hi ryan, can you please send me your custom_nodetypes.xml?
in general it should be possible to register nodetypes that have circular dependencies as long as their autoCreated child nodes would not lead to an infinite recursion when you 'instantiate' such a type. cheers stefan On 4/26/05, Ryan Dewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is it expected to be possible to create circular node type dependencies? > > Example: > Node type A has B nodes as its only child type, and node type B has A nodes > as its only child type. > > It works just fine when I initially construct + register the NodeTypeDef's, > ChildNodeTypeDef's etc, and use them in the same session I registered them > in. > > However, when I then restart and jackrabbit reads those new definitions from > custom_nodetypes.xml, it no longer works. The error is: > > ------------- > Caused by: org.apache.jackrabbit.core.nodetype.InvalidNodeTypeDefException: > the following node types could not be registered because of unresolvable > dependencies: <LIST OF NODE TYPES> > > at > org.apache.jackrabbit.core.nodetype.NodeTypeRegistry.internalRegister(NodeTypeRegistry.java:287) > at > org.apache.jackrabbit.core.nodetype.NodeTypeRegistry.<init>(NodeTypeRegistry.java:207) > ------------- > > In summary, the dependencies work when used in the same session where they > where added to NodeTypeRegistry, but the dependencies do not work on the > next go around when read from custom_nodetypes.xml. > > Note: I'm using a jackrabbit build from April 8th. > > Ryan > >
