I need to be able to create other types of work items when a particular type of work item is saved. I want to be able to configure the work item types to be created and the class - implements an interface - that provides attribute values for the new work item derived from the work item being saved.

It seems that the best way to do this is to implement a work item save participant extension with a custom schema that can be configured with the work item type(s) and value provider class(es) to be created.

I created an extension for the com.ibm.team.process.service.operationParticipants extension point:

<extension point="com.ibm.team.process.service.operationParticipants">

<operationParticipant

            class="com.ibm.sport.rtc.extension.CreateAparAssociatedWorkItemsSaveParticipant"

            id="com.ibm.sport.rtc.extension.createAparAssociatedWorkItemsSaveParticipant"

            name="SPoRT Create APAR-associated Work Items Save Participant"

            operationId="com.ibm.team.workitem.operation.workItemSave"

            schema="schema/createAparAssociatedWorkItemTypes.xsd">

         <extensionService

               componentId="com.ibm.sport.rtc.extension.createAparAssociatedWorkItemsSaveParticipant"

            implementationClass="com.ibm.sport.rtc.extension.CreateAparAssociatedWorkItemsSaveParticipant">

            <prerequisites>            

               	<requiredService interface="com.ibm.team.process.service.IProcessServerService"/>

               	<requiredService interface="com.ibm.team.repository.service.IRepositoryItemService"/>

            </prerequisites>

         </extensionService>

      </operationParticipant>

   </extension>

I created the schema describing how to configure the work item types:

<xsd:schema 

   xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

   xmlns="http://com.ibm.sport.rtc.process.service.operationParticipants/createAparAssociatedWorkItems"

   targetNamespace="http://com.ibm.sport.rtc.process.service.operationParticipants/createAparAssociatedWorkItem"

   xmlns:process="http://com.ibm.team.process"

   attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified">

   

   <xsd:import namespace="http://com.ibm.team.process" 

      schemaLocation="platform:/plugin/com.ibm.team.process.common/schema/ProcessSettings.xsd"/>

   

   <xsd:complexType name="aparAssociatedWorkItemTypes">

      <xsd:complexContent>

         <xsd:restriction base="process:followupActionType">

            	<xsd:element name="aparAssociatedWorkItemType" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0">

               		<xsd:attribute name="projectArea" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>

               		<xsd:attribute name="workItemType" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>

               		<xsd:attribute name="valueProviderClass" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>

            	</xsd:element>

           </xsd:restriction>

            <xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string" use="required" fixed="com.ibm.sport.rtc.process.service.operationParticipants.createAparAssociatedWorkItems"/>

         </xsd:restriction>

      </xsd:complexContent>

   </xsd:complexType>

   

   <xsd:element name="followup-action" substitutionGroup="process:followup-action" type="aparAssociatedWorkItemTypes"/>

</xsd:schema>

I also created an extension for the com.ibm.team.process.ide.ui.processAspectEditorFactories extension:

<extension

         point="com.ibm.team.process.ide.ui.processAspectEditorFactories">

      <factory

            aspectId="com.ibm.sport.rtc.extension.createAparAssociatedWorkItemsSaveParticipant"

            class="com.ibm.sport.rtc.process.ide.ui.processAspectEditors.AparAssociatedWorkItemTypesAspectEditorFactory">

      </factory>

   </extension>

I created an aspect editor class for supplying the editor controls and an aspect editor factory class that supplies the editor. The relevant code is below:

public ProcessAspectEditor createProcessAspectEditor(

         String processAspectId )

   {

      ProcessAspectEditor editor = null;

      

      if(processAspectId.equals( "com.ibm.sport.rtc.extension.createAparAssociatedWorkItemsSaveParticipant" ) ||

            processAspectId.equals( "com.ibm.sport.rtc.extension.workItemSaveParticipant" ) )

      {

         editor = new AparAssociatedWorkItemTypesAspectEditor();

      }

      

      return editor;

   }

Lastly, I created an extension for the aspect editor factory that provides the aspect editor for my work item save participant extension schema:

<extension

         point="com.ibm.team.process.ide.ui.processAspectEditorFactories">

      <factory

            aspectId="com.ibm.sport.rtc.extension.createAparAssociatedWorkItemsSaveParticipant"

            class="com.ibm.sport.rtc.process.ide.ui.processAspectEditors.AparAssociatedWorkItemTypesAspectEditorFactory">

      </factory>

   </extension>

I configured permissions for the Team Configuration process in the Process Configuration tab of the process editor and assigned every permission available to the process role assigned to my user id. I rebuilt the update site, shut down my eclipse client and web client, stopped the tomcat server, and deleted the tomcat server work directory.

I fired everything back up and opened the team process editor. I selected the Team Configuration -> Operation Behavior configuration editor. When I scroll down to the Work Items->Work Item Save operation, I see that only the default role column has a selectable icon in it. I select that icon and the Preconditions and follow-up actions editor is enabled. Why do I not see the follow up action I configured in this editor? The Add button is disabled next to the Follow-up actions table, so I can't add it either.

For jollies, I tried adding the schema to a previously existing work item save participant extension and changed the aspect editor factory's aspect ID accordingly. When I select the follow-up action, the schema editor does not get displayed.

A couple of questions I need answered:

Is this the right approach for what I want to do:
What else do I need to do to display the editor for the follow-up action?
What determines which roles can open the follow-up actions editor?
Why is my Add button disabled for the follow-up actions editor?