# ValueListProvider backed by Value list Document **URL:** \ **Category:** Experience Manager (PaaS/OnPrem)\ **Created:** [February 6, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/valuelistprovider-backed-by-value-list-document/798 "2019-02-06T16:07:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Davey\_Chu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Davey\_Chu](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/Davey_Chu)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/valuelistprovider-backed-by-value-list-document/798/1 "2019-02-06T16:07:29Z")
Hi community, I have a @ParametersInfo class that uses a @DropDownList valueListProvider with hard-coded values returned by getValueList(). Is it possible to get these values from, for example, a Value list Document instead? I tried to use SelectionUtil:getValueListByIdentifier, but RequestContextProvider.get().getSiteContentBaseBean() returns null (when trying to edit a catalog item from the Channel Manager) Kind regards, Davey ---
**Author:** ![Davey\_Chu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Davey\_Chu](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/Davey_Chu)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/valuelistprovider-backed-by-value-list-document/798/2 "2019-02-07T10:13:10Z")
I got it working using the following code, but I’m hoping there’s a less ‘low level’ way: ```auto public class MyValueListProvider extends GenericValueListProvider { @Override public Map getValueList() { try { HstRequestContext context = RequestContextProvider.get(); Node rootNode = context.getSession().getRootNode(); Node valueListNode = JcrUtils.getNodeIfExists(rootNode, "content/documents/administration/valuelists/myvaluelist"); HstQueryResult result = context.getQueryManager().createQuery(valueListNode, ValueList.class).execute(); ValueList valueList = (ValueList) result.getHippoBeans().nextHippoBean(); return SelectionUtil.valueListAsMap(valueList); } catch (Exception e) { log.error("Error resolving valuelist", e); } return new HashMap<>(); } } ``` ---
**Author:** ![jeroen.hoffman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/jeroen.hoffman/32/43_2.png) [@jeroen.hoffman](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/jeroen.hoffman)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/valuelistprovider-backed-by-value-list-document/798/3 "2019-02-07T13:03:08Z")
Not sure about your use case but did you see the Spring instantiated ValueListManager to make ValueLists available in the delivery tier? See [https://documentation.bloomreach.com/library/concepts/plugins/selections/delivery-tier.html](https://documentation.bloomreach.com/library/concepts/plugins/selections/delivery-tier.html) HTH Jeroen ---
**Author:** ![Davey\_Chu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Davey\_Chu](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/Davey_Chu)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/valuelistprovider-backed-by-value-list-document/798/4 "2019-02-08T12:48:43Z")
Hi Jeroen, Thank you for your reply. The ValueListManager you mention is what I initially tried (indirectly through SelectionUtil). Should it be possible to getSiteContentBaseBean() when editing a catalog item from the Channel Manager? Any idea why it would return null for me? Kind regards, Davey ---
**Author:** ![tiswierad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ad7895/32.png) [@tiswierad](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/tiswierad)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/valuelistprovider-backed-by-value-list-document/798/5 "2020-03-26T20:24:51Z")
Hi @Davey_Chu, Did you have to do anything special to get access to the RequestContextProvider.get()? When I try to use your low level solution I get the error below. java.lang.IllegalStateException: No content bean annotation class resource path found. [INFO] [talledLocalContainer] at org.hippoecm.hst.content.tool.DefaultContentBeansTool.getAnnotatedClasses(DefaultContentBeansTool.java:122) [INFO] [talledLocalContainer] at org.hippoecm.hst.content.tool.DefaultContentBeansTool.getObjectConverter(DefaultContentBeansTool.java:84) [INFO] [talledLocalContainer] at org.hippoecm.hst.site.request.HstRequestContextImpl.getObjectConverter(HstRequestContextImpl.java:926) [INFO] [talledLocalContainer] at org.hippoecm.hst.site.request.HstRequestContextImpl.createQueryManager(HstRequestContextImpl.java:922) [INFO] [talledLocalContainer] at org.hippoecm.hst.site.request.HstRequestContextImpl.getQueryManager(HstRequestContextImpl.java:860) [INFO] [talledLocalContainer] at org.hippoecm.hst.site.request.HstRequestContextImpl.getQueryManager(HstRequestContextImpl.java:846) [INFO] [talledLocalContainer] at com.staplesconnect.cms.components.ArticleCategoryValueListProvider.(ArticleCategoryValueListProvider.java:34) [INFO] [talledLocalContainer] at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ---
**Author:** ![bcanvural](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/bcanvural/32/235_2.png) [@bcanvural](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/bcanvural)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 8:32am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/valuelistprovider-backed-by-value-list-document/798/6 "2020-03-27T08:32:40Z")
Note that you need to setup a few things in the cms webapp to get hold of a valuelist object as bean: in your web.xml ```xml hst-beans-annotated-classes classpath*:org/onehippo/forge/selection/hst/contentbean/*.class ``` Add this to your cms-dependencies.xml ```xml org.onehippo.cms7 hippo-plugin-selections-hst-client ``` And try again