PCD Attribute not saved for Role Folder

Question

Hello,
I try to change a PCD-Attribute programmaticaly.
If I do it on an iView  (e.g. MyIview) - it works fine.
If i try on a Folder in a role (e.g. MyFolder) - it does not work !
I tryed two different approches - same behavour...
Apporach 1
String pcdLocation = "portal_content/MyRole/MyFolder";
//String pcdLocation = "portal_content/MyRole/MyIView";
IUser principalObj = this.getServiceUser("pcd_service");
Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, IPcdContext.PCD_INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY);
env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, principalObj);
env.put("com.sap.portal.jndi.requested_aspect", "com.sap.portal.pcd.gl.PersistencyAspect");
env.put("java.naming.factory.object", "__IPcdContext__");
InitialContext initialContext = new InitialContext(env);
IPcdContext pcmObj = (IPcdContext) initialContext.lookupLink(pcdLocation);
IPcdObjectFactory pcdObjectFactory =
((IPcdGlService) PortalRuntime.getRuntimeResources().getService(IPcdGlService.KEY))
  .getPcdObjectFactory();
IPcdAttribute newPcdAttr = pcdObjectFactory.createPcdAttribute(PcdAttributeValueType.BOOLEAN,
"com.sap.portal.navigation.Invisible");
newPcdAttr.set(0, new Boolean(true));
ModificationItem[] mods = new ModificationItem[] {
new ModificationItem(DirContext.REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE, (Attribute) newPcdAttr)};
pcmObj.modifyAttributes("", mods);
Apporach 2
String pcdLocation = "portal_content/MyRole/MyFolder";
//String pcdLocation = "portal_content/MyRole/MyIView";
IUser principalObj = this.getServiceUser("pcd_service");
Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, principalObj);
env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, IPcdContext.PCD_INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY);
env.put("com.sap.portal.jndi.requested_aspect", PcmConstants.ASPECT_ADMINISTRATION);
InitialContext initialContext = new InitialContext(env);
IAdminBase result = (IAdminBase) initialContext.lookup(pcdLocation);
IAttributeSet myIview = (IAttributeSet) result.getImplementation(IAdminBase.ATTRIBUTE_SET);
myIview.putAttribute(IAttriView.ATTRIBUTE_NAVINVISIBLE, "true");
myIview.save();
Any idea how to get NAVINVISIBLE - Attribute saved on a role-folder ?
tnx Johannes

Answer 1

Hi Johannes,
I guess you found a working alternative until now, but if not, you should try the other [modifyAttributes |http://help.sap.com/javadocs/NW04S/current/pc/com/sapportals/portal/pcd/gl/IPcdContext.html#modifyAttributes(java.lang.String,%20int,%20javax.naming.directory.Attributes] method on IPcdContext. Your code could look like this:
IPcdUtils factory = PcdAccess.getPcdUtils();
IPcdAttributes attributes = factory.createPcdAttributes();
IPcdAttribute navInvisibleAttribute =
     factory.createPcdAttribute(
          PcdAttributeValueType.BOOLEAN,
          IAttrPcmNavigation.ATTRIBUTE_NAVINVISIBLE);
navInvisibleAttribute.add(Boolean.TRUE);
pcdContext.modifyAttributes(
     StringUtils.EMPTY,
     IPcdContext.REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE,
     modifiedAttributes);
This works in my application, so I never tried working with ModificationItem again. Maybe the implementation is somehow insufficient, but I didn't investigate it further (time pressure kills us all). However, please notice that REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE will replace or create the attribute as specified in the DirContext. Hope that helps.
Best regards,
Fabian