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Alfresco Developer Guide. Customizing Alfresco with actions, web scripts, web forms, workflows, and more

Jeff Potts, Alfresco.com

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Alfresco Developer Guide
- Table of Contents
- Alfresco Developer Guide
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- Preface
  - What This Book Covers
  - What You Need for This Book
  - Who This Book is For
  - Conventions
  - Reader Feedback
  - Customer Support
    - Downloading the Example Code for the Book
    - Errata
    - Piracy
    - Questions
- 1. The Alfresco Platform
  - Alfresco in the Real World
    - Basic Document Management
    - Web Content Management
      - Content Authoring Tools
      - Separation of Presentation from Content
      - Systematic Publication or Deployment
      - Alfresco WCM Example
    - Custom Content-Centric Applications
  - Example Used throughout This Book
  - Alfresco Architecture
    - High-Level Architecture
      - Add-Ons
    - Open Source Components
    - Major Standards and Protocols Supported
  - Customizing Alfresco
    - Basic Customization
      - Dashlets
      - Custom Views
      - Rules and Rule Actions
      - Simple Workflow
    - Advanced Customization
      - Examples of Advanced Customizations
      - Extend the Content Model
      - Perform Automatic Operations on Content
      - Customize the Web Client
      - Create a RESTful API
      - Streamline Complex Business Processes with Advanced Workflows
      - Get Your Web sites under Control
      - Integrate with Other Systems
  - Dusting Off Your Toolbox
    - What about Adobe Flex?
  - Understanding Alfrescos Editions
    - Significant Feature Differences
    - What's Used in This Book
  - Summary
- 2. Getting Started with Alfresco
  - Obtaining the SDK
    - Step-by-Step: Building Alfresco from Source
  - Setting up the SDK in Eclipse
    - Step-by-Step: Importing the SDK into Eclipse
  - Extending Alfresco
    - Understanding the Extension Mechanism
      - Standard Java Web Application Files
      - Framework Files
        
