Eclipse "Import from Server..." function corrupts the JCR

Great alexr2​. Thank you so much for letting us know this fixed the issue!

Regards,

Let me elaborate on the issue, as I see it, and then give you my recommendation for fixing it.

Issue:

Apache Jackrabbit FileVault tool is responsible for Synchronizing files in the File System with content in the JCR repository. Sadly, FileVault version 3.1.38 has a bug that serializes .content.xml file (-the one that contains the node properties-) almost empty.

Since AEM plugin for Eclipse uses Sling-Ide-Tooling internally (AEM Developer Tools for Eclipse ), and Sling-Ide-tooling uses Apache Jackrabbit FileVault tool behind the scenes (sling-ide-tooling/impl-vlt/src/org/apache/sling/ide at master · apache/sling-ide-tooling · GitHub ), we end up having that same issue (-almost empty .content.xml files-) when using AEM plugin for Eclipse.

solution:

The way I resolved my issue back then, since I was using FileVault directly and not the AEM plugiin for Eclipse at the time, was to get a new build of Jackrabbit FileVault tool. You can try to build a new version of AEM plugin for Eclipse (GitHub - apache/sling-ide-tooling: Apache Sling IDE Tools ) or Have a ticket raised with Adobe asking for a newer version of the plugin.

Regards,

Apparently the vaultClipse project is defunct:

Julio Tobar​ I see that I have filevault-3.1.38. I quick Google search did not reveal where other versions can be downloaded. I did find an alternate version "VaultClipse" at http://www.aemcq5tutorials.com/tutorials/configure-filevault-vlt-tool-in-cq/ which I will try next.

smacdonald2008​ the step to reproduce is to use the Import from server... option below:

I ran into a similar issue and it turns out to be a problem with "File Vault" tool provided by Jackrabbit. The version of the tool I had the problem with was 3.1.18 and I had to either degrade to a previous version (3.1.16) or get a more recent build (3.1.42). To be 100% the issue comes from this tool you can:

1) install fileVault in your system (expand the tools from AEM_HOME/crx-quickstart/opt/filevault into any other folder you choose) and configure your PATH to also include this application

3) using "vlt" command do a check out

4) modify some content in the file system and do a check in

5) modify same content using CRXDE lite and do an "update"

6) take a look into .content.xml files and see if there are properties missing, if so, we are 100% sure the issue comes from the file vault version you have. If not, we need to look into other things.

Can you post the step you did to see if this can be reproduced.