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NAME

EPrints::Workflow - Models the submission process used by an repository.

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DESCRIPTION

The workflow class handles loading the workflow configuration for a single repository.

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WORKFLOW FORMAT

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component

Parents: stage

Children: field

Attributes: type

 <component type="Field::Multi">
   <field ref="title" />
   <field ref="abstract" />
 </component>

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field

Parents: component

Children: sub_field

Attributes: ref

 <field ref="title" input_cols="40" />

field includes a metafield in the workflow. Any property can be set for the field by supplying it as an attribute.

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flow

Parents: workflow

Children: stage

 <flow>
   <stage ref="files" />
   <stage ref="details" />
 </flow>

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stage

Parents: workflow, flow

Children: component

Attributes: ref, name

 <stage name="details">
   <component><field ref="title"/></component>
 </stage>

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sub_field

Parents: field

sub_field allows properties to be set for sub-fields of EPrints::MetaField::Compound and sub-classed field types.

See field for possible attributes.

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workflow

Children: flow, stage

 <workflow xmlns="http://eprints.org/ep3/workflow">
   <flow>
     ...
   </flow>
   <stage name="files">
     ...
   </stage>
   <stage name="details">
     ...
   </stage>
 </workflow>

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METHODS

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new

$language = EPrints::Workflow->new( $session, $workflow_id, %params )

Create a new workflow object representing the specification given in the workflow.xml configuration

needs more config - about object etc.

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add_workflow_flow

$repository->add_workflow_flow( $workflowid, $id, $types, $stages )

Add a flow to the workflow which is applicable for the types in types and contains the stages in stages.

The $id is used to remove everything relating to this is from the workflow.

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 ===component===
-Parents: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#stage|]]
+Parents: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#stage|stage]]
-Children: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#field|]]
+Children: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#field|field]]
 Attributes: type
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 ===field===
-Parents: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#component|]]
+Parents: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#component|component]]
-Children: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#sub_field|]]
+Children: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#sub_field|sub_field]]
 Attributes: ref
@@ Line 79: / Line 79: @@
 ===flow===
-Parents: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#workflow|]]
+Parents: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#workflow|workflow]]
-Children: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#stage|]]
+Children: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#stage|stage]]
    &lt;flow&gt;
@@ Line 98: / Line 98: @@
 ===stage===
-Parents: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#workflow|]], [[API:EPrints/Workflow#flow|]]
+Parents: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#workflow|workflow]], [[API:EPrints/Workflow#flow|flow]]
-Children: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#component|]]
+Children: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#component|component]]
 Attributes: ref, name
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 ===sub_field===
-Parents: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#field|]]
+Parents: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#field|field]]
 <tt>sub_field</tt> allows properties to be set for sub-fields of [[API:EPrints/MetaField/Compound|EPrints::MetaField::Compound]] and sub-classed field types.
-See [[API:EPrints/Workflow#field|]] for possible attributes.
+See [[API:EPrints/Workflow#field|field]] for possible attributes.
 <div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
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 ===workflow===
-Children: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#flow|]], [[API:EPrints/Workflow#stage|]]
+Children: [[API:EPrints/Workflow#flow|flow]], [[API:EPrints/Workflow#stage|stage]]
    &lt;workflow xmlns="http://eprints.org/ep3/workflow"&gt;