topic Re: TransactionServiceImpl.isReadOnly() no always false for server.allowWrite=false in Alfresco Archive

TransactionServiceImpl.isReadOnly() no always false for server.allowWrite=false

lutz_horn — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:53:28 GMT

Setting the property server.allowWrite=false‍ does not always make TransactionServiceImpl.isReadOnly()‍ return true‍.I've a Quartz cron job which runs every minute 0 * * * * ?‍. The code ueses TransactionServiceImpl.isReadOnly()‍ to check if the repostiotry is in read-only mode. Every few minutes, t

Re: TransactionServiceImpl.isReadOnly() no always false for server.allowWrite=false

mrogers — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:36:13 GMT

After a quick look at the java doc. I think you should be using TransactionServioce.isAllowWrite

As you have seen the system user can always write. Yes its a bit strange but there are operations like installing a license or fixing a index that need to go ahead on a read only repository.

Re: TransactionServiceImpl.isReadOnly() no always false for server.allowWrite=false

lutz_horn — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:24:09 GMT

Good, hint, thank you. I didn't expect a method

getAllowWrite‍

to even exist and to behave differently from

isAllowWrite‍