Problems auditing nodes and own methods

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saruqui

Hi,

I have 2 questions about AuditService in Alfresco 4.
1. I don't have any problem auditing Alfresco's services but when I try to audit my own methods in my module I don't get any data about it.

My code is:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

<Audit xmlns="http://www.alfresco.org/repo/audit/model/3.2"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.alfresco.org/repo/audit/model/3.2 alfresco-audit-3.2.xsd">

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <DataExtractors>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <DataExtractor name="simpleValue" registeredName="auditModel.extractor.simpleValue" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </DataExtractors>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <PathMappings>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<PathMap source="/alfresco-api/pre/ExtractorService/updateMetadata"&nbsp; target="/Extractor" />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <PathMap source="/alfresco-api/post/ExtractorService/updateMetadata"&nbsp; target="/Extractor" />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </PathMappings>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<Application name="Extractor" key="Extractor">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<AuditPath key="update">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <AuditPath key="in">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <RecordValue key="nodeRef" dataExtractor="simpleValue" dataSource="/Extractor/args/nodeRef" dataTrigger="/Extractor/no-error"/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </AuditPath>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <AuditPath key="out">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <RecordValue key="result" dataExtractor="simpleValue" dataSource="/Extractor/result" dataTrigger="/Extractor/no-error"/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </AuditPath>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</AuditPath>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </Application>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</Audit>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

public interface ExtractorService {

   @Auditable(parameters={"nodeRef"})
   public ContentReader getContent(NodeRef nodeRef) throws ServiceException, IOException;
}‍‍‍‍‍

Any idea?


2. I have the following doubt. If I'm auditing nodeService, CheckoutCheckinService, permissionService, alfresco-access… and I want to know everything about a node. Are there any query,

service or anything for resolving it or do I need to create a query for everyone and then a merge about the results?

Thx in advance 

afaust

Hello,

I have a feeling your service declaration and Spring configuration may be incomplete, which is why your service may not be properly audited.

• Make sure your service is fully annotated - I think in addition to Auditable on the method you need PublicService (or something in that direction) on the interface itself (look at the NodeService interface for reference)
• Make sure you have properly encapsulated your service bean in a public service proxy - only a proxy with the AuditMethodInterceptor will actually be able to log your service invocations
• Turn the audit debugging on to see if you actually collect data or have any path mapping errors

For providing your own public service proxy, refer to the example from the NodeService:

<bean id="NodeService" class="org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactoryBean">
   <property name="proxyInterfaces">
      <list>
         <value>org.alfresco.service.ServiceDescriptor</value>
         <value>org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeService</value>
      </list>
   </property>
   <property name="target">
      <ref bean="nodeService"/>
   </property>
   <property name="interceptorNames">
      <list>
         <idref local="NodeService_transaction"/>
         <idref local="AuditMethodInterceptor"/>
         <idref local="exceptionTranslator"/>
         <idref bean="NodeService_security"/>
         <idref local="NodeService_descriptor"/>
      </list>
   </property>
</bean>
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Regards
Axel