[SLING-6090] Avoid using nt:resource while creating file nodes via SlingPostServlet

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: Servlets
• Assignee: Chetan Mehrotra
• Reporter: Chetan Mehrotra
• Created: 03/Oct/16 04:39
• Updated: 28/Sep/23 13:42
• Resolved: 28/Sep/23 13:42

Description

Currently Sling uses nt:resource nodetype while creating file nodes in SlingFileUploadHandler and StreamedChunk.

As discussed in OAK-4567 and also in best practices at [1] it would be better to avoid using a referenceable nodetype and instead use another nodetype like oak:Resource

Mail thread on DL

[1] https://adapt.to/2016/en/schedule/let_s-run-the-whole-web-on-apache-sling-and-oak-.html
[2] http://markmail.org/thread/77xvjxtx42euhss4
[3] http://markmail.org/thread/tnqbcegadnyaflw4

Issue Links

• relates to: OAK-4567 Define oak:Resource nodetype as non referenceable alternative to nt:resource