looks like in these "cases" the property jcr:mixinTypes exists, BUT it is empty, hence JcrPropertyMap#convertToType(final CacheEntry entry, Class<T> type) returns null (instead of the multivalued Property). Whether this is correct or not is open to discussion...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Clemens Wyss [mailto:clemens...@mysign.ch] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:38 AM > To: 'dev@sling.apache.org' > Subject: jcr:mixinTypes property cannot be "casted" to a > javax.jcr.Property > > > in the jQuery JCR explorer I iterate over the properties of a resource > making use of org.apache.sling.api.resource.PersistableValueMap. I.e. > var properties = > resource.adaptTo(Packages.org.apache.sling.api.resource.Persis > tableValueMap); > > I then try to "cast" the property to javax.jcr.Property, > > var property = properties.get( id, Packages.javax.jcr.Property ); > > Now when I browse through /jcr:system/jcr:nodeTypes > (e.g./jcr:system/jcr:nodeTypes/nt:folder) the property > jcr:mixinTypes fails to cast. In these cases I fall back to the > string representation of the property. In case of > /jcr:system/jcr:nodeTypes/nt:folder I get something like: > > [Ljava.lang.Object;@dbd726 > > BUT I would expect jcr:mixinTypes to be a multivalued Name property? > Hence it should cast properly to Property. > > Also noticeable: > I have no problems with the jcr:supertypes property, which is also > a multivalued Name property. >
