Selecting multiple items from an ISelectionList

Question

I'm writing a jsp that iterates through all content items in a folder, extract certain properties from the content items and display them to the user. One of the property is a multi-valued selection list.
Here's a snapshot of the code:
IContentFactory contentFactory = remoteSession.getContentFactory();
IFolderManager folderManager = contentFactory.getFolderManager();
IContentItemManager contentItemManager = contentFactory.getContentItemManager();
IFolder desiredFolder = folderManager.getFolderByPath("/path to folder");
IContentItem [] contentItems = contentItemManager.getContentItems(desiredFolder);
for(int i=0;i<contentItems.length;i++) {
IContentItem contentItem = contentItems;
String multiValuedSelectionList = contentItem.getSelectionListPropertyValue(contentItem.getProperty("multiValuedSelectionList"));
The problem is, the method getSelectionListPropertyValue in IContentItem only returns the first value of the multi-valued selection list.
Is there a way I can retrieve all the values? I can do it quite easily in Publisher's presentation template but there seems to be no obvious way for me to do it via the IDK.
Would appreciate some help from any IDK gurus out there .
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello,
You are currently experiencing Bug 7804355, where the getSelectionListPropertyValue in IContentItem returns only the first selection, even if the selection list property has multiselect option (and several items selected). No other means using the Publisher PRC API are available to get the needed information about all selections.
A workaround is to directly query the Publisher database for the selections. I can't help you create the database connection code, but I can give you a query that will return the values. As long as your custom application is not overloading the database with queries, this should be harmless.
SELECT *
FROM PCSENUMSELECTED AS es INNER JOIN
PCSDIRECTORY AS dir ON es.ITEMID = dir.DIRECTORYID INNER
JOIN
PCSENUMENTRIES AS ent ON es.ENTRYID = ent.ENTRYID
WHERE (es.PROPERTYID = 24035) AND (es.ITEMID = 42028)
For this example, my property ID is 24035 and the content item is 42028. The selected values of the property are in the ENTRYVALUE column.
You should open up a ticket with support, mention the bug number and let them know that you understand it's a bug and that there is no solution at this time. They can associate your case with the bug and which gives the bug a higher priority for a future fix.