I’ve created a form with a date field, and I want to save the selected date in the CMS upon form submission. However, I’m encountering an issue with the code — the workflow is returning null.
@Override
public void doAction(HstRequest request, HstResponse response) throws HstComponentException {
super.doAction(request, response);
String time = request.getParameter("dateTimeInput");
if (time == null) {
response.setRenderParameter("error", "Missing form fields");
return;
}
Session session = null;
try {
// Get the authenticated session
session = request.getRequestContext().getSession();
// Get or create submissions folder
Node submissionsFolder = getOrCreateSubmissionsFolder(session);
// Create new node with proper type
Node newEntry = submissionsFolder.addNode("appointment-" + System.currentTimeMillis(),
"myproject:appointment");
// Set mandatory Hippo properties
setRequiredHippoProperties(newEntry, "Appointment Submission");
// Set your custom property
newEntry.setProperty("myproject:time", time);
// Save through workflow for proper document handling
saveThroughWorkflow(session, newEntry);
// Redirect after successful submission
response.sendRedirect("/thankyou"); // Use relative
// URL
} catch (RepositoryException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (session != null && session.isLive()) {
session.logout();
}
}
}
// Helper methods
private Node getOrCreateSubmissionsFolder(Session session) throws RepositoryException {
String folderPath = "/content/documents/myproject/appointment";
if (session.nodeExists(folderPath)) {
return session.getNode(folderPath);
}
// Create folder structure if it doesn't exist
Node parent = session.getNode("/content/documents/myproject");
Node folder = parent.addNode("appointment", "hippostd:folder");
folder.setProperty("hippostd:foldertype", new String[] { "appointments" });
session.save();
return folder;
}
private void setRequiredHippoProperties(Node node, String title) throws RepositoryException {
// Required for all Hippo documents
node.setProperty("hippotranslation:locale", "en");
node.setProperty("hippo:availability", new String[] { "live", "preview" });
node.setProperty("hippostd:foldertype", new String[] { "appointment" });
node.setProperty("hippostd:state", "draft");
node.setProperty("hippostd:title", title);
// Recommended properties
node.setProperty("hippo:docbase", node.getIdentifier());
}
private void saveThroughWorkflow(Session session, Node node) throws RepositoryException, WorkflowException {
try {
// Verify we have a proper document node
if (!node.getPath().startsWith("/content/documents")) {
throw new RepositoryException("Node must be under /content/documents");
}
// Ensure proper mixin exists (ADDED)
Node handleNode = node.isNodeType("hippo:handle") ? node : node.getParent();
if (!handleNode.isNodeType("hippostd:folder")) {
handleNode.addMixin("hippostd:folder");
session.save();
}
// Get workflow - now should work
HippoWorkspace hippoWorkspace = (HippoWorkspace) session.getWorkspace();
DocumentWorkflow workflow = (DocumentWorkflow) hippoWorkspace.getWorkflowManager()
.getWorkflow("default", handleNode);
if (workflow == null) {
throw new RepositoryException("Workflow still null after mixin addition");
}
// Process workflow
workflow.obtainEditableInstance();
workflow.commitEditableInstance();
if(!session.getUserID().equals("admin")){
workflow.publish();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new RepositoryException("Workflow processing failed", e);
}
}
Thanks
K Prasad