Creating component types in N1sps

Question

First, I have created a simple base type called wfbSimpleBase. The contents of which are the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- generated by N1 SPS -->
<component modifier='ABSTRACT' installPath=':[installPath]' xmlns='http://www.sun.com/schema/SPS' name='wfbSimpleBase' version='5.1' description='Wells Fargo Simple Base type' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' author='system' softwareVendor='WellsWare' xsi:schemaLocation='http://www.sun.com/schema/SPS component.xsd'>
     <varList>
          <var name='installName' default=':[sys.name]'></var>
          <var name='installPath' default=':[container:installPath]'></var>
          <var name='installUser' default=''></var>
          <var name='installGroup' default=''></var>
          <var name='installPermissions' default=''></var>
          <var name='installDeployMode' default='REPLACE'></var>
          <var name='installDiffDeploy' default='TRUE'></var>
          <var name='overrideRsrcInstallPath' default=''></var>
     </varList>
     <resourceRef modifier='ABSTRACT'>
          <installSpec deployMode=':[installDeployMode]' permissions=':[installPermissions]' name=':[installName]' user=':[installUser]' diffDeploy=':[installDiffDeploy]' path=':[overrideRsrcInstallPath]' group=':[installGroup]'></installSpec>
     </resourceRef>
     <installList>
          <installSteps name='default'>
               <deployResource></deployResource>
          </installSteps>
          <installSteps name='markOnly'></installSteps>
     </installList>
     <uninstallList>
          <uninstallSteps name='default'>
               <undeployResource></undeployResource>
          </uninstallSteps>
          <uninstallSteps name='markOnly'></uninstallSteps>
     </uninstallList>
     <snapshotList>
          <snapshot name='default'>
               <capture>
                    <addResource></addResource>
               </capture>
          </snapshot>
     </snapshotList>
</component>
This step went smoothly.
Next I tried to extend a new abstract type from it called: wfb_ct. The content of which is the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- generated by N1 SPS -->
<component xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' name='wfb_ct' version='5.1' xsi:schemaLocation='http://www.sun.com/schema/SPS component.xsd' xmlns='http://www.sun.com/schema/SPS' path='/wfbTypes'>
     <extends>
          <type name='system#container'></type>
     </extends>
</component>
When I try to change the name attribute of the type element of the extends to wfbSimpleBase as in the following:
     <extends>
          <type name='wfbSimpleBase'></type>
     </extends>
I get the error:
Unable to check in component
Unable to find component type with name "wfbSimpleBase". (023061)
It does not matter where I move wfbSimpleBase in the folder tree within the N1 repository N1 is simply unable to associate the wfbSimpleBase as the parent type for wfb_ct. When I try to supply a folder path in the name attribute I get a name format error. The only information that I have found in the 5.1 Schema reference that appears to be associated with this is:
<type> Element
The <type> element names the base component type of this component. This element is a child of the <extends>, <componentRefList>, and <componentRef> elements.
The <type> element has one required attribute of type systemName, name, which is the name of the system type component that serves as the base type. If the specified type is one that is defined by a plug-in, pluginName must be prefixed to the type name, such as pluginName#typeName.
This seems to imply that the name attribute of the type element must be a systemName? If this is true how do I get the system to recognize/honor the wfbSimpleBase as a systemName appropriate to extend to a child component?
John Seiberling

Answer 1

Hi,
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Yatharth