topic Problem moving node in an Action in Alfresco Archive

Problem moving node in an Action

ruffp — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:31:14 GMT

Hello,I get a problem with moving nodes inside an Alfresco Action. Here the details of my task: 1. Put 2 OpenOffice/StarOffice document (.odt) in a specific folder by FTP 2. A specific rule (Action) is launched to process the documents - Make some checks - Create subdirectories if doesn t exist

Re: Problem moving node in an Action

mabayona — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:08:23 GMT

The solution is easy. You need to be sure that the directories/spaces are COMPLETELLY created and STORED before moving the file in the directory. The solution is to force the creation of the spaces. This is done calling the save() function on the created space (where you plan to store the file). I had such problem and this solved the problem.

Re: Problem moving node in an Action

ruffp — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:43:24 GMT

Thanks for the answer.

The save() method you mention is when programming in JS language but it does not apply to my Action because mine is implemented in Java deriving the ActionExecuterAbstractBase.

For more details, I use the fileFolderService to create the directory structure like this :


   private FileInfo createFolder(NodeRef currentFolder, String folderName) {
      FileInfo fileInfo = getFileOrFolder(currentFolder, folderName); // check existence
      if (fileInfo == null) {
         try {
            fileInfo = this.fileFolderService.create(currentFolder, folderName, ContentModel.TYPE_FOLDER);         
         } catch (FileExistsException e) {
            // Should never happen
         }
      }
      return fileInfo;
   }
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This function is called many times and the move is always called after. I don't know if it is my action's responsibility to synchronize all the thread because it is difficult (or impossible?) to control the behavior of the Alfresco services.

I can already say that I refer always to transactional services (with 1st capital letter) beans.

Thanks for help

Re: Problem moving node in an Action

mabayona — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:38:06 GMT

It is possible to do the same in Java. I read about it in the forums/wiki. I do no remember exactly where but the concept remains: you have to be sure that the space is created and flushed before trying to copy/move it.

Look for TRANSACTION_COMMIT option in the forums / wiki and youÂ´ll find a solution.

You can also look at:

http://www.ecmarchitect.com/images/articles/alfresco-behavior/behavior-article.pdf