What is an adaptable AEM?

What is AEM's definition of a resource?

Sling uses resources to create content. The resource can also be used to adapt to other types. An resource JCR-based may allow for adapting to the JCR Node upon which the resources are based. The Resource object is valid as long as it is provided by the ResourceResolver.

What is adaptables in the sling model, other than above? The adaptables property specifies which source objects can be used to adapt the Sling model implementation. Typically this is Resource and/or SlingHttpServletRequest , meaning a Sling resource or Sling request object respectively.

What is the purpose of AEM's sling model?

Introduction: Sling models were released in aem version 6.0. Sling models are basic POJO classes that are automatically mapped with Sling objects (resource, request). these allow us to directly access the jcr property values in java classes. Pure POJO classes.

What is sling in AEM and how does it work?

AEM is built with Sling, a Web framework that uses REST principles to allow for easy development of content-oriented apps. Sling uses a JCR repository such as Apache Jackrabbit or, in the case for AEM, the CRX Content Repository as its data store.