        Spring Configuration Files
        
        JavaServer Faces Configuration Files
        
        Alfresco Configuration Files
        
        Solution-Specific Files
        
        Avoid Modifying Alfresco Code and Configuration
  - Packaging and Deploying Customizations
    - Separating Server-Specific Customizations
    - Step-by-Step: Packaging and Deploying a Simple Customization
      - Taking a Look at the Build File
  - Troubleshooting
    - Log4j
    - Step-by-Step: Debugging from within Eclipse
    - Node Browser
  - Starting Over
  - Summary
- 3. Working with Content Models
  - Defining SomeCo's Content Model
    - Step-by-Step: Starting the Custom Content Model with Custom Types
      - Types
    - Step-by-Step: Adding Properties to Types
    - Properties and Property Types
    - Constraints
  - Step-by-Step: Relating Types with Associations
    - Associations
  - Step-by-Step: Adding Aspects to the Content Model
    - Aspects
  - Step-by-Step: Finishing up the Model
  - Modeling Summary
    - Custom Behavior
  - Modeling Best Practices
    - Out of the Box Models
  - Configuring the UI
    - Step-by-Step: Adding Properties to the Property Sheet
      - Externalizing Display Labels
      - Making Properties Read-Only
    - Step-by-Step: Adding Types and Aspects to WebClient Dropdowns
    - Step-by-Step: Adding Properties and Types to Advanced Search
    - Step-by-Step: Setting Externalized Label Values
      - Setting up Additional Locales
  - Working with Content Programmatically
    - Step-by-Step: Creating Content with JavaScript
      - Leveraging Root Objects
      - Knowing When to Save Documents
      - Using JavaScript for Batch Manipulation
      - Writing Content to the Content Property
    - Creating Content with Java Web Services
      - Step-by-Step: Run SomeCoDataCreator Class to Create Content
    - Creating Content with PHP Web Services
    - Creating Associations
      - Step-by-Step: Run SomeCoDataRelater Class to Create Association
    - Searching for Content
      - Step-by-Step: Run SomeCoDataQueries Class to See Lucene Example
    - Deleting Content
      - Step-by-Step: Running SomeCoDataCleaner Class to Delete Content
  - Summary
- 4. Handling Content Automatically with Actions, Behaviors, Transformers, and Extractors
  - Encapsulating Content Operations in Actions
    - Step-by-Step: Creating a Basic Action
    - Hiding the Action from End Users
    - Creating Actions that Require User-Specified Parameters
      - Step-by-Step: Creating an Action that Accepts Parameters
    - Incorporating Parameter Values in the Action Description
    - Specifying Parameters when Code Executes an Action
  - Binding Logic to Custom Types with Behaviors
    - Step-by-Step: Writing a Simple Behavior in Java
    - Binding to Multiple Types/Aspects
    - Frequency
    - Figuring Out to Which Policies to Bind
    - Step-by-Step: Writing a Simple Behavior in JavaScript
    - Binding Behavior to Child Types
      - Step-by-Step: Writing a User Ratings Calculator
      - Step-by-Step: Testing the New Rating Behavior
    - Handling Deleted Ratings
  - Extracting Metadata from Files
    - Customizing Metadata Extractors
      - Step-by-step: Customizing the Metadata Mapping
    - Overriding the Default Mapping
    - Leveraging Out of the box Metadata Extractors
    - Digging into an Extractor Class
      - Step-by-Step: Customizing a Metadata Extractor Class
  - Transforming Content from One Format to Another
    - Step-by-Step: Writing a Custom Transformer
  - Summary
- 5. Customizing the Web Client User Interface
  - Knowing When to Customize Alfresco's Web Client and When to Write Your Own
  - Adding New Menu Items with UI Actions
    - Step-by-Step: Adding a Simple UI Action
    - Showing/Hiding the Label
    - Leveraging Out of the Box Examples
    - Using Other Types of UI Actions
    - Step-by-Step: Adding a UI Action to Set the Web Flag
    - Restricting the UI Action by Permission
  - Writing Action Evaluators to Show/Hide UI Actions
    - Step-by-Step: Evaluating Whether or Not to Show the Set Web Flag UI Actions
  - Changing How the Web Client Renders Data with Custom Component Renderers
    - Step-by-Step: Making a Text Field a Specific Size
    - What Just Happened
    - Overriding the Generator for All Properties
    - Step-by-Step: Changing the Status Field on the Details Page to Display as a Stoplight Indicator
    - Overriding and Customizing Components
  - Creating Custom Dialogs
    - Step-by-Step: Creating a Dialog to Execute Scripts
    - Passing the Context to the Dialog
    - Understanding the JSP
    - Enabling and Disabling the OK Button
  - Creating Custom Wizards
    - Step-by-Step: Stubbing Out the Wizard
    - Step-by-Step: Finishing Out the Wizard
    - Adding Conditions to Wizard Step Pages
    - Receiving Interview Feedback via Email
    - Persisting Interviewer Choices
    - Copying Alfresco's Code into Your Customizations
  - Customizing Web Client JSP Pages
    - Overriding Navigation Rules with Type-specific Settings
  - Summary
- 6. Exposing Content through a RESTful API with Web Scripts
  - Introducing the Web Script Framework
    - Step-by-Step: Hello World Web Script
    - What Just Happened?
    - Following the Model-View-Controller Pattern
    - Adding Controller Logic
    - Configuring the Web Script
      - Specifying the HTTP Method
      - Specifying Arguments
      - Specifying the Response Format
    - Deploying Web Scripts
    - Building Solutions with the Web Script Framework
  - Planning the SomeCo Whitepapers and Ratings API
  - Retrieving Data with Web Scripts
    - Step-by-Step: Writing a Web Script to List Whitepapers
    - Debugging
    - Fast Facts
    - Organizing Web Scripts
    - Overriding Web Scripts
    - Choosing a URL
    - Choosing between the Repository and the File System
    - Step-by-Step: Retrieving the Rating for a Whitepaper
    - Specifying Optional Arguments
    - Handling Errors
  - Writing Java-Backed Web Scripts
    - Step-by-Step: Writing a Java-Backed Web Script to Handle Ratings Posts
    - Using the Correct ID for Web Script Beans
    - Using both Java and JavaScript for Controller Logic
  - Wiring a Web Script to UI Widgets
    - Step-by-Step: Using a Widget to Post Ratings
    - Implementing the Delete Ratings Link
    - Adding the Web Script Calls to SomeCo's Whitepaper Web Page
    - Making Other Types of Content "Rateable"
    - Dealing with the Cross-Domain Scripting Limitation
