Creating new nodeRef - Alfresco API

Sometime we need to create alfresco node and need to proceed that node. We can create alfresco node but for that we need store to choose, in which store that node will store its content.

e.g.

StoreRef storeRef = new StoreRef(StoreRef.PROTOCOL_WORKSPACE, "SpacesStore");
NodeRef nodeRef = new NodeRef(storeRef, "f8785545-beb0-4e4c-aedc-72a8db70bb30");

Here we used "SpacesStore" as the alfresco store area.

We can have following stores available :
archive://SpacesStore
system://system
user://alfrescoUserStore
workspace://lightWeightVersionStore
workspace://SpacesStore
workspace://version2Store

Getting nodeRef via resolveNamePath

Another way using we can get nodeRef of the content / folder in alfresco.

e.g If we have folder structure in DM is like below :
Company Home > Project > Draft > Account > Order
and we want nodeRef of Order folder we can get like below :

//Normal class

private NodeRef getOrderNodeRef() {

try {

NodeRef companyHomeRef = repoHelper.getCompanyHome();

List<String> pathElements = MyUtility.getOrderPathElements();

FileInfo info = this.getFileFolderService().resolveNamePath(companyHomeRef, pathElements);

return info.getNodeRef();

} catch (FileNotFoundException e)


     {

               e.printStackTrace();

     }

}

//MyUtility class

public static List<String> getOrderPathElements() {

List<String> pathElements = new ArrayList<String>();

pathElements.add(COSTANT_FOLDER_PROJECT);

pathElements.add(COSTANT_FOLDER_DRAFT);

pathElements.add(COSTANT_FOLDER_ACCOUNT);

pathElements.add(COSTANT_ORDERS_FOLDER_ORDER);

return pathElements;

}

Getting parent nodeRef in alfresco

Sometime we require to populate nodes and require parent nodeRef of the given node.
Following snippet will help us to get the parent nodeRef :

NodeRef titleRef = getNodeService().getPrimaryParent(contentXMLNodeRef).getParentRef();

hope this helps !