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Autogeneration creates components inside an area automatically, without editor involvement. Anything you define inside the content item will be autogenerated. 

Autogeneration behavior

Autogenerated components behave different from normal components:

  • Ordered as defined: In an empty area, components are autogenerated in the same order as they are defined in the area definition.
  • New components are placed last: If an area already has autogenerated components, newly defined components will be placed last.
  • Cannot delete permanently: When you delete autogenerated component, it is regenerated and placed last in the area.

Autogeneration properties

Configure component autogeneration in an area definition, under the autoGeneration item. Simple example:

areas:
  footer:
    renderType: freemarker
    type: single
    autoGeneration:
      content:
        quotation:
          nodeType: mgnl:component
          templateId: my-module:components/quotation
          quotationText: <p>Carpe diem.</p>
          citedPerson: Horace
      generatorClass: info.magnolia.rendering.generator.CopyGenerator
Node nameValue

 areas

 

 footer

 

 autoGeneration

 

 content

 

 quotation

 

 citedPerson

Horace

 nodeType

mgnl:component

 quotationText

<p>Carpe diem.</p>

 templateId

my-module:components/quotation

 generatorClass

info.magnolia.rendering.generator.CopyGenerator

 renderType

freemarker

 type

single

Properties under autogeneration:

content

required

Parent item for autogenerated content. Put everything you want to autogenerate inside this item.

<component name>

required

nodeType

required

Value mgnl:component defines the referenced item as a component and generates a component node.

templateId

required

Component ID in <module>:<path> format that references a component definition .

generatorClass

required , default is info.magnolia.rendering.generator.CopyGenerator

A generator creates nodes based on the definition. The default CopyGenerator creates a copy of the exact nodes and properties you define under the content item. You can implement a custom generator class that does something else. Implement the Generator interface.