  - Handling Form Data
    - Step-by-Step: Implementing a Form-Based Hello World
    - Step-by-Step: Using File Upload in a Multipart Request
  - Customizing the Web Client with Web Scripts
    - Step-by-Step: Running a Web Script as a Dashlet
    - Understanding Web Script Runtimes
  - Advanced Web Scripts
    - Running Web Scripts as JSR-168 Portlets
    - Dealing with Web Script Authentication
    - Controlling Web Script Cache
    - Executing Remote Web Scripts
      - Refactoring the Rating Service
  - Summary
- 7. Advanced Workflow
  - What is a Workflow?
    - Workflow Options
  - Creating Process Definitions
    - Step-by-Step: Creating a Hello World Process Definition
    - Organizing Processes
  - Using the jBPM Graphical Process Designer
    - Step-by-Step: Using jBPM Process Designer to Create and Deploy Processes
      - Tokens
      - Node Types
      - Versioning Process Definitions
      - Deploying Dependencies
      - Using Alternative Deployment Methods
  - Wiring a Process to the Alfresco UI
    - Step-by-Step: Grabbing the Hello World Argument from the User
      - Understanding Workflow-Specific Content Models
  - Assigning Tasks to Users and Groups
    - Step-by-Step: Creating the Initial Whitepaper Submission Workflow
    - Controlling What Actions Can Be Taken from the Task Management Dialog
    - Enabling the Workflow Initiator to Select Users and Groups
  - Adding Logic to Workflows with Actions and Process Variables
    - Storing Data in Process Variables
    - Step-by-Step: Adding Logic to the Whitepaper Submission Workflow
    - Using Java Classes for Decisions
    - Getting Access to the Content in the Workflow
    - Selecting the Right Event for Your Logic
    - Using ForEachFork
  - Using the Workflow API
    - Step-by-Step: Implementing Third-Party Review
    - Using a Task-Node Instead of a State
    - Making the Third-Party Review More Robust
  - Using Timers
    - Step-by-Step: Adding a Timer to the Third-Party Review
    - Understanding Timer Syntax
  - Debugging Workflows
  - Comparing Alfresco Workflow Options
  - Summary
- 8. Web Content Management
  - Understanding the Difference between Alfresco DM and Alfresco WCM
  - Obtaining Alfresco WCM
    - Step-by-Step: Installing Alfresco WCM
  - Creating Web Projects
    - Step-by-Step: Creating the SomeCo Web Project
    - What Just Happened
    - Playing Nicely in the Sandbox
    - Inviting Users
    - Mounting Sandboxes via CIFS
    - Virtualization and Layering
  - Creating Web Forms
    - Step-by-Step: Creating a SomeCo Press Release Web Form
    - Mapping XML Schema Types to Web Form Controls
      - Localizing Web Forms with Labels and Alerts
    - Generating XSD Dynamically
    - Step-by-Step: Creating a Press Release Index Page
    - Making Changes to an Existing Web Form
    - Using Web Forms Outside the WCM User Interface
  - Deploying Content
    - Step-by-Step: Deploying Content Using the File System Receiver (FSR)
      - Running Multiple FSR Hosts and Multiple FSR Targets
    - Setting the FSR Target User and Password
    - Viewing Deployment Reports
    - Deploying to Test Servers
    - Enabling Deployment Targets for Auto Deploy
    - Step-by-Step: Deploying to an Alfresco System Receiver (ASR)
  - Performing Post-Deployment Processing
    - Step-by-Step: Running Post-Deployment Code in an FSR Deployment
    - Handling Deletes
    - Step-by-Step: Implementing ASR Deployment Callbacks
  - Modifying and Creating WCM Workflows
    - Using Launch Dates, Expiration Dates, and Link Checking
      - Launch Dates
      - Expiration Dates
      - Link Checking
    - Step-by-Step: Creating a No-Approval Workflow for Job Postings
  - Working with the AVM API
    - Step-by-Step: Writing a Web Script to Query AVMNodes
    - Step-by-Step: Writing a Web Script to Trigger Deployments
      - Implementing a Web Script for Submit
  - Using the AVM Console
  - Summary
- 9. Security
  - Authenticating and Synchronizing with LDAP
    - Step-by-Step: Setting Up a Local OpenLDAP Server
    - Step-by-Step: Configuring Alfresco to Authenticate against LDAP
    - Step-by-Step: Configuring Chaining
    - Step-by-Step: Synchronizing LDAP with Alfresco
      - Handling Large Directories
  - Setting Up Single Sign-On (SSO)
    - Step-by-Step: Implementing SSO
      - Logging Out
    - Step-by-Step: Configuring CAS to Use LDAP for Authentication
  - Working with Security Services
    - Securing the Admin User
    - Granting Additional Users Admin Rights
      - Step-by-Step: Making tpublisher1 an Admin
    - Creating Users and Groups Programmatically
      - Step-by-Step: Creating Users and Groups through the API
    - Understanding Permission Definitions
      - Permission Groups
      - Permissions
      - Permission Sets
      - Step-by-Step: Setting Up A Portal Publisher Custom Role
      - Global Permissions
      - Mapping Permissions to Methods
  - Summary
- A. API Reference and Examples
  - Foundation API Public Services
    - ActionService
    - ActivityService (3.0 Labs)
    - AttributeService
    - AuditService
    - AuthenticationService
    - AuthorityService
    - AVMService
    - AVMLockingService
    - AVMSyncService
    - CategoryService
    - CheckOutCheckInService
    - ConfigurableService
    - ContentUsageService (3.0 Labs)
    - ContentService
    - CopyService
    - CrossRepositoryCopyService
    - DeploymentService
    - DescriptorService
    - DictionaryService
    - EditionService
    - EmailService
    - ExporterService
    - FileFolderService
    - ImporterService
    - LinkValidationService
    - LockService
    - MailService
    - MimetypeService
    - ModuleService
    - MultilingualContentService
    - NamespaceService
    - NodeService
    - OwnableService
    - PermissionService
    - PersonService
    - RegistryService
    - RepoAdminService (3.0 Labs)
    - RepositoryExporterService
    - RuleService
    - SearchService
    - ScriptService
    - SiteService (3.0 Labs)
    - TaggingService (3.0 Labs)
    - TemplateService
    - ThumbnailService (3.0 Labs)
    - TransactionService
    - VersionService
    - WorkflowService
  - Lucene Queries
    - Basic Lucene Syntax
    - Property Search
    - Proximity Search
    - Range Search
    - Field Search
      - TYPE and ASPECT
      - ID
      - PARENT
      - PATH
      - QNAME
      - TEXT
      - Category
      - Using Saved Searches as Examples
  - JavaScript
    - Root Objects
    - JavaScript API
      - General
        
