Javascript API: child.delete() does not work

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sbroussi

Hi,

I'm trying to create a "Inbound" rule to:
- detect all incoming ACP files
- import the ACP in one folder (built-in action)
- remove the ACP file (run a custom script)

I have an error when I invoke "child.delete()"

ERROR [repo.action.ActionServiceImpl] An error was encountered whilst executing the action 'composite-action'.
org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ScriptException: Failed to execute script 'workspace://SpacesStore/7b4086cf-efbb-11da-a650-b99
5eb94ad41': missing name after . operator (AlfrescoScript#14)
        at org.alfresco.repo.jscript.RhinoScriptService.executeScript(RhinoScriptService.java:145)
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I've tried:

a) to delete the current node (document.delete())"
    (I can imagine that the Node that trigger the rule should
    not be so easily removed during the rule process…)

b) to rename the file "*.toBeRemoved" as for the next time
the script is run, the script removes all old files.

// DELETE DOES NOT WORK FOR THE CURRENT NODE
// document.delete();

// remove all previous document
var childList = space.children;
for (var i=0; i<childList.length; i++)
{
   var child = childList[i];
   if (child.name.indexOf(".ToBeRemoved") > 0)
   {
      child.delete();
   }
}

document.name = document.name + ".ToBeRemoved";
document.save();
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=> is it a Bug ? I've read http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/JavaScript_API

kevinr

You have found a bug in the JavaScript engine, I've investigated it and found some (but not much!) information that suggests the fact that delete is a reserved word in JavaScript is causing intermitent problems with the JavaScript->Java method resolution (see this blog and search for "Java overloaded method resolution in JavaScript" section if you are interested).

It looks like sometimes it causes a problem and other times it does not - so I've changed the API call from node.delete to node.remove see http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/JavaScript_API#Modifying_and_Creating_Nodes and it will be available in the next 1.3 drop.

Thanks for spotting this!

Kevin