Attribute value must be constant error using Contentful Space

Question

Am getting the error message:

Attribute value must be constant

while defining a Space annotation for my Space class:

I've looked at the question In Java why this error: 'attribute value must be constant'? which is the closest to my problem but it doesn't help.

Am using the latest Vault library:

compile 'com.contentful.vault:core:2.1.0'

The previous version didn't require a Locale attribute. How do I solve this?

It would have been easier to help you if you'd provided your code as *text* and then the error message as text beneath it. That would have given us just as much information, but then I wouldn't be having to type out the declaration again manually in an answer... — Jon Skeet, Jan 20 '17 at 08:01

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '17 at 08:01

7

If you look at the Javadoc for Space you'll see that the locales attribute is a String[] - so just provide the IDs of the locals:

@Space(value = "id",
       dbVersion = 1,
       models = NewsVault.class,
       locales = { "en" })

answered Jan 20 '17 at 08:01

Jon Skeet

Mario Bodemann · Answer 2 · 2017-01-20T08:17:02.153

3

Mario, Java Ecosystem Developer at Contentful, here. The easiest would be to declare Locale.ENGLISH like so:

public static final String ENGLISH = "en-US";

Or whatever your default locale is. Alternatively you could just use the string from above instead of the constant.

Greetings, Mario

edited Jan 20 '17 at 08:17

answered Jan 20 '17 at 08:03

Mario Bodemann

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