On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Mete Atamel <mata...@adobe.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have 2 questions on MicroKernel add/set property that MicroKernel
> JavaDoc does not seem to answer.
>
> 1- What's the difference between adding a property vs. setting a property?
> Are the two following commits basically the same?
>
> mk.commit("/", "+\"a/key1\" : \"value1\"", null, null);
> mk.commit("/", "^\"a/key1\" : \"value1\"", null, null);
initially we used to only support the 'set property' (create-or-modify) syntax,
i.e. ^"/some/property" : "some value"
however, in JCR there are 2 distinct event types:
PROPERTY_ADDED and PROPERTY_CHANGED
in the mk journal/diff we therefore need to make the same distinction,
i.e. added properties are reported with the '+' syntax, whereas the '^'
syntax is used to represent property modifications.
>
>
> Or are there scenarios where adding a property acts differently than
> setting a property?
>
> 2- Is adding a property twice supposed to work or is it supposed to throw
> a MicroKernelException? For example, this seems to work with
> MicroKernelImpl but is it supposed to?
>
> mk.commit("/", "+\"a/key1\" : \"value1\"", null, null);
> mk.commit("/", "+\"a/key1\" : \"value1\"", null, null);
you're right, that seems to be a bug. could you please file a jira issue?
>
> What about setting a property twice?
that shouldn't be an issue. you can set a property more than once in a
single commit. only the last modification should be persisted.
cheers
stefan
>
>
> Thanks,
> Mete
>
>
