Override constraints of bpm model

[sversh71]

Hello!

We have out of the box model "bpm:businessprocessmodel" and some constraints inside it.

        <constraint name="bpm:allowedStatus" type="LIST">
            <parameter name="allowedValues">
                <!–  TODO: Determine if status values can be mapped to human-readable strings –>
                <list>
                    <value>Not Yet Started</value>
                    <value>In Progress</value>
                    <value>On Hold</value>
                    <value>Cancelled</value>
                    <value>Completed</value>
                </list>
            </parameter>
        </constraint>
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I'm working on solution for non english speaking users, so does anybody know how to override this constraint with localized values?
I know that it isn't possible to localize constraints with .properties file. So I need at least rewrite built-in values with my own.
Any ideas?

[sversh71]

Solved.
If someone interesting I can explain

[jayjayecl]

I'm pretty sure this problem has been raised many times and that no (good) solution was found.
Sharing your solution would definitely help many future users.

Thx

[sversh71]

I don't think that my solution is good. It is suitable only for single language environment. I used the standard way to overwrite out of the box model with custom model.
In this case I do the following:
1. create context file or use an existing and copy there dictionaryBootstrap bean description from core-services-context.xml
Replace link to standard bpmModel.xml with custom bpmModel.xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' 'http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd'>

<beans>

    <!– Overwrite the existing models –>
    <bean id="dictionaryBootstrap" parent="dictionaryModelBootstrap" depends-on="resourceBundles">
        <property name="models">
            <list>
                <!– System models  –>
                <value>alfresco/model/dictionaryModel.xml</value>
                <value>alfresco/model/systemModel.xml</value>
                <value>org/alfresco/repo/security/authentication/userModel.xml</value>

                <!– Content models –>
                <value>alfresco/model/contentModel.xml</value>
                <!– <value>alfresco/model/bpmModel.xml</value> –>
                <value>alfresco/extension/model/bpmModel.xml</value>
                <value>alfresco/model/wcmModel.xml</value>
                <value>alfresco/model/forumModel.xml</value>
                <value>alfresco/model/imapModel.xml</value>

                <!– Content models –>
                <value>alfresco/model/applicationModel.xml</value>
                <value>alfresco/model/wcmAppModel.xml</value>

                <!– Implementation models –>
                <value>org/alfresco/repo/action/actionModel.xml</value>
                <value>org/alfresco/repo/rule/ruleModel.xml</value>
                
                <!–  Version models –>
                <value>org/alfresco/repo/version/version_model.xml</value> <!– deprecated –>
                <value>org/alfresco/repo/version/version2_model.xml</value>                

                <!– Email model –>
                <value>alfresco/model/emailServerModel.xml</value>
                
                <!– Calendar model –>
                <value>alfresco/model/calendarModel.xml</value>

                <!– Blog Integration model –>
                <value>alfresco/model/blogIntegrationModel.xml</value>

                <!– Links model –>
                <value>alfresco/model/linksModel.xml</value>

                <!– Deprecated types –>
                <value>alfresco/model/deprecated/deprecated_contentModel.xml</value>
            </list>
        </property>
        <property name="labels">
            <list>
                <value>alfresco/model/dataTypeAnalyzers</value>
                <value>alfresco/messages/system-model</value>
                <value>alfresco/messages/dictionary-model</value>
                <value>alfresco/messages/content-model</value>
                <value>alfresco/messages/bpm-messages</value>
                <value>alfresco/messages/application-model</value>
                <value>alfresco/messages/forum-model</value>
            </list>
        </property>
    </bean>

</beans>
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2. Copy alfresco/model/bpmModel.xml to alfresco/extension/model/bpmModel.xml and change english language constraints values to localized.

        …….
        <constraint name="bpm:allowedStatus" type="LIST">
            <parameter name="allowedValues">
                <!–  TODO: Determine if status values can be mapped to human-readable strings –>
                <list>
                    <!– 
                    <value>Not Yet Started</value>
                    <value>In Progress</value>
                    <value>On Hold</value>
                    <value>Cancelled</value>
                    <value>Completed</value>
                     –>
                    <value>localized value 1</value>
                    <value>localized value 2</value>
                    <value>localized value 3</value>
                    <value>localized value 4</value>
                    <value>localized value 5</value>
                </list>
            </parameter>
        </constraint>
        …….
        <type name="bpm:task">
            <parent>cm:content</parent>
            <properties>
                ………..
                <property name="bpm:status">
                    <type>d:text</type>
                    <mandatory>true</mandatory>
                    <!– <default>Not Yet Started</default> –>
                    <default>localized value 1</default>
                    <constraints>
                        <constraint ref="bpm:allowedStatus" />
                    </constraints>
                </property>
            ……
            </properties>
……

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That's all. If this solution has any potential weakness, please tell me

Tanks

[jayjayecl]

All Right, I did not understand it was suitable for only one language.

The potential weakness is when you'll want to upgrade your Alfresco platform.

I had to get to to the same result, and I prefered to create a new customStatus property in my workflowModel.xml instead of overriding the existing one.

regards,