Chapter 7. Extending Alfresco Content Model
In the previous chapters you were able to create content that had standard properties such as name, description, author, and so on . You were able to add aspects such as Effectivity and Dublin Core to the content using business rules. What if you need to have specific custom properties as per your business needs, custom content that handles the data, and business rules in a way to suit your business needs? Alfresco content model is highly configurable and easily extendable as per your business requirements. In this chapter, we will understand the process for customizing the content model. We will define our own custom properties and custom content type to extend the capabilities of as per business application needs.
By the end of this chapter you will have learned how to:
- Configure a custom content model
- Define and add custom aspect (set of properties)
- Define and use your custom content models
- Define associated documents for your custom content...
