Copied folders into a project are displayed as subprojects

Hello,

As we cannot create a project from project template using Webservices (see https://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/cs.dll?func=ll&objId=22340284&objAction=viewincontainer), I am investigating another option.

The idea is to create an empty project and to copy the content from an existing project used as a template.

However, the copyNode function gives an odd results. All folders copied from the source project are displayed as sub-project in the target folder. See printscreen below.

Did I miss something? Is there a know issue?

Thanks for your feedback.

   /**
   * Create an IT Project from the IT Project template
   * @param projectTemplateID ID of the project template to copy
   * @param coordinatorID ID of the user to be added as coordinator of the project
   * @param targetfolderID ID of the target folder
   * @param newProjectName Name of the new project
   * @return ID of the newly created project
   * @throws Exception
   */
   public static int runCreateITProject(int targetfolderID, int projectTemplateID, int coordinatorID, String newProjectName) throws Exception {
       String wsRootURL = rb.getString("wsRootURL");
       String wsUserName = rb.getString("wsUserName");
       String wsPassword = rb.getString("wsPassword");
       String wsTimeout = rb.getString("wsTimeout");

       try{

           OpentextUtils.wsTimeout = Integer.parseInt(wsTimeout);
           // Authentication service
           String wsAuthWSDLURL = wsRootURL + "Authentication?wsdl";
           // DocumentManagement service
           String wsDocWSDLURL = wsRootURL + "DocumentManagement?wsdl";
           // ContentService
           String wsContentWSDLURL = wsRootURL + "ContentService?wsdl";
           // MemberService
           String wsMemberWSDLURL = wsRootURL + "MemberService?wsdl";
           // CollaborationService
           String wsCollaborationWSDLURL = wsRootURL + "Collaboration?wsdl";


           // Authentication token
           String authToken = OpentextUtils.getAuthenticationToken(new URL(wsAuthWSDLURL), wsUserName, wsPassword);

           // Document management Service
           DocumentManagement dm = OpentextUtils.getDMService(new URL(wsDocWSDLURL), authToken);

           // Content Service
           ContentService cs = OpentextUtils.getContentService(new URL(wsContentWSDLURL), authToken);

           //
           Collaboration col = OpentextUtils.getCollaborationService(new URL(wsCollaborationWSDLURL), authToken);

           // Get ContentService binder
           WSBindingProvider csBindingProvider = (WSBindingProvider) cs;


           // As we cannot copy a project, we are going to create a new one from the template and after copy all its content
           ProjectInfo projetInfo = col.getProject(projectTemplateID);

           projetInfo.setParentID(targetfolderID);
           projetInfo.setID(0);
           projetInfo.setCreatedBy(null);
           projetInfo.setName(newProjectName);
           Node nodeNewProject = col.createProject(projetInfo);


           CopyOptions options= new CopyOptions();
           options.setAttrSourceType(AttributeSourceType.DESTINATION);
           options.setAddVersion(true);
           options.setCopyCurrent(true);
           options.setCurrentUserAsOwner(true);
           options.setKeepReservedState(false);
           options.setKeepVersionLocks(true);

           GetNodesInContainerOptions containerOptions = new GetNodesInContainerOptions();
           containerOptions.setMaxDepth(1);   // We only copy the first level of sub folders
           containerOptions.setMaxResults(1000);
           List<Node> listFolders = dm.getNodesInContainer(projectTemplateID, containerOptions);

           for (Iterator<Node> iterator = listFolders.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
               Node node = (Node) iterator.next();
               dm.copyNode(node.getID(), nodeNewProject.getID(), node.getName(), options);
           }

           System.out.println("Project created: " + nodeNewProject.getID());


           return nodeNewProject.getID();

       } catch (Throwable e) {
           log.error("Internal Error", e);
           e.printStackTrace();

       }
       return 0;
   }

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Patrick Vitali

Hi JP,

try this:

dm.copyNode(node.getID(), -1*nodeNewProject.getID(), node.getName(), options);

this way you should be able to create nodes in the Project workspace.

Cheers

Patrick

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Copied folders into a project are displayed as subprojects Posted byForti, Jean-PhilippeOn 02/12/2016 10:38 AM

Hello,As we cannot create a project from project template using Webservices (see https://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/cs.dll?func=ll&objId=22340284&objAction=viewincontainer), I am investigating another option.The idea is to create an empty project and to copy the content from an existing project used as a template.However, the copyNode function gives an odd results. All folders copied from the source project are displayed as sub-project in the target folder. See printscreen below.Did I miss something? Is there a know issue?Thanks for your feedback.JP     /**
   * Create an IT Project from the IT Project template
   * @param projectTemplateID ID of the project template to copy
   * @param coordinatorID ID of the user to be added as coordinator of the project
   * @param targetfolderID ID of the target folder
   * @param newProjectName Name of the new project
   * @return ID of the newly created project
   * @throws Exception
   */
   public static int runCreateITProject(int targetfolderID, int projectTemplateID, int coordinatorID, String newProjectName) throws Exception {
       String wsRootURL = rb.getString("wsRootURL");
       String wsUserName = rb.getString("wsUserName");
       String wsPassword = rb.getString("wsPassword");
       String wsTimeout = rb.getString("wsTimeout");

       try{

           OpentextUtils.wsTimeout = Integer.parseInt(wsTimeout);
           // Authentication service
           String wsAuthWSDLURL = wsRootURL + "Authentication?wsdl";
           // DocumentManagement service
           String wsDocWSDLURL = wsRootURL + "DocumentManagement?wsdl";
           // ContentService
           String wsContentWSDLURL = wsRootURL + "ContentService?wsdl";
           // MemberService
           String wsMemberWSDLURL = wsRootURL + "MemberService?wsdl";
           // CollaborationService
           String wsCollaborationWSDLURL = wsRootURL + "Collaboration?wsdl";


