Defining group of actions in a module

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bgl

Hi,

I would like to add new group of actions (specified in web-client-config-actions.xml) defined for the purpose of my own module.
I thought it would work like the web-client-config.xml, adding a web-client-config-actions-custom.xml would make the trick…but that is not the case.

After searching, I found in web-client-application-context.xml this:

   <bean id="webClientConfigSource" class="org.alfresco.config.source.UrlConfigSource">
      <constructor-arg>
         <list>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-dialogs.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wizards.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-properties.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-navigation.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wcm.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-actions.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-forum-actions.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wcm-actions.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-workflow-actions.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/extension/web-client-config-custom.xml</value>
            <value>jar:*!/META-INF/web-client-config-custom.xml</value>
         </list>
      </constructor-arg>
   </bean>
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Now I understand much better the tips&tricks about web-client-config-custom.xml in jar file. But I'm afraid I cannot declare my set of actions.

I'm trying to do the following:
  create a custom drop down menu (following the code of create space) to create some special space with special attributes that can be filled at creation time.

I have my own browse.jsp which is a copy/paste from alfresco war but I have added a menu. This menu expects a group of actions defined in my META-INF/web-client-config-actions-custom.xml but it is not loaded.

If I add in the web-client-application-context.xml the following:

<value>jar:*!/META-INF/web-client-config-actions-custom.xml</value>
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where I saw the web-client-config-custom, it seems to be found.

Is this an issue or a design choice ? if the last option, how can I do ? If it is the first option, do I have to raise an issue ? (I've checked quickly jira searching for web-client-application-context.xml but did not find any…may be my criteria was incorrect…)

Thx for reading this loooong post and proposing something 

gavinc

OK, you shouldn't need the JAR approach for your case, I'll explain in a minute what it's useful for.

For your scenario a single file called web-client-config-custom.xml should be sufficient. This needs to be placed in the alfresco/extension package. The easiest place to put it is in the Tomcat shared folder i.e. /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension

This file is already included in the list of files read in as you can see from what you found in web-client-application-context.xml so you don't need to change any other files.

A reason this might not get read is if you have multiple web-client-config-custom.xml files on your classpath i.e. there is one from another AMP installed. You can see what file is getting read in by turning on debugging for the config. Add the following line to log4j.properties:

log4j.logger.org.alfresco.config=debug‍

Have a look for the web-client-config-custom.xml file and where its loaded from, this may give you some clues.

As for the JAR file approach, this is only required if you hit the multiple custom config file problem just explained.

Hope this helps.