Share/Surf WebScript with Java backed bean

[bela]

Hey,

I am trying to write a web script into alfresco share, and I want it to have a Java backed bean. The purpose of the webscript is to move users from one user group to another. I have already written a web script with this functionality into alfresco itself, but I want it to be in a share application also, completely independent. My problem is that I didn't find any usable documentation regarding java backed share/surf web script development. Any help would be appreciated.

[mikeh]

The preferred way would be to expose your Alfresco (repository) version as a RESTful service and call it from Share that way.

Any reason why you wouldn't want to try that approach? That's how Share has been implemented.

Thanks,
Mike

[bela]

Thanks for the quick reply.

If I understand you correctly, you mean to put the entire webscript in alfresco and render a JSON response, which I digest in another Share webscript using a javascript controller, right? If this is what you mean, I would appreciate a hint where to look for an example. I read a lot of posts about looking at the share source code, but I haven't found an example that does just that.

Thanks again for the help.

[mikeh]

Yes, that's exactly it. You can pretty much look at any example in Share - the Document Library is all AJAX/JSON-based although with JavaScript-based repository web scripts rather than Java-backed; but that's just an implementation detail.

Thanks,
Mike

[andrewriver]

Hi,

There is already any way to make a Java webscript in the new version of alfresco share (3.4.c) ? If so, where can I get an example?

Thanks.

[mikeh]

Yes, both the Forms UI component and the I18N Messages webscripts are Java-backed.

Thanks,
Mike

[andrewriver]

Thanks MikeH! It works!

I saw the webscripts defined in slingshot-application-context.xml and registered here my custom java webscript…I'll be working on it and if I would have any question I'll let you know.

[sans]

Hi andrewriver,
Can you please explain me what steps did you take and what files you created and where did you put all these files?
I am trying to create a Subscribe action in share documentlibrary. I have created it successfully and deployed on tomcat.
when a user clicks on the subscribe link/action under +More.. it displays the message document/folder subscribed successfully.
But this all I implemented using javascript based webscripts at share. Now I want to convert this into java backed webscript.
Can you please help me in this? Because I am not sure where shall I place my java file and how should I connect/link this file to my
subscribe.post.desc.xml, subscribe.post.json.ftl and subscribe.post.json.js.
All these files are stored/placed in templates\webscripts\org\alfresco\slingshot\documentlibrary\action folder.
And a javascript file which gets triggered when user clicks on the link is stored in \share\components\documentlibrary folder.
Snippet from subscribe-action-min.js

webscript:
         {
            name: "subscribe/site/{site}/{container}",
            //name: "demo/simple",
            method: Alfresco.util.Ajax.POST
         }‍‍‍‍‍‍

Which in turn call subscribe.post.json.js and subscribe.post.json.ftl.

Thanks for your help

Sanjay.

[andrewriver]

Hi sans

You must create your java webscript (Abtract or Declarative). Then, create the descriptor *.desc.xml and ftl or js that you need. After that, register your new webscript in the file slingshot-application-context.xml setting the java class of your webscript.

That's it. You can check your new webscript at the Webscripts Home of your application (localhost/share/service/index)


Hope it works. Good luck with that.

[sans]

Hi andrewriver,
thanks for the reply.
Well I did same thing. The only difference was the file where i defined the bean.
I defined it in web-scripts-application-context.xml under tomcat\shared\classes\alfresco\extension.
It was registered under localhost/alfresco/service/index.

It worked!!!!

Thanks a lot!!