How to archive and restore a Content Fragment in AEM?

Question

Hi,

In AEM 6.5, we have an OOTB solution in AEM sites to archive a page before deleting it and restoring it later; however, can we achieve the same for content fragment before deleting it? Is there any OOTB way? If not, what is the alternative?

Archive option when deleting a page:

Thanks

SureshDhulipudi · Accepted Answer

In AEM 6.5 there is no out-of-the-box (OOTB) solution to archive and restore content fragments like there is for pages.

If this is required - you have to create a custom service or event handler - before deleting a content fragment, move it to an "archive" location in the JCR repository. same for restore archived content fragment.

some sample code:

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public class ContentFragmentArchivingService {

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private ResourceResolverFactory resolverFactory;

public void archiveContentFragment(String pathToFragment) throws PersistenceException {
ResourceResolver resolver = resolverFactory.getServiceResourceResolver(null);

//ContentFragment contentFragment = resource.adaptTo(ContentFragment.class);
Session session = resolver.adaptTo(Session.class);

String archivePath = "/content/dam/archive/" + StringUtils.substringAfterLast(pathToFragment, "/");

session.move(pathToFragment, archivePath);
session.save();
}
}

Raja_Reddy · Answer

Hi @nkoppul1

Use the versioning feature in AEM to create a new version of the content fragment before deleting it. This will allow you to restore the previous version of the content fragment if needed.
Create a custom workflow in AEM that archives the content fragment before deleting it. This workflow can be triggered when the content fragment is deleted.
Use a third-party tool or plugin that provides archiving functionality for content fragments in AEM.

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