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transformDocument() in Java, not in Javascript?

talija83 — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:57:27 GMT

Is there a way to easily transform content from one mimetype to another, using Java? :?: (For example, HTML file to Word document.)I know that it can be done easily using transformDocument() function in Javascript, but I'm interested in how it's done in Java. In Alfresco 3.3g, it seems that custom

Re: transformDocument() in Java, not in Javascript?

hsohaib — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:33:38 GMT

the javascript used is a server side java code, so we can translate :


var html_doc = … // Reference your doc
var word_doc = html_doc.transformDocument("application/msword");‍‍‍

to :


ScriptNode html_doc = new ScriptNode(htmlDocNodeRef, serviceRegistry);
NodeRef word_doc = html_doc.transformDocument("application/msword").getNodeRef();
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hope it works for you.

Re: transformDocument() in Java, not in Javascript?

mrogers — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:39:14 GMT

The JAVA api is ContentService.transform()

Re: transformDocument() in Java, not in Javascript?

talija83 — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:42:18 GMT

Thanks for both of your replies.

Eventually, it seems like there was a problem with using a proper version of OpenOffice, so the conversion wasn't done the way it was supposed to. I've tried both of your solutions, and they work, too! I think they'll serve me for future use. :idea: