Writing WCM custom workflow email actions-(Custom WCM Workflow Notification Email)-Part3



1.     Define custom workflow action factory

package com.sivavaka.wcm.custom.workflow;

import java.util.Locale;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.Document;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.custom.CustomWorkflowAction;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.custom.CustomWorkflowActionFactory;

public class SivaTestCustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowActionFactory implements CustomWorkflowActionFactory {

    @Override
    public String[] getActionNames() {
           String names[] = { "sendEmailToApprovers", "sendEmailToAuthors", "sendEmailToOwners" };

           return names;
    }

    @Override
    public String getActionTitle(Locale arg0, String arg1) {
           if (arg1.equalsIgnoreCase("sendEmailToApprovers")) {
                   return "sendEmailToApprovers";
           } else if (arg1.equalsIgnoreCase("sendEmailToAuthors")) {
                   return "sendEmailToAuthors";
           } else if (arg1.equalsIgnoreCase("sendEmailToOwners")) {
                   return "sendEmailToOwners";
           }
           return null;
    }
   
    @Override
    public String getActionDescription(Locale arg0, String arg1) {

           if (arg1.equalsIgnoreCase("sendEmailToApprovers")) {
                   return "Send Email To Approvers with custom Body";
           } else if (arg1.equalsIgnoreCase("sendEmailToAuthors")) {
                   return "Send Email To Authors with custom Body";
           } else if (arg1.equalsIgnoreCase("sendEmailToOwners")) {
                   return "Send Email To Oweners with custom Body";
           }
           return "";
    }
   
    @Override
    public CustomWorkflowAction getAction(String arg0, Document arg1) {

           if (arg0.equalsIgnoreCase("sendEmailToApprovers")) {
                   return new SivaTestSendEmailToApproversWithCustomBodyWorkFlowAction();
           } else if (arg0.equalsIgnoreCase("sendEmailToAuthors")) {
                   return new SivaTestSendEmailToAuthorsWithCustomBodyWorkFlowAction();
           } else if (arg0.equalsIgnoreCase("sendEmailToOwners")) {
                   return new SivaTestSendEmailToOwnersWithCustomBodyWorkFlowAction();
           }

           return null;
    }
   
    @Override
    public String getName() {
           return "SivaTestCustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowActionFactory";
    }

    @Override
    public String getTitle(Locale arg0) {
           return "Siva Test Customized WCM Notification Email Body ";
    }

}

2.     Define separate workflow actions to send emails to authors, approvers and owners.

Below is for the custom action to send email to approvers (similar define other two , can browse the code here)

package com.sivavaka.wcm.custom.workflow;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.naming.InitialContext;

import com.ibm.portal.um.Group;
import com.ibm.portal.um.Principal;
import com.ibm.portal.um.PumaController;
import com.ibm.portal.um.PumaHome;
import com.ibm.portal.um.PumaLocator;
import com.ibm.portal.um.PumaProfile;
import com.ibm.portal.um.User;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.Content;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.Document;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.WebContentCustomWorkflowService;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.Workspace;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.custom.CustomWorkflowAction;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.custom.CustomWorkflowActionResult;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.custom.Directive;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.custom.Directives;
import com.sivavaka.mail.util.SivaTestSendEmail;

public class SivaTestSendEmailToApproversWithCustomBodyWorkFlowAction implements CustomWorkflowAction {

    InitialContext initContext = null;
    WebContentCustomWorkflowService webContentCustomWorkflowService = null;
    CustomWorkflowActionResult result = null;

    // PUMA Objects
    PumaHome pHome = null;
    PumaController pController = null;
    PumaLocator pLocator = null;
    PumaProfile pProfile = null;

    Principal approverPrincipal = null;
    Content content = null;
    String message = null;

    public SivaTestSendEmailToApproversWithCustomBodyWorkFlowAction() {
           System.out.println("Inside the SivaTestSendEmailToApproversWithCustomBodyWorkFlowAction.... ");
    }

    public CustomWorkflowActionResult execute(Document arg0) {
          
           System.out.println("Executing SivaTestSendEmailToApproversWithCustomBodyWorkFlowAction.... ");
           Directive directive = Directives.CONTINUE;

           if (arg0 instanceof Content) {
                   try {

                          content = (Content) arg0;
                          Workspace ws = content.getSourceWorkspace();
                          ws.useDistinguishedNames(true);
                         
                          initContext = new InitialContext();
                          //PUMA related
                          pHome = (com.ibm.portal.um.PumaHome) initContext.lookup(com.ibm.portal.um.PumaHome.JNDI_NAME);
                          pController = pHome.getController();
                          pLocator = pHome.getLocator();
                          pProfile = pHome.getProfile();

                          //User Attributes
                          List<String> userAttributes = new ArrayList<String>();
                          userAttributes.add("ibm-primaryEmail");
                          userAttributes.add("cn");

                          List<Group> groupsList = new ArrayList<Group>();
                          Set<User> usersList = new HashSet<User>();
                          List<Principal> membersList = null;
                         
                          List<Map<String, Object>> approversDetails = new ArrayList<Map<String, Object>>();
                         
                          //Below additional logic is check for for bother users and groups as approvers,
                          String currentApprovers[] = content.getCurrentApprovers();
                         
                          //create a separate lists for users and groups
                          for (int i = 0; i < currentApprovers.length; i++) {
                                  if(currentApprovers[i].contains("uid=")){
                                      usersList.add(pLocator.findUserByIdentifier(currentApprovers[i]));
                                  }else{
                                      groupsList.add(pLocator.findGroupByIdentifier(currentApprovers[i]));
                                  }
                          }
                          //find all users from groups and add it to users list
                          for(Group group : groupsList){
                                  membersList = pLocator.findMembersByGroup(group,false);
                                  for (Principal member : membersList) {
                                         usersList.add((User) member);
                                  }
                          }
                          //Get required attributes from users list
                          for(User user : usersList){
                              approversDetails.add(pProfile.getAttributes(user,userAttributes));
                          }
                         
                          for (Map<String, Object> userDetail : approversDetails) {
                                  System.out.println("Username::" + userDetail.get("cn")+ "email::" + userDetail.get("ibm-primaryEmail"));
                          }
                         
                          //call mail utility method to send email.
                          SivaTestSendEmail.sendEmail(approversDetails, content);

                   } catch (Exception ex) {
                          message = "An exception has occured " + ex.getMessage();
                          directive = Directives.ROLLBACK_DOCUMENT;
                   }
                   try {

                          webContentCustomWorkflowService = (WebContentCustomWorkflowService) initContext.lookup("portal:service/wcm/WebContentCustomWorkflowService");
                   } catch (Exception ex) {
                          message = "An exception has occured in ex " + ex.getMessage();
                          directive = Directives.ROLLBACK_DOCUMENT;
                   }
           }

           result = webContentCustomWorkflowService.createResult(directive,message);

           return result;
    }

    public Date getExecuteDate(Document arg0) {
           return DATE_EXECUTE_NOW;
    }
}

3.     Define plugin.xml


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<plugin id= "com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.custom" name= "Sample Custom Workflow Action Factory" version= "1.0.0" provider-name= "IBM" >
<extension-point id= "CustomWorkflowActionFactory" name="CustomWorkflowActionFactory" />
<extension point="com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.CustomWorkflowActionFactory" id= "SivaTestCustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowActionFactory" >
    <provider class= "com.sivavaka.wcm.custom.workflow.SivaTestCustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowActionFactory"/>
</extension>
</plugin>

 

4.     Write Java Mail utility to send email to list of users

This is simple mail utility , you can customize to make it production ready (like reading it from properties files …etc)
package com.sivavaka.mail.util;
import java.util.*;

import javax.mail.Authenticator;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Transport;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;

import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.Content;

public class SivaTestSendEmail {
   
    public static void sendEmail(List<Map<String, Object>> usersDetails, Content content){
          
           String from = "wcmsupport@mail.sivavaka.com";
          
           final String SMTP_AUTH_USER = "admin@mail.sivavaka.com";
           final String SMTP_AUTH_PASSWORD = "password";
          
           Properties properties = new Properties();
           properties.setProperty("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.sivavaka.com");
           properties.setProperty("mail.smtp.port", "25");
           properties.setProperty("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
          
           Session session = Session.getInstance(properties, new Authenticator() {
                   @Override
               protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
                   return new PasswordAuthentication(SMTP_AUTH_USER, SMTP_AUTH_PASSWORD);
               }
           });
          