        Association
        
        ChildAssociation
        
        ScriptNode
        
        ScriptUtils
        
        Root object: cache
        
        Root object: crossRepoCopy
        
        Root object: logger
        
        Root object: status
      - Actions API
        
        Root object: actions
        
        ScriptAction
      - AVM API
        
        Root object: avm
        
        AVMNode (extends ScriptNode)
        
        AVMScriptStore
      - Classification API
        
        Root node: classification
        
        CategoryNode (extends ScriptNode)
      - People API
        
        Root node: people
      - Presence API (3.0 Labs)
        
        presence
      - Search API
        
        search
  - API Examples
    - Create a Node
      - Foundation
      - JavaScript
      - Web Services
    - Perform a Search
      - Foundation
      - JavaScript
      - Web Services
    - Persist Content
      - Foundation
      - JavaScript
      - Web Services
    - Add an Aspect
      - Foundation
      - JavaScript
      - Web Services
    - Set a Property
      - Foundation
      - JavaScript
      - Web Services
    - Set Permissions
      - Foundation
      - JavaScript
      - Web Services
    - Start a Workflow
      - Foundation
      - JavaScript
      - Web Services
- B. Alfresco Configuration Reference
  - Actions
    - Actions Available in both Enterprise and Labs
    - Actions Available in Labs Only
  - Web Client Config Elements
    - Conditional Configuration Elements
    - Unconditional Configuration Elements
  - Action Groups
    - Core Web Client Action Groups
    - Forums-Related UI Action Groups
    - Workflow-Related Action Groups
    - WCM-Related Action Groups
  - Metadata Extractors
  - Transformers
  - Graphical View of the Alfresco Content Model
    - System Model
    - User Model
    - Content Model
    - App Model
    - BPM Model
    - Workflow Model
    - WCM Model
    - WCM App Model
    - WCM Workflow Model
- Index

Title: Alfresco Developer Guide. Customizing Alfresco with actions, web scripts, web forms, workflows, and more
Author: Jeff Potts, Alfresco.com
Original title: Alfresco Developer Guide. Customizing Alfresco with actions, web scripts, web forms, workflows, and more
ISBN: 9781847193124, 9781847193124
Date of issue: 2008-10-31
Format: Ebook
Item ID: e_3bpk
Publisher: Packt Publishing

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