Professional Alfresco : Practical Solutions for Enterprise Content Management

by David Caruana; John Newton; Mike Farman; Michael Uzquiano; Kevin Roast

• ISBN13: 9780470873373
• ISBN10: 047087337X
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Wrox

Summary

A timely and authoritative guide, written by the Chief Architect and Founder of AlfrescoAlfresco is considered the leading open source solution for Web and Content Management. What makes Alfresco unique is its services, which can be easily extended with web scripts via RESTful services. Written by an author team that includes the chief architect and the founder of Alfresco, this comprehensive guide provides in-depth coverage of the Alfresco architecture and services and shows how to extend them through Web scripts to meet real business needs.You'll learn how to use Alfresco services to create effective content management solutions while detailed code examples show you how to extend Alfresco with Web scripts using RESTful services to deliver custom solutions. Features detailed, working code examples that demonstrate how to extend Alfresco with Web scripts Written by the Chief Architect and other key Alfresco insiders, ensuring that this book is both authoritative and up-to-date Shows how to integrate Alfresco with Drupal and Joomla portal solutions Covers the upcoming Alfresco 3.2 release Includes real-world case examples of increasing levels of sophistication and complexity The companion Web site contains all source code examples in the bookYou'll benefit from this timely resource that shows how to get the most from Alfresco for specific business requirements.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Getting To Know Alfresco

Introducing Alfresco

What Is Enterprise Content Management?

Alfresco Overview

Content Applications

Alfresco and Your Environment

What is Professional Open Source Software?

Architecture

Guiding Principles

A High-Level Overview

The Alfresco Content Application Server

Content Modeling

The Alfresco Web Application Framework

Deployment Options

The Enterprise Infrastructure

Setting Up An Alfresco Environment

Installing Alfresco

Deploying Extensions

Debugging Tips

Getting Technical with Alfresco

Services

Content Repository Services

Content Application Services

How Services Are Built

Using Services

Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS)

Content Modeling

Modeling in Context

Deploying a Content Model

The Content Metamodel Explained

Out-of-the-Box Models

A Step-by-Step Custom Model

Creating Content with JavaScript

Model Localization

The Relationship to CMIS

Authentication and Security

Alfresco Authentication

Alfresco Security

Authorities

Permissions

Access Control Lists

Public Services

Modifying Access Control

Access Control Extension

Implementation and Services

Business Process Management

Introduction to Workflow in Alfresco

Defining a Workflow in Alfresco

Creating the Process Definition

The Task Model

Customizing Behavior

Configuring the Explorer Web Client

Extending Alfresco with Restful Services

Introducing Web Scripts

Types of Web Scripts

The Web Script Framework

Hello World Web Script

Listing Already-Built Web Scripts

Where Can I Invoke a Web Script?

Authenticating

Response Formats

Anatomy of a Web Script URI

Working with Client Limitations

Caching

How To Create A Web Script

Components of a Web Script

Creating a Description Document

Creating a Controller Script

Creating a Response Template

Registering and Testing

Multiple Response Templates

Step-by-Step: Knowledge Base Search Web Script

Complex Root Objects Reference

Advanced Web Scripts

Internationalization

Configuration

Content Negotiation

Multipart Form Processing

Request Processing

Caching

Advanced Descriptor Options

Java-Backed Web Scripts

Step-by-Step: Folder Listing Java-Backed Web Script

Java Approach to Web Scripts

Spring-Framework Registration

Creating a New Kind of Web Script

Extending Share

Understanding The Surf Framework

What Is Surf?

Basic Concepts

Putting It into Action

View Composition

Presentation Content

Connectors and Credentials

Getting Involved

Levels of Customization

Overview

The Alfresco Repository

Alfresco Explorer

Alfresco Share

Custom Knowledge Base: Getting Started

Installing the Code

Putting It into Action

Sample Code

Custom Knowledge Base: Basic Share Customizations

Installing the Code

Putting It into Action

Custom Knowledge Base: Advanced Share Customizations

Installing the Code

Putting It into Action

Integrating with Other Applications

Why Integrate Content Management into Applications?

Application Integration Options

Patterns of Content Management Integration

Example Integrations

Appendices (Online Only)

Restful API Reference

Surf Platform API Reference

Repository Freemarker Template API

Repository Javascript API Reference

Surf Quick Reference

Index

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