Package com.comalatech.workflow

Interface StateService

public interface StateService

Provides services for obtaining content state information, and for changing the state.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<StateApproval>	getCurrentApprovals(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content)	Returns the approvals that exist on the current state for the given content.
State	getCurrentState(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content)	Returns the current content's state Retrieves the
State	getPublishedState(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content)	Retrieves the most recent published state of the content if it has active workflows.
List<? extends State>	getStates(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content)	Deprecated. since 7.0, use methods in DocumentActivityService instead with an adequate query - filtering by type "state" and subtype "transition" - to obtain the list of states recorded for the page.
List<String>	getWorkflowStateNames(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content)	Returns the names of all possible states in the workflow associated with the given content.
State	setState(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content, String stateName, String comment)	Changes the state of the content.
State	setState(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content, String stateName, String comment, boolean validate)	Changes the state of pages.
com.atlassian.confluence.util.longrunning.LongRunningTaskId	setState(String stateName, boolean override, String spaceKey)	Changes the states of pages in given space.
com.atlassian.confluence.util.longrunning.LongRunningTaskId	setState(String stateName, String comment, boolean runInBackground, boolean validate, Long... pageIds)	Changes the states of pages.
com.atlassian.confluence.util.longrunning.LongRunningTaskId	setState(String stateName, String comment, boolean runInBackground, Long... pageIds)	Changes the states of pages.
com.atlassian.confluence.util.longrunning.LongRunningTaskId	setState(String workflowName, String stateName, boolean override, String spaceKey)	Changes the states of pages that have a given workflow in a space.
State	updateExpiryDate(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content, Date newExpiryDate)	Change the expiry date for the current state on the page.
State	updateExpiryDate(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content, Date newExpiryDate, boolean validateChangeDueDate)	Change the expiry date for the current state on the page.

Method Details

getCurrentState

State getCurrentState(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content)

Returns the current content's state Retrieves the

Parameters:

content - the content object

Returns:

the current state, or null of there is no state or workflow associated to the content provided

Since:

1.0

getCurrentApprovals

List<StateApproval> getCurrentApprovals(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content)

Returns the approvals that exist on the current state for the given content.

Parameters:

content - the page or blog post

Returns:

the list of approvals that exist on the current state for the given content.

Since:

1.7

getPublishedState

State getPublishedState(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content)

Retrieves the most recent published state of the content if it has active workflows. Note that it may not be the most current state

Parameters:

content - the content object

Returns:

the latest published state, or null if the content has not been in a published state or no active workflow applies to the content

Since:

1.0

getStates

@Deprecated
List<? extends State> getStates(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content)

Deprecated.

since 7.0, use methods in DocumentActivityService instead with an adequate query - filtering by type "state" and subtype "transition" - to obtain the list of states recorded for the page.

Retrieves all the states on which the content has been. The last state is the most recent (current)

Parameters:

content - the content object

Returns:

the List of states.

Since:

1.0

getWorkflowStateNames

List<String> getWorkflowStateNames(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content)

Returns the names of all possible states in the workflow associated with the given content.

Parameters:

content - the content object the Id of the content to get the workflow states from

Returns:

List of names of all states in the workflow.

Since:

1.0

setState

State setState(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content,
 String stateName,
 String comment)
        throws WorkflowException

Changes the state of the content. The new state must be defined in the active workflow. State validation is always done in this method. To choose not to validate the state transition use setState(ContentEntityObject, String, String, boolean) with the validate param set to “false” instead.

Parameters:

content - the content object, which must have already a workflow associated to it

stateName - the new state name

comment - a comment to be recorded for the change

Returns:

new state

Throws:

WorkflowException - if there is any problem changing the state.

Since:

1.15

setState

com.atlassian.confluence.util.longrunning.LongRunningTaskId setState(String stateName,
 String comment,
 boolean runInBackground,
 Long... pageIds)
                                                              throws WorkflowException

Changes the states of pages. The new state must be defined in the active workflow. State validation is always done in this method. To choose not to validate the state transition use setState(String, String, boolean, boolean, Long...) with the validate param set to “false” instead.

Parameters:

stateName - the new state name

comment - a comment to be recorded for the change

runInBackground - true if want to run in the background

pageIds - list of page ids to change states on

Returns:

null or LongRunningTaskId if run in background

Throws:

WorkflowException

Since:

1.13

setState

com.atlassian.confluence.util.longrunning.LongRunningTaskId setState(String stateName,
 String comment,
 boolean runInBackground,
 boolean validate,
 Long... pageIds)
                                                              throws WorkflowException

Changes the states of pages. The new state must be defined in the active workflow.

Parameters:

stateName - the new state name

comment - a comment to be recorded for the change

runInBackground - true if want to run in the background

validate - if the state is valid or not. If is true, the state transition is validated. The required parameters in the state to be set are validated too. When validation fails, if user is a workflow admin, the state is changed but with ”admin override” change reason.

pageIds - list of page ids to change states on

Returns:

null or LongRunningTaskId if run in background

Throws:

WorkflowException

Since:

6.5.0

setState

com.atlassian.confluence.util.longrunning.LongRunningTaskId setState(String stateName,
 boolean override,
 String spaceKey)
                                                              throws WorkflowException

Changes the states of pages in given space. The new state must be defined in the active workflow.

Parameters:

stateName - the new state name

override - true if want to override existing page states

spaceKey - the space to change page states in

Returns:

LongRunningTaskId

Throws:

WorkflowException - if there is any problem changing the state

Since:

1.13

setState

com.atlassian.confluence.util.longrunning.LongRunningTaskId setState(String workflowName,
 String stateName,
 boolean override,
 String spaceKey)
                                                              throws WorkflowException

Changes the states of pages that have a given workflow in a space. The new state must be defined in the indicated workflow

Parameters:

workflowName - the name of the workflow which states want to be changed

stateName - the new state name

override - true if want to override existing page states

spaceKey - the space to change page states in

Returns:

LongRunningTaskId

Throws:

WorkflowException - if there is any problem changing the state

Since:

1.16

setState

State setState(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content,
 String stateName,
 String comment,
 boolean validate)
        throws WorkflowException

Changes the state of pages. The new state must be defined in the active workflow.

Parameters:

content - the content object, which must have already a workflow associated to it.

stateName - the new state name.

comment - a comment to be recorded for the change.

validate - if the state is valid or not. If true, the state transition is validated if the user is not a workflow admin. The required parameters in the state to be set are validated too.

Returns:

a new state

Throws:

WorkflowException - if there is any problem changing the state

Since:

6.5.0

updateExpiryDate

State updateExpiryDate(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content,
 Date newExpiryDate)

Change the expiry date for the current state on the page. The current state must allow due date changes for the change to take effect.

Parameters:

content - the content object

newExpiryDate -

Returns:

Since:

1.8

updateExpiryDate

State updateExpiryDate(com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject content,
 Date newExpiryDate,
 boolean validateChangeDueDate)

Change the expiry date for the current state on the page.

Parameters:

content -

newExpiryDate -

validateChangeDueDate - if false will not check the changeduedate param on the state before changing the date.

Returns:

Since:

1.11