#multifield

The feature that I used at first was the “Multi Field Panel”. This feature is inside the “Custom Widgets and Validators” section.

I am pretty sure you as a developer have faced the need to create a multifield property that contains more than one type of fields.

The traditional way to workaround this requirement is to create a custom widget. This for sure take some time, plus it might very complex to maintain it and reuse it for multiple purposes.

Now, with the AEM Commons tools, this requirement and necessity is covered. The field to be used is multifieldpanel. It will store the content in a json string. The tools also offer a custom tag to read this property.

“The multifieldpanel widget is a widget which enables the management of complex items in a traditional multifield. These complex items are composed of multiple widgets.“

JSON:

{"term":"term","definition":"a word or phrase used to describe a thing"}

Custom tag:

<%@ taglib prefix="widgets" uri="http://www.adobe.com/consulting/acs-aem-commons/widgets" %><c:set var="definitions" value="${widgets:getMultiFieldPanelValues(resource, 'definitions')}"/>

Iteration:

The value stored in definitions is a List of Maps. List<Map<String, String>>.

<c:forEach items="${definitions}" var="definition">     <dt>${definition['term']}</dt>     <dd>${definition['definition']}</dt> </c:forEach>