[JCR-4046] Improve observation of files

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Component/s: core
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Carsten Ziegeler
• Created: 20/Oct/16 05:19
• Updated: 18/Dec/19 12:36
• Resolved: 27/Oct/16 08:54

Description

A file in JCR is represented by at least two nodes, the nt:file node and a child node named jcr:content holding the contents of the file (and metadata).
This has the consequence that if the contents of a file changes, a change event of the jcr:content node is reported - but not of the nt:file node.
This makes creating listeners listening for changes in files complicated, as you can't use the file name to filter - especially with glob patterns (see JCR-4044) this becomes troublesome.
In addition, whenever you get a change for a jcr:content node, you have to check if the parent is a nt:file node and decide based on the result.
It would be great to have a flag on the JackrabbitEventFilter to enable smarter reporting just for nt:files: if a property on jcr:content is changed, a change to the nt:file node is reported.
See also SLING-6163 and OAK-4940

Issue Links

• blocks: SLING-6163 Improve observation of files in JCR
• is related to: JCR-4035 consider supporting parentNodeTypes filtering in observation
• is superceded by: OAK-5021 Improve observation of files