Is runCommand or an equivalent available from Javascript

sgray — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:08:53 GMT

I'm brand new to Alfresco and was evaluating whether we could perform a fairly complex task that involves handling input TIFF files. I wanted to run them through a Javascript rule that would call a program which extracts barcode information. This would be attached to the document as another proper

Re: Is runCommand or an equivalent available from Javascript

kevinr — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:00:19 GMT

For security reasons (i.e. that any user with READ access can execute a javascript etc.) we have turned off certain native Rhino features i.e. the ability to import java classes directly and use them. Obviously it doesn't take much imagination to see how a user with very low security in Alfresco could write and execute a very dangerous javascript file…

So the way around this is to code up a java class that performs the code work that you need (such as executing external commands) and then configure that Java class in as an extension object to the JavaScript API - this is the supported pattern:
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/JavaScript_API#Adding_custom_Script_APIs

Thanks,

Kevin

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