The Dynamo content distributor system can be used with a SQL Content Repository that stores both its content and its metadata in a SQL database. Note, however, that the content distributor system cannot be used with a repository that stores any information on a file system, such as a SQL/File System Connector.
The putFile operation of a DistributorSender returns a URL that can be used to access content repository items. A SQL Content Repository can define user-defined properties of type atg.distributor.DistributorPropertyDescriptor. You can then use this property to get the URL of a repository item and use the URL to fetch the content of the item.
So, for example, you might have a repository item type named product. You could fetch and display its URL in a link like this:
<a href="param:product.template.url">link text here</a>
Here is an example of how you might set up a property of type DistributorPropertyDescriptor. You might define a property like this in a SQL Content Repository’s repository Definition file:
<property name="url" data-type="string"
property-type="atg.distributor.DistributorPropertyDescriptor"
queryable="false">
<attribute name="poolPath"
value="/atg/commerce/catalog/ContentDistributorPool"/>
</property>
This tag defines a property named url. Its type is defined by the property-type attribute. The <attribute> tag gives the Nucleus address of a DistributorPool component to use in fetching the content item. If you want to use a single DistributorSender instance, rather than a DistributorPool, you would use an <attribute> tag like this:
<attribute name="senderPath" value="/nucleus/path/to/DistributorSender"/>
