Re: Checking existence of the repository

[Nicolas]

Hi Jukka,

I had a similar issue (on the backup tool), maybe it could be a good
addition to write a small method to check for the existence of a specific
NodeType and a Namespace.

It seems to be a common use case and catching exception for this is not a
good practice, although not JCR compliant.

If you are OK, with it, I will open a JIRA issue so we can discuss it
further.

BR,
Nico

On 11/15/06, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi,

On 11/15/06, Ted Roeloffzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have made a small web application with JackRabbit and the first time
that
> i run it I have to register the new nodetypedefinitions and the
namespace
> URI. Now is my question this: Is there a generic way to check whether or
not
> your using the repository for the first time?

I generally check whether my namespaces or nodetypes are already
registered. Something like this:

    try {
        session.getNamespacePrefix(MY_NAMESPACE);
    } catch (NamespaceException e) {
        // register the namespace(s)
    }

or:

    try {
        session.getWorkspace().getNodeTypeManager()
            .getNodeType(MY_NODETYPE);
    } catch (NoSuchNodeTypeException e) {
        // register the node type(s)
    }

BR,

Jukka Zitting