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Using 'import' clause within a webscript controller in a jar

franco_valente — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:18:25 GMT

Hi,I want to override existing web-tier scripts "/components/workflow/start" and package it into a jar extension.I modified the workflow.lib.js library included in the controller start-workflow.get.js:<import resource="classpath:alfresco/site-webscripts/org/alfresco/components/workflow/workflow.l

Re: Using 'import' clause within a webscript controller in a jar

franco_valente — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:08:15 GMT

Am I missing something? Or this kind of extension must be packaged as an amp only?

Re: Using 'import' clause within a webscript controller in a jar

erikwinlof — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:45:15 GMT

No an amp isn't necessary, a jar should be fine.

If you look closer at the import statement you can see that it doesn't include the "web-extension" in the path, therefor you must place your file in:
alfresco/site-webscripts/org/alfresco/components/workflow/workflow.lib.js
instead of
alfresco/web-extension/site-webscripts/org/alfresco/components/workflow/workflow.lib.js

If you were running 4.0 you could probably have used the new extensibility features, meaning you could invoke your own custom .get.js file after the original webscripts have executed. This gives you a chance of modifying the "model" before the templates are executed. You can read more about this here:
http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/ddraper/2011/08/05/customizing-alfresco-share-javascript-controllers/

But since it seems you're running 3.4 you should go with overriding .lib.js as above.

Cheers,

:: Erik