Operation Advisor - Custom Precondition for Work Items
Phillip Piper (158●1●25●24)
| asked Sep 29 '11, 3:58 p.m.
edited Aug 03 '12, 7:28 p.m. by Jared Burns (4.5k●2●9)
I am just starting with extending our RTC server. I downloaded the SDK and started reviewing the following links:
https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/CustomPreconditionFollowup https://jazz.net/library/article/495/ What I would like to do is require that change sets have been delivered prior to transitioning a work item to a specific state. I thought this could be achieved via an extension to the com.ibm.team.workitem.operation.workItemSave operation ID. There are aspects of this that I'd like to model off existing preconditions. Is there a way to pull the existing precondition code to review? I am not sure if they are in the source that comes with the SDK or where it would be located. Also, is there any article that discusses custom preconditions which modify the UI? I'd like people to be able to select states similar to the "Prevent Editing" precondition. Finally, on another note, it might be nice if RTC provided a plug-in template which could be used for different ways to extend it. Anyway, I'll take any assistance from anybody that has coded up their own custom preconditions. Thanks in advance. |
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I think I figured out some of this based on the video in Part 1 at this link:
https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/RTCSDK20_ProcessPreConditionExample This was extremely helpful to me in terms of finding how to search the source, etc. It may have been obvious to everyone else but it wasn't to me since I only found binaries when I looked at the SDK on the file system. I was able to locate the existing precondition source code. This information also seemed to be missing from the other articles I saw. I think it would be extremely helpful to merge and streamline the precondition articles or setup. It seems like each article has its own environment setup instructions along with the SDK having their own as well. I've had to read a number of articles and have had trouble determining which steps I need to follow. |
Ralph Schoon (63.1k●3●36●46)
| answered Oct 07 '11, 12:57 p.m.
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Hi Philip,
you might also want to have a look at the Extensions workshop in the library. It is for 3.0 and I am in the process of upgrading it, but it is still helpfull to understand the setup for development. |
Hi Philip, Ralph, thanks. I take a look in the coming days here and see if I am still having problems. |
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Ralph,
Thanks so much for this information. I reviewed the extensions workshop and I found a lot of helpful information. I think it's the most comprehensive thing I've read so far. Just some feedback: 1. I think this path is helpful at the conclusion of the workshop to include additional sample code that can be downloaded for review. Something like a series of example preconditions and followups for a few common classes you may be using with a paragraph description of each. No need to step through everything but at least it provides an additional template to start from. 2. I am not sure I understand how I can determine exactly what services I require for what I want to do. My struggle is that currently I want to do something which I believe is probably fairly simple but I get stuck on a few questions. To be more specific, we currently require an associated work item to deliver a change set. Now I want to create another condition that further verifies the type and state of that associated work item before you can deliver. However, I am not sure of what applies from the workshop because: 1. I am not sure what services I require 2. I don't know #1 partly because the lab covered a different operationID and because it was a followup not a precondition I think any examples for deliver (server) preconditions may be helpful to me here as a result. |
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Ralph Schoon (63.1k●3●36●46)
| answered Nov 16 '11, 11:32 a.m.
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Hi Sam,
I ruthlessly stole your code and intent to incorporate it in my set of example trophies, if that is OK with you. I will put your name in as author. Phillip, there are several examples in the WiKi: https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/RtcSdk20 they are hard to find. I agree, it would be great to have all these examples. It comes down to be get clearance to publish code and resources to create, collect and worse maintain it. The workshop has been updated recently. The services, you need at least
I think it does not matter if pre- or postcondition as long as the required interface is similar. |
no problem.. don't care about attribution.. just trying to help others as they have helped me
I also submitted this to enhancement 182769.. build it, ship it and let users select it.. vs having to write code. https://jazz.net/jazz/resource/itemName/com.ibm.team.workitem.WorkItem/182769 Sam |
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Ralph Schoon (63.1k●3●36●46)
| answered Nov 16 '11, 11:55 a.m.
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Same here Sam. Most of my material is also from helping people.
I hope we can pull more material together to provide more workshop material. It is just a matter of how much time I can spend. Thanks so much for contributing! |
Same here Sam. Most of my material is also from helping people. Thanks Sam and Ralph. I will follow up with any preconditions I am able to write as well to help others. Thanks again for updating the extensions workshop. I really thought it was well done. |
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So one challenge I am having is in creating the Aspect Editor.
I keep getting null returned for this call: PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().run(true, true, new RunnableWithProgress() {.... Is there any reason for why this happens or how to avoid? I am following the pattern in the getWorkItemsType call of the 3.0.1 Extensions Workshop labs which is consistent with what I see in the out of the box preconditions. Thanks. |
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I don't use that, so sorry no help
Sam |
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