In some applications, it is useful to know when a repository item has been modified most recently. You can set up a special property to store the last-modified time of a repository item. To configure a last-modified property:
Add a last-modified property to the item descriptor. This property must be a persistent, single-valued property. Its datatype must be either a date or a timestamp. For example:
<property name="lastActivity" data-type="timestamp"/>Add the
last-modified-propertyattribute to the item descriptor and set its value to the name of your last-modified property. For example:<item-descriptor name="article" last-modified-property="lastActivity">Include an
updateLastModified<attribute>element in the item descriptor with its value set totrue. For example:<attribute name="updateLastModified" value="true"/>
The item descriptor might then look, in relevant part, like this:
<item-descriptor name="article" last-modified-property="lastActivity"> <attribute name="updateLastModified" value="true"/> <table name=ARTICLES type="primary" ...> <property name="lastActivity" data-type="timestamp"/> ... </table> </item-descriptor>
When items of this type are added or updated, the lastActivity property will be updated with the current time.
