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start workflow with a class java

sawa — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:28:46 GMT

Hi, I want to create a Java backed webScript that start a workflow. I've seen some tutorials and tried to do the same but i don't know what to put in the workflowService.getAllDefinitionsByName("???????") to access the workflow (because my workflow doesn't appear at s/api/workflow-definitionsalso I

Re: start workflow with a class java

jpotts — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 22:29:25 GMT

Log in to Alfresco Explorer (http://localhost:8080/alfresco) then go to the workflow console (http://localhost:8080/alfresco/faces/jsp/admin/workflow-console.jsp). From there you can do a show definitions all to see the list of deployed workflows, including their names.

If you want to run Java code when a document is uploaded to a space, one way to do that would be to write your Java code as an action executer. Then you can tell your rule to invoke the action when the rule criteria is met. If you need to learn how to write an action, see: http://ecmarchitect.com/alfresco-developer-series-tutorials/actions/tutorial/tutorial.html

Jeff

Re: start workflow with a class java

sawa — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:40:46 GMT

Thank you very much for your help