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Extension of task-instances workflow webscript

vojtechm — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:25:17 GMT

Hello,I'm trying to extend workflow webscript org/alfresco/repository/workflow/task-instances for one argument more.What is the best practice in this case? I know that I must override the task-instances.get.desc.xml file and add my argument to <URL> and <args> section but what else? Is t

Re: Extension of task-instances workflow webscript

afaust — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:27:30 GMT

Unfortunately, that web script is implemented as a Java-backed web script. Extending it is generally pretty tricky. The class in question is "TaskInstancesGet" found in the alfresco-remote-api sub-project. Modifying the task-instances.get.desc.xml is not necessary at all for adding a new URL parameter - URL parameters included in the "url" element of that file are purely informative and there is no functional requirement to list them there.

Re: Extension of task-instances workflow webscript

vojtechm — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 19:21:07 GMT

Hello,

that helped me a lot!

In case I want to override bean id of alfresco-remote-api sub-project "webscript.org.alfresco.repository.workflow.task-instances.get", what would be the best place to put my custom java files with *-context.xml file for alfresco to load such bean?

Thank you.

Re: Extension of task-instances workflow webscript

vojtechm — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 11:17:55 GMT

Ok, I found the answer - Customizing bean files | Alfresco Documentation

Thank you for help.