           MimeMessage message = null;
           String approverEmail = "";
          
           for(Map<String, Object> user : usersDetails){
                   approverEmail = (String)user.get("ibm-primaryEmail");
                   if(null != approverEmail && 0 < approverEmail.trim().length()){
                          try{
                                  message = new MimeMessage(session);
                                  message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
                                  message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(approverEmail));
                                  message.setSubject("Workflow Notification :: " + content.getTitle());
                                  message.setContent(customEmailBody(user, content), "text/html" );
                                  Transport.send(message);
                          }catch(Exception e){
                                  e.printStackTrace();
                          }
                   }
           }
          
    }
   
    public static String customEmailBody(Map<String, Object> user, Content content) throws Exception{
           StringBuffer emailBody = new StringBuffer();
           emailBody.append("Hi " + user.get("cn") +",");
           emailBody.append("<br/><br/>");
           emailBody.append("The content '"+content.getTitle()+"' has moved to Workflow Stage '"+(content.getWorkflowStageId()).getName()+"." );
           emailBody.append("<br/>");
           emailBody.append("Click on the following link to review the item, <a href='https://sivapc.sivavaka.com/wps/myportal/wcmAuthoring?wcmAuthoringAction=read&docid=com.aptrix.pluto.content.Content/"+(content.getId()).getId()+"'>"+content.getTitle()+"</a>");
           emailBody.append("<br/><br/>");
           emailBody.append("Thanks<br/>WCM Team");
           return emailBody.toString();
    }


}

5.     Install the ear file application

Once application is installed from WAS console (using wsadmin scripts) will see something like below.

[12/22/13 7:57:40:678 EST] 00000036 AdminHelper   A   ADMN1008I: An attempt is made to start the CustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowActionEAR application. (User ID = defaultWIMFileBasedRealm/wasadmin)
[12/22/13 7:57:40:745 EST] 00000036 CompositionUn A   WSVR0190I: Starting composition unit WebSphere:cuname=CustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowActionEAR in BLA WebSphere:blaname=CustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowActionEAR.
[12/22/13 7:57:41:212 EST] 00000036 ExtensionPoin I   CWXRS0034I: Extension com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.custom.SivaTestCustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowActionFactory connected with Extension Point com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.CustomWorkflowActionFactory
[12/22/13 7:57:41:370 EST] 00000036 webapp        I com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroupImpl WebGroup SRVE0169I: Loading Web Module: CustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowAction.
[12/22/13 7:57:41:386 EST] 00000036 WASSessionCor I SessionContextRegistry getSessionContext SESN0176I: Will create a new session context for application key default_hostCustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowAction
[12/22/13 7:57:41:396 EST] 00000036 webcontainer  I com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.VirtualHost addWebApplication SRVE0250I: Web Module CustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowAction has been bound to default_host[*:80,*:443,*:10000,*:10002,*:10039,*:10029,*:10032].
[12/22/13 7:57:41:402 EST] 00000036 ApplicationMg A   WSVR0221I: Application started: CustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowActionEAR
[12/22/13 7:57:41:404 EST] 00000036 CompositionUn A   WSVR0191I: Composition unit WebSphere:cuname=CustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowActionEAR in BLA WebSphere:blaname=CustomWcmEmailBodyWorkFlowActionEAR started



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7 comments:

  1. Hi Siva,
    Thanks for the nice article.
    I have created custom action application as you said above. And observed that extension point for my application is created. But when I try to create a custom workflow action it gives me the following error message
    "No custom workflow actions have been registered".

    Help me find the solution.
    Thanks

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  2. Try downloading EAR and deploy directly and see if wcm authoring shows the custom actions (while creating workflow action in authoring)

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  3. I downloaded and installed your EAR file.
    And tried creating the custom action it still shows the same error message.

    Thanks.


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  4. Make sure you cross checked all as mentioned in below troubleshooting article.

    http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/portalwiki.nsf/dx/Troubleshooting_Custom_Workflow

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  5. Hi
    I have deployed the same application under my Virtual Machine and it works absolutely fine.
    How can I check why custom actions are not getting registered.

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  6. This can be acheived without writing custom action isn't it. I mean in email action configuration you can configure whom to send email i.e. "authors/owners/approvers" of content.

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  7. Reviewers of content ususally comes from workflow stage and if you have "email action" in that stage it should generate email based on your selection

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