Auto Version my content WEM 8.5

Hello,

With limited exposure to WEM...

Am I able to auto version my content. I would like a snapshot to be created everytime content is created/modified/deleted so I can revert to it if needed before a publish.

Possible? If so how?

Thanks,

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Trilochan_Singh

Yes its possible, You can achieve this with listener.

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Auto Version my content WEM 8.5

Posted by victor.prasad@aer.ca (Prasad, Victor) On 09/23/2014 05:00 PM

Hello,

With limited exposure to WEM...

Am I able to auto version my content. I would like a snapshot to be created everytime content is created/modified/deleted so I can revert to it if needed before a publish.

Possible? If so how?

Thanks,

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Evan_Bench

Quoted Victor Prasad on 09/24/2014 01:23 PM:

Hello,

With limited exposure to WEM...

Am I able to auto version my content. I would like a snapshot to be created everytime content is created/modified/deleted so I can revert to it if needed before a publish.

Possible? If so how?

Thanks,

You'll find good examples for creating a listener here:

OpenText Web Experience Management 8.5 - Content Management SDK Development Guide

The overall steps are:

1. create a java class that implements iAsEventListener

add filtering for the event type (normally pre-persistence update, create, delete)

2. jar the class and deploy to WEM using either configp or cfgaction (see above dev guide on how to do this). You can automate this in ant or maven using cfgaction (useful) but otherwise configp works fine.

3. Register your new Listener by associating with the appropriate events (using either the config console, or cfgedit).

4. Push the changes and test (you can see the event firing in the VgnVCMRuntime logs

5. If it works, commit the change!

Here's an example Listener that does a basic auto approve for updates (you'll need to extend this for other events).

It also sounds like you're wanting for this to take place in a workflow (publishing)? If so, you can register this as well as a "Program Task" and fire it off as needed inside an Approval Workflow! :-)

package com.vignette.training.autoversion;

import com.vignette.as.client.common.ref.ManagedObjectVCMRef;

import com.vignette.as.client.common.AttributeData;

import com.vignette.as.client.exception.*;

import com.vignette.as.client.javabean.ContentInstance;

import com.vignette.as.client.javabean.ContentManagementOps;

import com.vignette.as.client.javabean.ManagedObject;

import com.vignette.as.config.ConfigUtil;

import com.vignette.as.server.event.AsEvent;

import com.vignette.as.server.event.AsPrePersistenceEvent;

import com.vignette.as.server.event.IAsEventListener;

import com.vignette.logging.Category;

import java.util.Date;

public class VersioningPrePersistenceEventListener implements IAsEventListener

{

private static final Category logger;

public VersioningPrePersistenceEventListener()

{

}

public int getPriority()

{

return MEDIUM_PRIORITY;

}

public void consume(AsEvent asEvent)

throws ApplicationException, AuthorizationException, ValidationException

{

ManagedObject mo = null;

AsPrePersistenceEvent ppe = null;

ContentInstance ci = null;

AttributeData ad = null;

try

{

logger.debug("=== VersioningPrePersistenceEventListener......");

logger.debug("consume: " + asEvent.getClass().getName());

logger.debug("consume: " + asEvent.getType());

if(asEvent instanceof AsPrePersistenceEvent)

{

ppe = (AsPrePersistenceEvent)asEvent;

mo = ppe.getManagedObject();

if(mo instanceof ContentInstance)

{

ci = (ContentInstance)mo;

logger.debug("consume: ci.name: " + ci.getName());

Date date = new Date();

String user = ConfigUtil.getAuthzOps().getCurrentUser();

ManagedObjectVCMRef vref = new ManagedObjectVCMRef(ci);

int versionNumber = ContentManagementOps.createVersion(vref, "Version created on " + date.toString() + " by " + user);

ContentManagementOps.addLabelToVersion(vref, versionNumber, "Auto " + date.toString());

}

catch(Exception e)

{

logger.debug("Exception while processing content: " + e.getMessage());

}

static

{

logger = Category.getInstance(VersioningPrePersistenceEventListener.class);

}

If you're interested we offer a 4 day SDK Development course that covers things like this (and lots of other fun WEM SDK topics). You can take this offline, onsite, online, self-paced.

Evan

Victor_Prasad

Thank you!

Is Listerner part of WEM?

Thanks,

Quoted Trilochan Singh on 10/06/2014 03:39 PM:

Yes its possible, You can achieve this with listener.

Auto Version my content WEM 8.5

Posted by victor.prasad@aer.ca (Prasad, Victor) On 09/23/2014 05:00 PM

Hello,

With limited exposure to WEM...

Am I able to auto version my content. I would like a snapshot to be created everytime content is created/modified/deleted so I can revert to it if needed before a publish.

Possible? If so how?

Thanks,

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Evan_Bench

Yes Listener is available in WEM

Quoted Victor Prasad on 10/06/2014 11:46 PM:

Thank you!

Is Listerner part of WEM?

Thanks,

Quoted Trilochan Singh on 10/06/2014 03:39 PM:

Yes its possible, You can achieve this with listener.

Auto Version my content WEM 8.5

Posted by victor.prasad@aer.ca (Prasad, Victor) On 09/23/2014 05:00 PM

Hello,

With limited exposure to WEM...

Am I able to auto version my content. I would like a snapshot to be created everytime content is created/modified/deleted so I can revert to it if needed before a publish.

Possible? If so how?

Thanks,

[To post a comment, use the normal reply function]
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