropertyType>
	</DocumentType>
</DocumentTypes>

Example 4.1. Integrate Initializer in editor.xml


Example:

The next example shows a simple Initializer which checks whether the property to initialize is of type String or not. If it is, the property will get the name of the creator of the document as the initial setting.

import hox.corem.editor.initialization.Initializer;
import hox.corem.editor.proxy.*;
public class SimpleInitializer implements Initializer {
	public Object getInitialValue(DocumentModel doc, 
		PropertyTypeModel p) {
		String result = "";
		try {
			int ver = doc.getLatestVersion();
			PropertyModel pm = doc.getPropertyModel(ver, p.getName());
			if (pm instanceof StringModel) {
				result = doc.getCreator().getName();
			} 
		} catch (Exception e) { } 
		return result;
	}   
} 

Example 4.2. Example of an Initializer


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