           // Authentication token
           String authToken = OpentextUtils.getAuthenticationToken(new URL(wsAuthWSDLURL), wsUserName, wsPassword);

           // Document management Service
           DocumentManagement dm = OpentextUtils.getDMService(new URL(wsDocWSDLURL), authToken);           // Content Service
           ContentService cs = OpentextUtils.getContentService(new URL(wsContentWSDLURL), authToken);

           //
           Collaboration col = OpentextUtils.getCollaborationService(new URL(wsCollaborationWSDLURL), authToken);

           // Get ContentService binder
           WSBindingProvider csBindingProvider = (WSBindingProvider) cs;


           // As we cannot copy a project, we are going to create a new one from the template and after copy all its content
           ProjectInfo projetInfo = col.getProject(projectTemplateID);

           projetInfo.setParentID(targetfolderID);
           projetInfo.setID(0);
           projetInfo.setCreatedBy(null);
           projetInfo.setName(newProjectName);
           Node nodeNewProject = col.createProject(projetInfo);


           CopyOptions options= new CopyOptions();
           options.setAttrSourceType(AttributeSourceType.DESTINATION);
           options.setAddVersion(true);
           options.setCopyCurrent(true);
           options.setCurrentUserAsOwner(true);
           options.setKeepReservedState(false);
           options.setKeepVersionLocks(true);

           GetNodesInContainerOptions containerOptions = new GetNodesInContainerOptions();
           containerOptions.setMaxDepth(1);   // We only copy the first level of sub folders
           containerOptions.setMaxResults(1000);
           List<Node> listFolders = dm.getNodesInContainer(projectTemplateID, containerOptions);

           for (Iterator<Node> iterator = listFolders.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
               Node node = (Node) iterator.next();
               dm.copyNode(node.getID(), nodeNewProject.getID(), node.getName(), options);
           }

           System.out.println("Project created: " + nodeNewProject.getID());


           return nodeNewProject.getID();
       } catch (Throwable e) {
           log.error("Internal Error", e);
           e.printStackTrace();

       }
       return 0;
   }
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Christopher_Meyer

Hi Jean-Philippe,

Projects are composed of two nodes: the "Project" and the "Project Workspace" (aka "associated volume"). They are distinct items in the database, but are associated by their DataID. That is, the Project Workspace DataID is the negative of the Project DataID. The Content Server UI makes it appear like a single object.

Projects are setup that sub-Projects are children of the Project, but all other item types are children of the associated volume. For this reason, as Patrick pointed out, you need to negate the Project DataID to set the correct parent of your folders to be the associated volume.

The Content Server UI enforces what object types can be added to other types. You see this by what is displayed in the "Add Item" menu. However, this is not enforced in the APIs or on the request that actually creates the child object. This means you can add almost any object type to another object type via URL manipulation or the APIs (as you have seen with your example). You need to be careful with this since a programming error could lead to data corruption. For example, I once added a folder as a child of a document (i.e., the document was the parent of the folder), which is clearly not correct.

I hope this helps to understand what's going on here. Good luck! Chris

Jean Philippe Forti

Thanks Patrick and Christopher,

The negative parent id does the job.

guillaumebelzile

Hi, I know this is an old post but I finally found a way to use xmlimport to create a new project from template. You have to find the actual project node inside the template and import that one instead. It can be contained in a CDATA node. Here is how I did it in c#.

var attachment = xmlClient.ExportXml(ref xmlOTAuth, templateId, new HydroDocServiceXml.ExportOptions { VersionInfo = HydroDocServiceXml.ExportVersionInfo.Current, Scope = HydroDocServiceXml.ExportScope.Sub, Content = HydroDocServiceXml.ExportContent.CData });

using(var memStream = new MemoryStream(attachment.Contents))

{

var xdocTemplate = XDocument.Load(memStream);

var projetXml = xdocTemplate.Descendants("content").FirstOrDefault(x => x.Attribute("type").Value == "cdata");

var xdocProjet = XDocument.Parse(projetXml.Value);

attachment.Contents = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xdocProjet.ToString());

attachment.FileSize = attachment.Contents.Length;

}

var newNodeId = xmlClient.ImportXml(ref xmlOTAuth, _config.TargetNodeId, new HydroDocServiceXml.ImportOptions { }, attachment);

You can then select the created project to set its title or description:

var projetInfo = collabClient.GetProject(ref collabOTAuth, newNodeId);

projetInfo.Name = request.Title;

collabClient.UpdateProject(ref collabOTAuth, projetInfo);

var node = docClient.GetNode(ref docOTAuth, newNodeId);

node.Comment = request.Description;

docClient.UpdateNode(ref docOTAuth, node);

Enjoy!