[Zope-CMF] Re: Forcing a workflow state

[Florent Guillaume]

Martin Aspeli wrote:
> I'm writing some migration code that needs to force a workflow state. 
> That is, a given content item has a workflow with states A, B and C, and 
> depending on some external state, I  need to force it to be in state B, 
> including having B's security settings.
> 
> I've had a look at the API, but it's all very geared towards transitions 
> rather than setting states explicitly. Before I resort to pdb, does 
> anyone know the relevant part of the DCWorkflow API I should use to 
> force a state? I don't mind mucking about with internals, obviously.

Calling portal_workflow.setStatusOf(...) should be enough. You'll have 
to pass a status dict containing at least {wf.state_var: state_id}, you 
should also set the other variables your application expects.

Then update the security mappings by calling wf.updateRoleMappingsFor(ob).


Florent


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