Headless Server Developer Manual / Version 2512.0
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January 28, 2026- 1. Preface
- 2. Overview
- 3. Configuration and Operation
- 4. Development
- 4.1. Defining the GraphQL Schema
- 4.2. Headless Server Implementation with GraphQL-Java
- 4.3. The @fetch Directive
- 4.4. The @inherit Directive
- 4.5. Model Mapper
- 4.6. Filter Predicates
- 4.7. Conversion Service
- 4.8. Adapter
- 4.9. Building Links
- 4.10. Content Schema
- 4.11. Using Time Dependent Visibility
- 4.12. Pagination
- 4.13. Remote Links
- 4.14. Taxonomies
- 4.15. Viewtypes
- 4.16. Plugin Support
- 4.17. Apollo Federation support
- 5. Rich Text
- 6. Search
- 7. eCommerce Extension
- 8. Persisted Queries
- 9. REST Access to GraphQL
- 10. Site Filter
- 11. Media Endpoint
- 12. Metadata Root
- 13. Frontend Client Development
- 14. Configuration Property Reference
- Glossary
- Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
- 1.1. CoreMedia manuals
- 1.2. Typographic conventions
- 1.3. Pictographs
- 1.4. Changes
- 4.1. Available Beans in HeadlessBlueprintBaseBeansForPluginsConfiguration
- 5.1. Available context types for the contexts section.
- 5.2. Available properties for !Context and !RootContext.
- 5.3. Available properties for !Matcher.
- 5.4. Available properties for !Push and !ReplacePush.
- 5.5. Available properties for !ElementWriter.
- 5.6. Available properties for !ImageWriter.
- 5.7. Available properties for !LinkWriter.
- 5.8. Available properties for !PassStyles.
- 5.9. Available properties for !PassAttribute.
List of Examples
- 3.1. Example Cache-Control Configuration
- 3.2. Configuring Content Type Resolution for PDF and EPS Files
- 4.1. Creating a ModelMapper for Calendar objects
- 4.2. Creating a filter predicate
- 4.3. Retrieve a value from a struct with the StructAdapter
- 4.4. Different ways to pass the paths parameter to the settings field from the GraphQL perspective
- 4.5. Define SettingsAdapter as bean
- 4.6. Retrieve settings with the SettingsAdapter
- 4.7. Accessing the DataFetchingEnvironment.
- 4.8. Example of a new http request header to be copied to the graphql context.
- 4.9. Example of a filter predicate using the new context parameter.
- 4.10. Example of a custom SuggestionSearchServiceProvider.
- 4.11. Using a bean for plugin in a plugin configuration
- 6.1. Example implementation of a custom filter query.
- 11.1. Retrieving the URI template of a picture
- 11.2. Retrieving the URI template of a picture with an alternative image format
- 11.3. Retrieving the URI or the fully qualified URL of the original file of a picture
- 13.1. Example for Hello World App
- 13.2. Example Component rendering all available sites as a list
- 13.3. Configuring the Apollo Cache
- 13.4. Page query with siteID
- 13.5. Page Component render function
- 13.6. Iterating over all rows of the PageGrid
- 13.7. The PageGridPlacement Component
- 13.8. Installing React Router
- 13.9. The App.jsx rendering with routing
- 13.10. The PageGridPlacement.jsx rendering links around article banner
- 13.11. Identify id of article
- 13.12. Generating the full image URL
- 13.13. Detailview of an article component
- 13.14. Fragment Integration with a separate DOM Placeholder
- 13.15. Fragment Integration of DOM element with custom data attribute
- 13.16. fetching the wanted placement
- 13.17. rendering the PageGridPlacement
