Now you can add new JCR repositories or workspaces thanks to an external plugin, the configuration of your JCR Repositories will be merged knowing that the merge algorithm will:

See an example of jcr-configuration.xml below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<configuration

  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.exoplatform.org/xml/ns/kernel_1_2.xsd http://www.exoplatform.org/xml/ns/kernel_1_2.xsd"

  xmlns="http://www.exoplatform.org/xml/ns/kernel_1_2.xsd">

  <external-component-plugins>

    <!-- The full qualified name of the RepositoryServiceConfiguration -->

    <target-component>org.exoplatform.services.jcr.config.RepositoryServiceConfiguration</target-component>

    <component-plugin>

      <!-- The name of the plugin -->

      <name>Sample RepositoryServiceConfiguration Plugin</name>

      <!-- The name of the method to call on the RepositoryServiceConfiguration in order to add the RepositoryServiceConfigurations -->

      <set-method>addConfig</set-method>

      <!-- The full qualified name of the RepositoryServiceConfigurationPlugin -->

      <type>org.exoplatform.services.jcr.impl.config.RepositoryServiceConfigurationPlugin</type>

      <init-params>

        <value-param>

          <name>conf-path</name>

          <description>JCR configuration file</description>

          <value>war:/conf/sample-ext/jcr/repository-configuration.xml</value>

        </value-param>

      </init-params>

    </component-plugin>

  </external-component-plugins>

</configuration>

See an example of repository-configuration.xml below:

<repository-service default-repository="repository">

  <repositories>

    <repository name="repository" system-workspace="system" default-workspace="portal-system">

      <security-domain>exo-domain</security-domain>

      <access-control>optional</access-control>

      <authentication-policy>org.exoplatform.services.jcr.impl.core.access.JAASAuthenticator</authentication-policy>

      <workspaces>

        <workspace name="sample-ws">

          <container class="org.exoplatform.services.jcr.impl.storage.jdbc.JDBCWorkspaceDataContainer">

            <properties>

              <property name="source-name" value="jdbcexo${container.name.suffix}" />

              <property name="dialect" value="hsqldb" />

              <property name="multi-db" value="false" />

              <property name="update-storage" value="true" />

              <property name="max-buffer-size" value="204800" />

              <property name="swap-directory" value="../temp/swap/sample-ws${container.name.suffix}" />

            </properties>

            <value-storages>

              <value-storage id="sample-ws" class="org.exoplatform.services.jcr.impl.storage.value.fs.TreeFileValueStorage">

                <properties>

                  <property name="path" value="../temp/values/sample-ws${container.name.suffix}" />

                </properties>

                <filters>

                  <filter property-type="Binary" />

                </filters>

              </value-storage>

            </value-storages>

          </container>

          <initializer class="org.exoplatform.services.jcr.impl.core.ScratchWorkspaceInitializer">

            <properties>

              <property name="root-nodetype" value="nt:unstructured" />

              <property name="root-permissions"

                value="any read;*:/platform/administrators read;*:/platform/administrators add_node;*:/platform/administrators set_property;*:/platform/administrators remove" />

            </properties>

          </initializer>

          <cache enabled="true">

            <properties>

              <property name="max-size" value="20000" />

              <property name="live-time" value="30000" />

            </properties>

          </cache>

          <query-handler class="org.exoplatform.services.jcr.impl.core.query.lucene.SearchIndex">

            <properties>

              <property name="index-dir" value="../temp/jcrlucenedb/sample-ws${container.name.suffix}" />

            </properties>

          </query-handler>

          <lock-manager>

            <time-out>15m</time-out><!-- 15min -->

            <persister class="org.exoplatform.services.jcr.impl.core.lock.FileSystemLockPersister">

              <properties>

                <property name="path" value="../temp/lock/sample-ws${container.name.suffix}" />

              </properties>

            </persister>

          </lock-manager>

        </workspace>

      </workspaces>

    </repository>

  </repositories>

</repository-service>