topic How to delete a folder using rules. in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-delete-a-folder-using-rules/m-p/307739#M260869 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi All,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have created a COPY Rule on one of my folder(say MyFolder), this rule will copy all the folders I create under (MyFolder) to another destination (say MyCopyFolder).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>So when ever I create a folder under (MyFolder) I get a copy under another folder(MyCopyFolder). This COPY Rule works perfectly.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>But now when I delete a folder from(MyFolder), copy of the same folder which is there in (MyCopyFolder) should also get deleted, but there is no straight forward rule that I can use it for, so I have decided to create a new rule and assign "Execute Script" action and referred my custom JS file.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>After applying this rule I am not able to delete the folder(from MyFolder), there were no error in the logs too, so unable to triage, can someone please help me on this.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My Bean configuration,</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR /><BR />//I have registered my Java class in the bean as shown below,<BR /><BR />&lt;bean id="${project.artifactId}_updateProduct" parent="baseJavaScriptExtension" class="mypackage.UpdateProduct" lazy-init="default" autowire="default" dependency-check="default"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;property name="extensionName"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;value&gt;updateProduct&lt;/value&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;property name="serviceRegistry" ref="ServiceRegistry"/&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/bean&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />//My JS file is as shown below,<BR />function delete_folders_main(){&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;logger.log("Execution Started!");&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;//Getting the nodeRef of a document that is getting deleted.<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;var deletedNodeRef = document.getNodeRef();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;//Setting the noderef in the Java class.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;updateProduct.setDeletedNodeRef(deletedNodeRef);&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;logger.log("Execution Completed!");<BR />}<BR />deletefolders_main();<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My Java class as shown below,</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />public class UpdateProduct extends BaseProcessorExtension {<BR />protected static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(UpdateProduct.class);<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;private static ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;private static NodeRef deletedNodeRef;<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; //Getters and setters for these.<BR /><BR /><BR />private void doDelete() {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if(nodeService != null &amp;&amp; nodeService.exists(deletedNodeRef)){<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;//Extracting the name of the deleted folder.<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;deletedFolderName = serviceRegistry.getFileFolderService().getFileInfo(deletedNodeRef).getName();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;else{<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;throw new AlfrescoRuntimeException("Unable to Extract the Folder Name from the passed NodeRef :"+deletedNodeRef);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NodeRef stagingProductNodeRef = new NodeRef(HCNodeReferences.NODEREF_MY_COPY_FOLDER);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if (nodeService != null &amp;&amp; nodeService.exists(stagingProductNodeRef)) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;List&lt;ChildAssociationRef&gt; childAssoc = nodeService.getChildAssocs(stagingProductNodeRef);&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for(ChildAssociationRef child : childAssoc){<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NodeRef childNodeRef = child.getChildRef();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;stagingFolderToUpdate = serviceRegistry.getFileFolderService().getFileInfo(childNodeRef).getName();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;//Finding the ChildFolder in Staging to delete.<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if(deletedFolderName != null &amp;&amp; stagingFolderToUpdate != null &amp;&amp; deletedFolderName.equals(stagingFolderToUpdate)){//this check properly takes me to the exact folder which I want to delete<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;try {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;serviceRegistry.getNodeService().deleteNode(childNodeRef);//No exception thrown in this step, but still my folder in not deleted.<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;break;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;} <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;catch(Exception e){<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;logger.error(e.getMessage());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR />}<BR /><BR />public static void setDeletedNodeRef(NodeRef deletedNodeRef) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;nodeService = serviceRegistry.getNodeService();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if (nodeService != null &amp;&amp; nodeService.exists(deletedNodeRef)){<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;UpdateProduct.deletedNodeRef = deletedNodeRef;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;new UpdateProduct().doDelete();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;logger.warn("Delete action Completed successfully for the Folder :"+serviceRegistry.getFileFolderService().getFileInfo(deletedNodeRef).getName());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;deletedNodeRef = null;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;UpdateProduct.clearFields();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;else{<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;logger.error("There was an error while updating the Staging Folder");<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR />}<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><BR /></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:27:02 GMT satheeshkumar 2015-04-13T09:27:02Z How to delete a folder using rules. https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-delete-a-folder-using-rules/m-p/307739#M260869 Hi All,I have created a COPY Rule on one of my folder(say MyFolder), this rule will copy all the folders I create under (MyFolder) to another destination (say MyCopyFolder).So when ever I create a folder under (MyFolder) I get a copy under another folder(MyCopyFolder). This COPY Rule works perfectly Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:27:02 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-delete-a-folder-using-rules/m-p/307739#M260869 satheeshkumar 2015-04-13T09:27:02Z Re: How to delete a folder using rules. https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-delete-a-folder-using-rules/m-p/307740#M260870 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Satheesh,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Does the folder is not getting deleted from the original folder also?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>If the destination&nbsp; folder (COPY / staging folder ) is predefined, I think, we should be able to do with the Javascript only.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Let me try some example and will come back to you.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:32:23 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-delete-a-folder-using-rules/m-p/307740#M260870 muralidharand 2015-04-29T18:32:23Z