I take it that Jackrabbit has no framework to allow custom functions to be added to the XPath (subset)?
Phil :n. On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 13:43 +0100, Alexander Klimetschek wrote: > Hi! > > No, this function is not supported. The XPath defined by JCR is only a > subset of XPath 1.0 and the only functions that are required are > jcr-specifc (jcr:like, jcr:contains, jcr:deref, jcr:score and some of > the Jackrabbit search extensions, such as rep:similar [1]). See also > section 6.6.5 and 6.6.6 of the JSR-170 spec [2]. > > JCR 2.0 will no longer have XPath out of the box, but a java query > model (JCR-JQOM). This means there will most likely be a generic XPath > to JQOM converter that could be more easily and separately maintained > and support such simple functions (as this only means to replace the > current-dateTime() with the date value). > > For now you could do either do it manually in your Java code or, if > you want to manually enter queries, you could write a simple wrapper > that simply replaces the "current-dateTime()" string with the value of > the current date. (I know, this solution won't work for all > functions...) > > [1] http://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/Search > [2] http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=170 > > Regards, > Alex > > > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Phil Weighill-Smith > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > XPath 2.0 has a current-dateTime() function, but don't know if it's > > available in Jackrabbit's implementation. > > > > Phil :n) > > > > On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 10:59 +0000, sbarriba wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> We want to be able to query a set of nodes that have a date property which > >> is earlier than the current date. > >> > >> > >> > >> Is there a function facility within JCR SQL or XPath which will be replaced > >> with the current time/date? > >> > >> > >> > >> I can do it by creating a literal date in Java to achieve. > >> > >> xpathquery "/jcr:root/home/entries//element(*, > >> acm:BlogEntry)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:publishdate < > >> xs:dateTime(\'2008-11-05T00:00:00.000+01:00\')]" > >> > >> > >> > >> .but I'd rather simply do.. > >> > >> xpathquery "/jcr:root/home/acmenodes//element(*, > >> acm:BlogEntry)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:publishdate < sysdate()]" > >> > >> > >> > >> All help appreciated. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Shaun > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > >
