Setting Schema reference for Multimedia Component in Java

Question

I have used the below code to set Default Multimedia Schema while creating a multimedia Component.

ComponentData multimediaComponent = (ComponentData) client.getDefaultData(ItemType.COMPONENT, "tcm:246-95-2");
LinkToSchemaData linkToSchemaData = new LinkToSchemaData();
linkToSchemaData.setIdRef(objectFactory.createLinkIdRef("tcm:246-243-8"));
multimediaComponent.setSchema(objectFactory.createLinkToSchemaData(linkToSchemaData));

When I try to run the code I have noticed that the Schema is not correctly set. Can anyone suggest me if there is any other way I can set the Schema reference to create a multimedia Component in SDL Tridion or is there anything I need to change in the above code?

Answer 1

You mention that the Schema is not correctly set, what exactly does that mean? It would help a lot if you could specify where you get an error (compile time or runtime and with what details/stack trace?).

I'm not so familiar with the Core Service Java API, but I was under the impression you could simply set the Schema as follows (no need to use the objectFactory twice in there):

LinkToSchemaData linkToSchemaData = new LinkToSchemaData();
linkToSchemaData.IdRef = "tcm:246-243-8";
multimediaComponent.setSchema(linkToSchemaData);

When reading the example in the documentation (which is using the objectFactory), it would translate to something like this I think:

LinkToSchemaData linkToSchemaData = objectFactory.createLinkToSchemaData();
linkToSchemaData.setIdRef(objectFactory.createLinkIdRef("tcm:246-243-8"));
multimediaComponent.setSchema(objectFactory.createComponentDataSchema(linkToSchemaData));