AEM6.4: How do i read properties(or say values) of a resource stored in some 'Xpath' in AEM using Sling Model?

Modifying nodes in /libs is violating best practices, and should only be done when instructed so by Adobe support.

Do you have an existing sling model, which needs to access this data, or do you want to create a new sling model to read the data from there?

Jörg

Okay I understand.

Actually the path('/libs/settings/wcm/designs/default/jcr:content/main/content/links') is where my Design Dialog values are getting stored. So i need to create a sling model that can read values from that path.

Create overlay in /apps to manage your design properties and then read it accordingly.

Adobe Experience Manager Help | Common Repository Restructuring in AEM 6.4

Default Designs

Hi,

the best approach is to create the apps version and then use the API as described by gauravb10066713​.

If you want to know how to use the sling model in order to get some values into a specific path, this is the snippet that you could use:

@Model(adaptables=SlingHttpServletRequest.class)
public class GetResourceFromPathModel {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GetResourceFromPathModel.class);
   private static final String SERVICENAME = "GETRESOURCESERVICE";
   @Inject
   private ResourceResolverFactory resourceResolverFactory;
   @PostConstruct
   protected void init() {
   
  ResourceResolver resourceResolver = getResourceResolverBySystemUser(resourceResolverFactory);
  Resource linksResource = resourceResolver.getResource("/libs/settings/wcm/designs/default/jcr:content/main/content/links");
   //linksResource.adaptTo(Node.class).getProperties();

  //or

  //linksResource.adaptTo(ValueMap.class)
   
   }
   private ResourceResolver getResourceResolverBySystemUser(ResourceResolverFactory resourceResolverFactory) {
  Map<String, Object> param = new HashMap<String, Object>();
  param.put("sling.service.subservice", SERVICENAME);
  ResourceResolver resolver = null;
   try {
  resolver = resourceResolverFactory.getAdministrativeResourceResolver(param);
  } catch (LoginException e) {
   LOG.error("getResourceResolverBySystemUser: Unable to retrieve resource resolver" , e);
  }
   return resolver;
  }
}