https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118884#M83857 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can someone shed some lights on how to manage (create, start, delete, get status and etc) workflows programmatically?&nbsp; For instance, how to kick off the default "Review and Approval" workflow by using the Java API?&nbsp; I've seen a code snippet in this forum which suggested to use "workflowService".&nbsp; But how to create a new instance of it?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>// Get a list of workflow definitions and search through them for the one we want. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>// Not sure if this is the best way to do this, but it seems to work. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>List&lt;WorkflowDefinition&gt; workflowDefs = workflowService.getDefinitions(); </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Iterator&lt;WorkflowDefinition&gt; workflowDefsIterator = workflowDefs.iterator(); </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>WorkflowDefinition workflowDef = null; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>// Get a handle to the required workflow. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>while (workflowDefsIterator.hasNext()) { </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; workflowDef = workflowDefsIterator.next(); </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; if (workflowDef.name.equals(JBPM_WORKFLOW_NAME)) { </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; break; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; } </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>} </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:23:40 GMT wps07032 2008-01-07T16:23:40Z https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118884#M83857 Hi all,Can someone shed some lights on how to manage (create, start, delete, get status and etc) workflows programmatically?&nbsp; For instance, how to kick off the default "Review and Approval" workflow by using the Java API?&nbsp; I've seen a code snippet in this forum which suggested to use "workflowServic Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:23:40 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118884#M83857 wps07032 2008-01-07T16:23:40Z https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118885#M83858 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Take a look at WorkflowInterpreter.java, the implementation of the Workflow Console.&nbsp; It demonstrates the invocation of all WorkflowService methods.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:16:11 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118885#M83858 davidc 2008-01-07T22:16:11Z https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118886#M83859 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is it possible to use Web Services to perform the same tasks listed in WorkflowInterpreter?&nbsp; If so, a sample (java) code would be great.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>My apps is currently running on a different webapps container, so web services seems to be a cleaner way to access alfresco.&nbsp; Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:12:47 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118886#M83859 wps07032 2008-01-08T15:12:47Z https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118887#M83860 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>No, we don't currently have a workflow web services api.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In HEAD, we do have an extended workflow javascript api for managing workflows, so you could build web scripts for remotely interacting with a workflow.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:59:39 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118887#M83860 davidc 2008-01-08T15:59:39Z https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118888#M83861 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thanks for the confirmation.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Would anyone happen to have some sample web scripts for managing workflow that can be shared?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:19:39 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118888#M83861 wps07032 2008-01-08T21:19:39Z https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118889#M83862 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Besides using workflow javascript api, is it possible to use ActionService to execute workflow tasks (e.g define workflow actions and call executeActions() on the actions)?&nbsp; If so, can you provide some detail on how-to?&nbsp; I really want to avoid calling web scripts and then calling URLConnection for getting the result back.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:22:39 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118889#M83862 wps07032 2008-01-10T21:22:39Z https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118890#M83863 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>For remote access, you have Web Services or Web Scripts.&nbsp; You can execute an action via Web Services, but you'll need to code Workflow actions specifically for your use-case.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:11:08 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-manage-workflows-programmatically/m-p/118890#M83863 davidc 2008-01-11T11:11:08Z