html extension for page links

[sreenu539]

hi ,

I supertyped List component and created a new component with new option "Custom List".

Out of the box "fixed list" links have ".html" extension, where as custom option, model I created does not generate ".html" extension.

Question: what is the best way to generate .html extension (Is it using Externalizer ? but it doesn't seem to generate .html extension )

NOTE:

I have some external URLs such as https://somesite.com/financial-information/quarterly-results

which should not get .html extension but only pages /content/myaemsite pages should get .html extension

Do I need to write any linktransformer implementation and rewriter osgi config ?

I tried to look into https://github.com/adobe/aem-core-wcm-components/blob/d3d89a177d9a5095a648484a1b00d2046e73ce27/bundl...

to see how aem core components doing but could not get to the bottom of it.

[Lokesh_Vajrala]

Hi @sreenu539,

Please check this class & method in WCM Core module - https://github.com/adobe/aem-core-wcm-components/blob/d3d89a177d9a5095a648484a1b00d2046e73ce27/bundl... 

You can use the LinkBuilder implementation to generate the link with html extension.  

[sreenu539]

I have some external URLs such as https://somesite.com/financial-information/quarterly-results

which should not get .html extension but only pages /content/myaemsite pages should get .html extension

[sreenu539]

Do I need to write any linktransformer implementation and rewriter osgi config ?

[Lokesh_Vajrala · Accepted solution]

Yes, you can go with transformer and rewriter config approach if you think the LinkBuilder Implementation is not working for your use-case. 

[Lokesh_Vajrala]

If you check lines #146 && #147 in the LinkBuilderImpl class, the code checks if it is a page in AEM, then attempts to resolve the link and adds the HTML extension. In the case of external URLs, I believe it returns the link without any extension, but you could test it quickly to confirm it suites your case.

[sreenu539]

make sense for single use case / for this component.