About document.updateProperties() and versioning

sepgs2004 — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 21:20:38 GMT

I am using CMIS 1.1 API, Alfresco Community 5.1I have our custom model, and in the model, I did not do anything with versioning related flags.Our model extends cm:content. And we have a custom aspect with set of properties associated.However, it is documented that CMIS API automatically turn on vers

Re: About document.updateProperties() and versioning

sepgs2004 — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 13:22:34 GMT

I resorted to versioning the document in its latest updated state, before creating a new (different) version as initiated by the user.

This worked for me as now.

Without clear API Javadoc comments, it took me a while to learn that the following statement will create a new version of the current document as is. May be I am not looking into the right place.

pwc.checkIn(false, null, null, "Preserving properties update");

Action 1 - Let us say the user created a document, which will be version 1.0.

Action 2 - Then let us say user updates the (custom meta) properties few times.

Action 3 - Then the user initiates creates a new version

While completing action-3 in code, we version the document that is at the end of action-2, before creating a version for action-3.

Here is the extract of the code anyways...

Date createDate = new Date(existingDocument.getCreationDate().getTimeInMillis());
Date lastModifiedDate = new Date(existingDocument.getLastModificationDate().getTimeInMillis());
if (lastModifiedDate.after(createDate)) {
createANewVersionOfTheDocument (existingDocument);
existingDocument.refresh();
}

// ... elsewhere

private void createANewVersionOfTheDocument(Document theDocument)
{
  if (theDocument == null) return;
  theDocument.refresh();
  String pwcId = null;
  ObjectId objectId = theDocument.checkOut();
  pwcId = objectId.getId();

  try {
   Document pwc = (Document) cmisSession.getObject(pwcId);
   ObjectId newVersionObjectId = pwc.checkIn(false, null, null, "Preserving properties update");
   Document insertedDocument = (Document) cmisSession.getObject(newVersionObjectId);
   insertedDocument.refresh();
  }
  catch (Exception inExc) {
   log.error("@createANewVersionOfTheDocument - Error occurred during creation of a new version");
   inExc.printStackTrace();
  }
  finally {
  }
}

Re: About document.updateProperties() and versioning

monicakumari — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 10:50:30 GMT

Hi @sepgs2004 ,

I am trying to do the same thing. Did it worked for you ?

properties are not updating for the current version, it gets updated on the new uploaded version.
I have tried cm:autoVersionOnUpdateProps but dont want multiple versions for every time on update properties.
Please guide how to customize this to update properties on the current version too.

Thanks,

Monica

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