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verifying ext. attr. validity in workflow

mcdoma2000

Is there a way of verifying the validity of the extended attributes for a file in an NON-INTERACTIVE way from within a workflow? What I would like to do is loop through the files attached to a workflow and testing each one to be sure the appropriate metadata has been set before allowing the workflow to proceed. Is this possible?

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Adam Stoller

Sure - use iwextattr to extract the EAs and then run the key/value pairs through whatever code you want to validate them. If they don't validate - callback to a task that will notify the user that the EAs didn't validate and have them try again - if they do validate - callback to the next task.

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
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mcdoma2000

I guess I should have been more specific - I was hoping to leverage the built-in validity checking that the extended attributes data entry pages have to ensure that the extended attributes matched the template (of course, without actually calling the user interface). I would prefer not to have to write my own code for each possible metadata template, but would prefer to leverage what is already there...

Mark

Adam Stoller

The "built-in" validity checking is custom too - and it involves processing that only takes place in the GUI (i.e. via javascript) - so the answer to your question as re-phrased is "no" - you have to develop your own customization either through the GUI or through some externaltask script process.

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com