Append Root Node to Topic

Usage

Append a root node to an existing topic.

Attributes

point="com.centrasite.control.topicItems"

class

Interface

TopicItems

boolean appliesTo (Topic)

Collection getItems()

Abstract base class

AbstractTopicItems

Processing

For each topic whose implementation class is derived from a class named BaseTopic (true for all topics contributed by CentraSite Control) it is checked whether there are any extension for the topicItems extension point. Each extension whose appliesTo() method returns true, the collection of Item objects returned by getItems() is appended to the set of root nodes for the corresponding topic.

Provided by

CentraSite Control

Example

Note:

Here, the FileSystemTopicItems extension is an extension of the base class AbstractTopicItems whose appliesTo() method returns true if the value of the topic attribute matches the ID of the topic being passed.