topic cant use CheckOutCheckInService in Alfresco Archive

cant use CheckOutCheckInService

mrksjs — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:02:18 GMT

hi folks,i wrote a rule which does some stuff and should add a new version to an existing document in my repository. i found out that there is a service for that:http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/docs/java/repository/org/alfresco/service/cmr/coci/CheckOutCheckInService.htmlseems to be the right choic

Re: cant use CheckOutCheckInService

mrogers — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:21:21 GMT

You should be using the version service to create a new version. Or if the node is already versionable then the new version will be created automatically, no need to do anything.

The checkin action is only allowed by the lock owner (the user that has the checked out). If you want to check in as some sort of administrator then you need to "take ownership" first. The checkin/out service is also a little bit odd in that it doesn't play nicely with "run as" at least it didn't the last time I tried to use it.

Re: cant use CheckOutCheckInService

mrksjs — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:57:14 GMT

what if i want to update document A with the content of document B?
do you have an example for that?

and how do i take ownership inside a rule?
just put

params.put(ContentModel.PROP_OWNER, owner);‍

to the nodes properties?

i dont really understand the problem with this. if i as an admin run the rule, there should never be an access denied exception?!

Re: cant use CheckOutCheckInService

mrksjs — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:47:41 GMT

i used

ownableService.takeOwnership(actionedUponNodeRef);‍

however, i still receive the access denied exception. would you be so kind to explain how the service is supposed to be used? i really can't find any example on this.