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Are nested array node types valid in Jackrabbit JCR?

I'm fairly new to the JCR space and have inherited a project using Jackrabbit/Apache Oak as the JCR implementation.

I have a data model which I'm trying to translate into a JCR node structure like below:

{
    "someProperty": [
        [ "some-property-1", "some-property-2" ],
        [ "some-property-3", "some-property-4" ]
    ]
}

Is this possible?

The reason I ask, is that it seems like all methods for adding nodes on the javax.jcr.Node type take a name.

For instance:

addNode(String relPath)

I'm guessing it'd be best to model out the subarrays (e.g. [ "some-property-1", "some-property-2" ]) as their own nodes, but not sure if this is possible with the facilities at hand.

Please excuse any ignorance of JCR!

In an ideal world, I'd do something like:

parentNode.addNode("someProperty")
    .addNode().setProperty(["some-property-1", "some-property-2"])
    .addNode().setProperty(["some-property-3", "some-property-4"])
Solution

  • No, there is no nesting like that in JCR.

    You could: