Extending Alfresco Subsystem

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Introduction

If you're extending an Alfresco repository then ensure you've used proper extension paths. Otherwise, your customization will not be loaded into Alfresco.

Last week, we were trying to extend, Lucene searches to SOLR. When I used the following paths it was not working:

classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/noindex/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/solr/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/lucene/*-context.xml

I encountered NoSuchBean exception. Then I debugged the spring and Alfresco bootstrap code and found the following path for Alfresco extensions.

Later I found I needed one level down to extend the search subsystem.

classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/noindex/noindex/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/solr/solr/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/lucene/lucene/*-context.xml

SysAdmin

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/sysAdmin/default/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/sysAdmin/default/default/*-context.xml

Authentication

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Authentication/alfrescoNtlm/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Authentication/alfrescoNtlm/alfrescoNtlm1/*-context.xml

MIME Type

classpath:alfresco/mimetype/mimetype-map.xml
classpath:alfresco/mimetype/mimetype-map-openoffice.xml
classpath*:alfresco/module/*/mimetype-map*.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/mimetype/*-map.xml

Third-party

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/thirdparty/default/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/thirdparty/default/default/*-context.xml

Audit

classpath*:alfresco/audit/*.xml
classpath*:alfresco/enterprise/audit/*.xml
classpath*:alfresco/module/*/audit/*.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/audit/*.xml

Search - SOLR

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Search/solr/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/solr/solr/*-context.xml

Search - LUCENE

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Search/lucene/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/lucene/lucene/*-context.xml

Search - NOINDEX

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Search/noindex/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Search/noindex/noindex/*-context.xml

Quartz

classpath:alfresco/domain/quartz.properties
classpath*:alfresco/enterprise/*-quartz.properties
classpath*:alfresco/extension/*-quartz.properties

IMAP

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/imap/default/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/imap/default/default/*-context.xml

Outbound SMTP

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/email/OutboundSMTP/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/email/OutboundSMTP/outbound/*-context.xml

Synchronization

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Synchronization/default/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Synchronization/default/default/*-context.xml

OOoDirect

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/OOoDirect/default/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/OOoDirect/default/default/*-context.xml

ActivitiesFeed

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/ActivitiesFeed/default/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/ActivitiesFeed/default/default/*-context.xml

fileServers

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/fileServers/default/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/fileServers/default/default/*-context.xml

OOoJodconverter

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/OOoJodconverter/default/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/OOoJodconverter/default/default/*-context.xml

InboundSMTP

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/email/InboundSMTP/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/email/InboundSMTP/inbound/*-context.xml

googledocs

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/googledocs/default/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/googledocs/default/default/*-context.xml

Subscriptions

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Subscriptions/default/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Subscriptions/default/default/*-context.xml

Replication

classpath*:alfresco/subsystems/Replication/default/*-context.xml
classpath*:alfresco/extension/subsystems/Replication/default/default/*-context.xml