Feb 14 · 5 min read · Chapter 3 of AEM Learning Series — Understanding how AEM stores EVERYTHING. 📚 What is JCR? JCR = Java Content Repository JCR is a Java specification (JSR-170 & JSR-283) that defines how content should be stored and accessed. JCR Specification ...
Join discussionJan 21 · 2 min read · In AEM, while ResourceResolver is the Sling API to access content, the JCR Session is the core API-level handle to the repository. Every ResourceResolver is ultimately backed by a JCR Session, which provides low-level access to nodes, properties, ver...
Join discussionJan 19 · 4 min read · Lucene is what makes full-text search fast, scalable, and production-ready in AEM. If you’ve ever searched for content by keywords, text fragments, or metadata - you’ve used Lucene, whether you realized it or not. In this post, we’ll go one level dee...
Join discussionJan 16 · 3 min read · In this post, we’ll focus on three critical types of indexes: Property Index – Indexing node properties for fast lookups. Lucene Index – Full-text search capabilities for content-rich queries. NodeType Index – Optimizing queries that filter by nod...
Join discussionJan 16 · 4 min read · In the previous post, we explored how querying works in JCR, the different query languages available in AEM, and what actually happens when a query is executed under the hood. Now it’s time to zoom in on the most commonly used — and most misunderstoo...
Join discussionJan 16 · 4 min read · In the previous post, we built a strong foundation by understanding what JCR is, why it exists, and how AEM uses Apache Jackrabbit Oak as its underlying content repository. We explored nodes, properties, node types, CRX, and CRXDE — the building bloc...
Join discussionJan 13 · 3 min read · If querying tells us what data we want from the repository, indexing decides whether AEM survives the request or collapses under it. Now comes a critical question: How does AEM efficiently search through millions of nodes without slowing to a crawl?...
Join discussionJan 12 · 7 min read · What Is JCR (Java Content Repository)? JCR (Java Content Repository) is a standardized Java API for accessing and managing hierarchical content, defined by: JSR-170 (JCR 1.0) JSR-283 (JCR 2.0) 💡 JCR is not a product. It is a specification that ...
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