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Using Authority.ftl

malikaasen — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:10:12 GMT

I am trying to use authority.ftl to select a group that is going to be used in an action for editing group roles. How do i write the java action so that there are no erros? Tried thisprotected void addParameterDefinitions(List<ParameterDefinition> list) { list.add(new ParameterDefinitionImp

Re: Using Authority.ftl

angelborroy — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 16:42:49 GMT

DataTypeDefinition (Alfresco 5.1.4.1 Public Java API)

Try NODE_REF

Re: Using Authority.ftl

douglascrp — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 20:13:17 GMT

This is exactly the way I use it.

Re: Using Authority.ftl

malikaasen — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 15:21:17 GMT

How do i extract the groupname from node_ref?

This is what i used when i used textfield instead of authority.

Just changed the Strings to NodeRef as stupid me didnt notice that could be done, but what class is used to get the name of the authority?

Re: Using Authority.ftl

angelborroy — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 15:42:04 GMT

There are other ways, this is one of them:

NodeRef groupNodeRef = (NodeRef) action.getParameterValue(PARAM_GROUP_NAME);
String groupName = nodeService.getProperty(groupNodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_NAME).toString();‍‍

Re: Using Authority.ftl

malikaasen — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 15:49:26 GMT

I tried that, but i still get the error, maybe there is something wrong with how i added the form?

Re: Using Authority.ftl

malikaasen — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:07:00 GMT

Here is the whole class, probably makes it easier to notice where things go wrong...

The class takes the groupname, makes a folder of it, and gives permissions to the group

Re: Using Authority.ftl

douglascrp — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:18:45 GMT

You can do something like:

final NodeRef group = (NodeRef) action.getParameterValue(PARAM_GROUP_NAME); // your parameter should be simply PARAM_GROUP, as there is no real name in it
Map<QName, Serializable> groupProperties = nodeService.getProperties(group);‍‍‍‍‍

And then you can read the property you want from the groupProperties object.

I have not tested the code, but I guess you will be able to fix it if required.

Re: Using Authority.ftl

douglascrp — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:20:12 GMT

My bad... I left the tab open when I went to have lunch, and then sent the answer without checking if someone had answered

Re: Using Authority.ftl

angelborroy — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:24:10 GMT

Probably you have to add "GROUP_" to the name of the group to set permissions.

Re: Using Authority.ftl

malikaasen — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 20:11:09 GMT

Ah ok, i did add that on the previous version, but thought that the name you got from NODE_REF was GROUP_X. Will test by tomorrow. Thanks for all the help so far! Been stuck for ages on this one.

Re: Using Authority.ftl

malikaasen — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:04:39 GMT

Weirdly enough, i still get the error, this is how it looks like after i have picked a group

and this is the failure i get, there are no errors in the .log files

I made a class for the action, added the bean, and wrote the above in the add-doclib-action xml file, is there something that i may perhaps have forgotten?

Here is the config for the button that creates the form