HI,
WorkflowHandlerRegistryUtil.startWorkflowInstance
, this method will take care of workflow instance of custom plugin. As mentioned in "Liferay in Action", we dont need to detect manually whether workflow is enabled or not. see here:
The really nice thing about the startWorkflowInstance method is that it
automatically detects whether or not Workflow is installed and/or enabled for your entity
type. You don't have to do any checking for that yourself; you as a developer simply assume
that Workflow is enabled. If it isn't, the status of your entities get automatically set to the
approved status.
But it is not either detected or called updateStatus method . Is there any issue in Liferay 6.1 for workflow with custom plugin implementation..?
I have followed these steps:
1. Injected Workflow package in service.xml:
<reference package-path="com.liferay.portal" entity="WorkflowInstanceLink"></reference>
2. Added this entry in liferay-portlet.xml :
<workflow-handler>com.liferay.realestate.workflow.ArticleWorkflowHandler</workflow-handler>
3. implemented above mentioned
ArticleWorkflowHandler class with update status as below:
public class ArticleWorkflowHandler extends BaseWorkflowHandler {
public String CLASS_NAME = MyEntity.class.getName();
public String getClassName() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return CLASS_NAME;
}
public String getType(Locale locale) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return ResourceActionsUtil.getModelResource(locale, CLASS_NAME);
}
public MyEntity updateStatus(int status,
Map<string, serializable> workflowContext) throws PortalException,
SystemException {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
System.out.println("inside the workflow handler class >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>");
long userId = GetterUtil.getLong(
(String)workflowContext.get(WorkflowConstants.CONTEXT_USER_ID));
long resourcePrimKey = GetterUtil.getLong(
(String)workflowContext.get(
WorkflowConstants.CONTEXT_ENTRY_CLASS_PK));
ServiceContext serviceContext = (ServiceContext)workflowContext.get(
"serviceContext");
return MyEntity.updateStatus(
userId, resourcePrimKey, status, serviceContext);
}
}</string,>
4. Added updatestatus method from my impl class:
public MyEntity updateStatus(
long userId, long resourcePrimKey, int wStatus,
ServiceContext serviceContext)
throws PortalException, SystemException {
System.out.print("inside the update status in Impl file");
User user = userPersistence.findByPrimaryKey(userId);
boolean main = false;
Date now = new Date();
if (wStatus == WorkflowConstants.STATUS_APPROVED) {
main = true;
}
MyEntity entity= getLatestMyEntity(
resourcePrimKey, WorkflowConstants.STATUS_ANY);
entity.setModifiedDate(serviceContext.getModifiedDate(now));
entity.setStatus(wStatus);
entity.setWStatusByUserId(user.getUserId());
entity.setWStatusByUserName(user.getFullName());
entity.setWStatusDate(serviceContext.getModifiedDate(now));
entityPersistence.update(realEstate,false);
if (wStatus != WorkflowConstants.STATUS_APPROVED) {
return entity;
}
return entity;
}
5. Then called below method after adding my entity :
WorkflowHandlerRegistryUtil.startWorkflowInstance(
themeDisplay.getCompanyId(), themeDisplay.getScopeGroupId(), themeDisplay.getUserId(), MyEntity.class.getName(),
myEntityObject.getPropertyId(), myEntityObject, serviceContext);
6. Enabled Single Approval Workflow for my entity from Control Panel.
when i give the workflow configuration for my CustomEntity, it gives the error like :
Method is partially implemented
I am not sure whether problem with Activity Workflow plugin or my custom portlet configuration issue...?
Can anybody from Liferay throw some lights on this? Thanks in advance.
- Gnaniyar Zubair
