How do I register a bean with Alfresco?

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piousbox

hello all;

I'm following this tutorial: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/WorkflowAdministration

I'm stuck at "Deploying the Tast Model". This bean:
<bean id="myworkflows.workflowBootstrap" parent="workflowDeployer">
  <property name="workflowDefinitions">
     …
  </property>
  <property name="models">
    <list>
      <!– Task Model associated with above process definition –>
      <value>alfresco/workflow/adhocModel.xml</value>
    </list>
  </property>
</bean>

I assume I can just put it in randomly named .xml file, but how do I register this bean with Alfresco? The tutorial is unclear on that. Any help would be appreciated.

jottley

The bean definitions should be added to -context.xml file and placed on the classpath (ex. tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension) with the processdefinition and the model.

For example a file named some_name-context.xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' 'http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd'>

<beans>

<bean id="myworkflows.workflowBootstrap" parent="workflowDeployer">
<property name="workflowDefinitions">
…
</property>
<property name="models">
<list>
<!– Task Model associated with above process definition –>
<value>alfresco/extension/workflow/adhocModel.xml</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>

</beans>
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(The above example is not complete code.  I've also adjusted the path a bit.  It is best not to muck about in the exploded WAR file)

Jared