CBdelete callback is not being executed when a document is deleted

We are currently using content server SP2 and we have a requirement to capture DataId of the document being deleted in a custom table based on metadata value. We have planned to implement this using CBDelete Nodecallbacks.

We created a custom module , orphaned NodeCallbacks, Enabled the object, set fsubtype to Undefined, fApplTypes to 144, build Ospace and saved the module. We overridden the CBDelete according to our requirement.

However , when we delete a document our CBdelete callback is not being executed. Just added echo to other CB callbacks like CBdeletepre , CBdeleteinfo and CBCreate. All other callbacks are being called , but not our CBdelete. Also tried to delete the document from Undelete Workspace ( Just to check if this is being called after document is being purged)

We don’t have recycle bin Module installed as well. Please let us know where are we doing wrong?

Also wanted to know , if any Folder containing documents is being delete , then will it call CBDelete for all the subitems ? If no then in this case what Object is it advise to override. NodeDeleteSubclassPost ?

Thanks,

Hari

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From memory if you have undelete then a simple delete is a move into the undelete volume.put a echo in delete and move to see which is which.

create a patch in your system for a lliapi:nodeDelete .You should try to echo the place where the call backs are run .From memory

you should look for cb in callbacks a loop to assess all callbacks.With some work you might be echo the name of the registered

callbacks firing on nodedelete.with some luck you should be able to see if it is firing or not.

If it is the spanking new 10.5 CS10 OT changed design to do a soft delete where they rename the dtree table to a view and so when users delete they turn a flag in dtreecore to not show the object in the view,a logical delete.Then the delete real is performed by the DA agent framework.I am not sure if that could add some complexity to this.

If nobody is helping or you having trouble I can look at it in code.

..appu appnair appunair

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On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 9:25 AM, eLink Entry: Content Server Development Forum <development@elinkkc.opentext.com> wrote:

CBdelete callback is not being executed when a document is deleted Posted byhari.sudarshan@accenture.com (Sudarshan, Hari)On 04/19/2015 10:21 AM

We are currently using content server SP2 and we have a requirement to capture DataId of the document being deleted in a custom table based on metadata value. We have planned to implement this using CBDelete Nodecallbacks.We created a custom module , orphaned NodeCallbacks, Enabled the object, set fsubtype to Undefined, fApplTypes to 144, build Ospace and saved the module. We overridden the CBDelete according to our requirement.However , when we delete a document our CBdelete callback is not being executed. Just added echo to other CB callbacks like CBdeletepre , CBdeleteinfo and CBCreate. All other callbacks are being called , but not our CBdelete. Also tried to delete the document from Undelete Workspace ( Just to check if this is being called after document is being purged)We don’t have recycle bin Module installed as well. Please let us know where are we doing wrong?Also wanted to know , if any Folder containing documents is being delete , then will it call CBDelete for all the subitems ? If no then in this case what Object is it advise to override. NodeDeleteSubclassPost ?Thanks,Hari
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Sud82

Thanks Appu for the response.

We tried with CBmove and request will be sent to this Callback when document is deleted. But we assume that if we have recycle bin module or Archiving for content server module are installed then it might behave differently.

Also we could only find call to CBDelete under CBnodePurge. And noticed that under LLIAPIRoot:DAPI.Callback case DAPI.RESTORE_NODE and case DAPI.DELETE_NODE are commented. ( We haven’t altered Core Modules)

Alternatively Option which we are thinking, we have deleted Document set to purge after 100 days. Is it a good option to run query against deleteddocs table for Dataids which is not in our custom table using LLAgents and to capture it in our database. ( Comparing MetaData can be ignored , since we have list of DataIds which we are interested in another Table)

Thanks,

Hari

David Templeton

Hari

CBDelete is called when the object is physically deleted from the system. Depending on the configuration there are a couple of paths, for recycle bin and undelete the object is moved to a volume and sometime in the future, ideally automatically, they will be removed from the system. At that point the object is marked for physical deletion and the DA will handle the final removal. If you are running in an development environment then the agent does not operate automatically. The handler can be fired manually though. If running in server mode and the DA cleans up, what evidence the callback was not fired?

David

John W. Simon, Jr.

"Also wanted to know , if any Folder containing documents is being delete , then will it call CBDelete for all the subitems ? If no then in this case what Object is it advise to override. NodeDeleteSubclassPost "

Yes the CBDelete is called for each object in the folder being deleted...at least up until CS10 (I wouldn't expect that it changes in 10.5).