Extending the SkyVault Share Document Library

SkyVault Content Services offers a number of extension points for the document library.

This includes:

Repository tier
Web tier
Status indicators
Metadata templates
Actions
Client-side extension points

This documentation also includes a jsNode client-side help object reference and a list of out-of-the-box evaluators.

SkyVault Share Document Library repository tier In order to preserve existing customizations and third party add-ons, a parallel set of data web scripts has been developed to coexist with the previous data web scripts. These web scripts are located in the remote-api project and have URLs starting with /slingshot/doclib2/.
SkyVault Share Document Library web tier In versions of SkyVault Share previous to 4.0, the client-side JavaScript requested JSON data from the repository directly by using the proxy servlet. From 4.0 onwards, there is a new data web script (at /components/documentlibrary/data/) that requests data from the repository and processes the response based on a configurable set of evaluators before finally returning JSON data to the browser.
Override and extension examples You configure new evaluators by using a web-extension/custom-slingshot-*-context.xml file, taking the form of bean definitions.
Client-side template and action extensions Two global events are available to make it easier to add new metadata template renderers and client-side action handlers.
Customizing document library views Within the document library it is possible to select from a number of views. It is also possible to add custom views to the document library through configuration in the share-documentlibrary-config.xml file.
Reference This information provides reference material about the SkyVault Share Document Library; for example, jsNode methods and properties, evaluators, and EXIF renderer source code.

Parent topic: Share Document Library

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