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Carsten Ziegeler commented on SLING-1778: ----------------------------------------- I totally agree that symlink is not the best name, other names which came to my mind like Mirroring etc. are not quiet correct either. So why not Superimposing - it's a little bit long. If no one comes up with a better name, a new patch would be nice :) > Symlinks > -------- > > Key: SLING-1778 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-1778 > Project: Sling > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: JCR > Reporter: Julian Sedding > Attachments: 130704_symlinks-0.0.4.patch, symlinks.patch > > > I have implemented a ResourceProvider, which allows to create symlink nodes > in the JCR repository. A symlink node has a sling:symlinkTarget property, > which should contain a valid JCR path. JCR content from the > sling:symlinkTarget path is then exposed below the symlink node. > There is a mixin node type, sling:Symlink with a mandatory property > sling:symlinkTarget and an optional property sling:overlayable. Additionally, > there is a convenience node type, sling:SymlinkResource, which extends from > sling:symlinkTarget and nt:unstructured. > ResourceProvider instances are registered for existing symlinks when the > bundle is started. Modifications are taken care of via JCR observation. > To get started: > * apply the attached patch to a trunk checkout > * build and install the bundle > * create a symlink node, pointing to some existing content > * access the symlink node e.g. via a browser -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira