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Sometimes it is also necessary to bootstrap folders and files into locations outside sites. This can also be done with the generic bootstrap patch as follows:

<bean id="org.alfresco.tutorial.bootstrap.patch.foldersAndFilesLoader"
    class="org.alfresco.repo.admin.patch.impl.GenericBootstrapPatch"
    parent="basePatch" >
    <property name="id"><value>org.alfresco.tutorial.bootstrap.patch.foldersAndFilesLoader</value></property>
    <property name="description"><value>org.alfresco.tutorial.bootstrap.patch.foldersAndFilesLoader.description</value></property>
    <property name="fixesFromSchema"><value>0</value></property>
    <property name="fixesToSchema"><value>${version.schema}</value></property>
    <property name="targetSchema"><value>99999</value></property>
    <property name="importerBootstrap">
        <ref bean="spacesBootstrap" />
    </property>
    <!-- Can be used to check if something already exists, if it does then the patch will not be executed -->
    <property name="checkPath">
        <value>/${spaces.company_home.childname}/cm:acmedocument.txt</value>
    </property>
    <property name="bootstrapView">
        <props>
            <prop key="path">/${spaces.company_home.childname}</prop>
            <prop key="location">alfresco/module/bootstrap-content-repo/bootstrap/import-folders-and-files.xml</prop>
        </props>
    </property>
</bean>

The content of the import-folders-and-files.xml XML file has the same structure as the XML container in the Contents.acp we get when exporting a site. So to bootstrap a file it will look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<view:view xmlns:cm="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0"
		   xmlns:view="http://www.alfresco.org/view/repository/1.0"
		   xmlns:sys="http://www.alfresco.org/model/system/1.0"
		   xmlns:app="http://www.alfresco.org/model/application/1.0"
		   xmlns:acme="http://www.acme.org/model/content/1.0">
<acme:document view:childName="cm:acmedocument.txt">
	<view:aspects>
		<cm:auditable></cm:auditable>
		<sys:referenceable></sys:referenceable>
		<cm:titled></cm:titled>
		<sys:localized></sys:localized>
		<app:inlineeditable></app:inlineeditable>
	</view:aspects>
	<view:acl></view:acl>
	<view:properties>
		<cm:name>acmedocument.txt</cm:name>
		<sys:node-dbid>854</sys:node-dbid>
		<sys:store-identifier>SpacesStore</sys:store-identifier>
		<sys:locale>en_GB_</sys:locale>
		<cm:content>contentUrl=classpath:alfresco/module/bootstrap-content-repo/bootstrap/someacmedoc.txt|mimetype=text/plain|size=30|encoding=UTF-8|locale=en_GB_</cm:content>
		<acme:documentId>DOC001</acme:documentId>
		<cm:title>
			<view:mlvalue view:locale="en">SomeTitle</view:mlvalue>
		</cm:title>
		<cm:modified>2015-09-10T16:11:07.875+01:00</cm:modified>
		<sys:node-uuid>34e4a654-b45e-4be1-80db-25da1e4c82a7</sys:node-uuid>
		<app:editInline>true</app:editInline>
		<cm:created>2015-09-10T16:10:49.142+01:00</cm:created>
		<sys:store-protocol>workspace</sys:store-protocol>
		<cm:creator>admin</cm:creator>
		<cm:description>
			<view:mlvalue view:locale="en">SomeDesc</view:mlvalue>
		</cm:description>
		<cm:modifier>admin</cm:modifier>
	</view:properties>
</acme:document>
</view:view>

Besides using patches to bootstrap content there is also the ImporterModuleComponent that can be used to bootstrap/import content into the Repository, for more information about this see Module Components.