[AEMaaCS] Unlock page automatically after workflow termination

[RahulKu8]

Hello guys ,

How can we unlock a page automatically just after its workflow is terminated manually ? 

thanks , 

Rahul Kumar

[SureshDhulipudi]

Are you using any custom workflow?

Generally to lock or unlock a page through code- 

// To Lock a page
PageManager pageManager = resourceResolver.adaptTo(PageManager.class);
Page page = pageManager.getPage("/content/myPage");
pageManager.lock(page);

// To Unlock a page
pageManager.unlock(page);

If you are using a custom workflow - you have to add workflow step:

@Override
public void execute(WorkItem workItem, WorkflowSession workflowSession, MetaDataMap args) throws WorkflowException {
    try {
        ResourceResolver resourceResolver = workflowSession.adaptTo(ResourceResolver.class);
        PageManager pageManager = resourceResolver.adaptTo(PageManager.class);
        String path = workItem.getWorkflowData().getPayload().toString();
        Page page = pageManager.getPage(path);
        if (page != null && pageManager.isLocked(page)) {
            pageManager.unlock(page);
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {
        throw new WorkflowException("Failed to unlock page", e);
    }
}

[arunpatidar · Accepted solution]

Hi Both,

There is already OOTB Lock/Unlock Steps available, you can use that in order to lock page

Workflow Steps:

1. Workflow Initaite

2. Approval Step

3. Lock

4. Activate/Deactivate

5. Unlock

[RahulKu8]

Hi @SureshDhulipudi , thank you  for reply . We are using custom workflow and we have already incorporated code to lock and unlock pages in our code and its working fine . 

And we have also one workflow (Unlock a page ) available but we have to do it manually for each page and in our case only admins and developers can use this workflow . Content authors are not able to see this workflow .

Is there a way to unlock a page automatically just after workflow is terminated for the same page from tools -> workflow -> instances -> select the workflow which needs to be terminated -> TERMINATE option (top-left most option )  ?

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