Category: AEM OSGi

Default component configurations via Conf Nodes


Have you faced issue of design dialog configurations being overwritten by deployment? Starting AEM 6.1, AEM provides ability to avoid design configuration overwrite, by extracting configurations from /etc to /conf. Example: Lets consider a scenario where business had requested a default title 'Contact Us' for a component. Few months later, they change the title to 'Contact … Continue reading Default component configurations via Conf Nodes →

ResourceChangeListener v/s Sling Event


With introduction of ResourceChangeListener, this blog is an effort to help developers choose between ResourceChangeListener and Sling Event for an implementation. ResourceChangeListener: pros: Can be configured to listen to only specific paths. Multiple watch paths can also be configured to provide it a more granular approach. For a bulk operation concerning N resources, listener will be executed … Continue reading ResourceChangeListener v/s Sling Event →

AbstractResourceVisitor for traversing resource trees


We often come across features that require traversal of a resource tree (e.g. processing assets in a folder). In such scenarios, recommendation is to use tree traversal than queries. More details of similar scenarios can found on link  Sling provides AbstractResourceVisitor API, which performs traversal through a resource tree, allowing a developer to focus on processing child resources. How to … Continue reading AbstractResourceVisitor for traversing resource trees →