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workflow called by java

mythox — Thu, 22 May 2014 15:42:56 GMT

hi, i try to understand the concept of calling workflow by java, i made a simple class as below, but below nodeService.addChild i do not understand, and i cant find related document about it. appreciate for any advice.the workflow is a simple workflow with 1 parameter as a name, it will say hello t

Re: workflow called by java

kaynezhang — Thu, 22 May 2014 16:32:00 GMT

1.The first parameter is worklow package–workflow Package is used to hold the content that's routed through the workflow,generally the node that this work work action is placed into the workflow package.
2.The second parameter is the node that your workflow actions on
3.The third parameter is parent-childer assocTypeQName ,you can just use WorkflowModel.ASSOC_PACKAGE_CONTAINS
4.The fourth parameter is association qname,you can name it whatever you'd like
for example


nodeService.addChild(workflowPackage, actionedUponNodeRef, WorkflowModel.ASSOC_PACKAGE_CONTAINS, "cm:assoname");
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Re: workflow called by java

mythox — Thu, 22 May 2014 17:15:05 GMT

thankyou kaynezhang, it works anyway although still not quite understand the details. i cannot find such info on the net, do you have any source about it?

Re: workflow called by java

kaynezhang — Thu, 22 May 2014 23:48:59 GMT

Please refer to the JavaDoc for Java Foundation API at


Data Model project : http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/docs/java/datamodel
The Alfresco Repository project :http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/docs/java/repository
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