Is there a way that I can configure custom node types for Apache Jackrabbit to be registered when a new repository is instantiated?
I am automating my build using Apache Maven and have some unit tests to run with JUnit and integration tests to run with Jetty and want to be able to easily set-up and tear-down a test repository.
If you are able to upgrade to the newly-released Jackrabbit 2.0.0, you can programmatically create and register nodetypes. The main hook is the JSR-283 NodeTypeManager which doubles as a factory for new NodeTypes, and a place for them to be registered. Just register them in the setup method of your JUnit tests, and you should be good to go.
I suggest that you define your nodetypes using a CND file and configure your JUnit test cases to register them for you, as in this example. I would say the most appropriate way to do so is to define an abstract test case which performs this configuration.
Also notice that the node types are associated to a workspace, and not to the whole repository.
According to NodeTypeManager, this is a code sample to create node type:
import javax.jcr.PropertyType;
import javax.jcr.Session;
import javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeType;
import javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeTypeManager;
import javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeTypeTemplate;
import javax.jcr.nodetype.PropertyDefinitionTemplate;
/**
*
* @author Aroniaina
*/
public class FileType {
public static void RegisterFileType(Session session) throws Exception {
NodeTypeManager nodeTypeManager = session.getWorkspace().getNodeTypeManager();
NodeTypeTemplate nodeType = nodeTypeManager.createNodeTypeTemplate();
nodeType.setName("FileType");
String[] str = {"nt:resource"};
nodeType.setDeclaredSuperTypeNames(str);
nodeType.setMixin(false);
nodeType.setQueryable(true);
PropertyDefinitionTemplate path = nodeTypeManager.createPropertyDefinitionTemplate();
path.setName("jcr:path");
path.setRequiredType(PropertyType.PATH);
path.setQueryOrderable(false);
path.setFullTextSearchable(false);
nodeType.getPropertyDefinitionTemplates().add(path);
PropertyDefinitionTemplate nom = nodeTypeManager.createPropertyDefinitionTemplate();
nom.setName("jcr:nom");
nom.setRequiredType(PropertyType.STRING);
nom.setQueryOrderable(true);
nom.setFullTextSearchable(true);
nodeType.getPropertyDefinitionTemplates().add(nom);
PropertyDefinitionTemplate description = nodeTypeManager.createPropertyDefinitionTemplate();
description.setName("jcr:description");
description.setRequiredType(PropertyType.STRING);
description.setQueryOrderable(true);
description.setFullTextSearchable(true);
nodeType.getPropertyDefinitionTemplates().add(description);
PropertyDefinitionTemplate motsCles = nodeTypeManager.createPropertyDefinitionTemplate();
motsCles.setName("jcr:motsCles");
motsCles.setRequiredType(PropertyType.STRING);
motsCles.setQueryOrderable(true);
motsCles.setFullTextSearchable(true);
nodeType.getPropertyDefinitionTemplates().add(motsCles);
PropertyDefinitionTemplate size = nodeTypeManager.createPropertyDefinitionTemplate();
size.setName("jcr:size");
size.setRequiredType(PropertyType.STRING);
size.setQueryOrderable(true);
size.setFullTextSearchable(false);
nodeType.getPropertyDefinitionTemplates().add(size);
PropertyDefinitionTemplate users = nodeTypeManager.createPropertyDefinitionTemplate();
users.setName("jcr:users");
users.setRequiredType(PropertyType.STRING);
users.setQueryOrderable(true);
users.setFullTextSearchable(false);
nodeType.getPropertyDefinitionTemplates().add(users);
PropertyDefinitionTemplate groupe = nodeTypeManager.createPropertyDefinitionTemplate();
groupe.setName("jcr:groupe");
groupe.setRequiredType(PropertyType.STRING);
groupe.setQueryOrderable(true);
groupe.setFullTextSearchable(false);
nodeType.getPropertyDefinitionTemplates().add(groupe);
NodeType newnodetype = nodeTypeManager.registerNodeType(nodeType, true);
session.save();
}
}
You can take a look at our code in Silverpeas. We are using Apache Jackrabbit with some unit tests. Currently this is a work in progress on my dev branch : https://github.com/ehsavoie/Silverpeas-Core/tree/feature_82 using in memory repository, loading CND files and testing with spring. Look for example at DocumentRepositoryTest
I'm not sure about nodetypes, but I've read that apache sling has a way to specify initial content when a package (osgi bundle) is installed. Sounds at least similar to what you have in mind.