Question: Is it possible to create content via the contentService in a pre-publish triggered legacy workflow?

[SalvatorePollaci]

@stevecohenfr Please see https://github.com/ezsystems/LegacyBridge/issues/168

[stevecohenfr]

@stevecohenfr Please see ezsystems/LegacyBridge#168

@SalvatorePollaci In the pre-publish process you don't have access to the location in symfony context. I tried to fetch node in the pre-publish function in the legacy context (works fine) and fetch the location with this node id (fail: location does not exists).

PrePublish should be used to change the attributes of the object on the fly. If you want to create a sub-object, please use AfterPublish function:

<?php

namespace AppBundle\Handler;

use eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Values\Content\Content;
use eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Values\Content\Location;
use eZ\Publish\Core\Repository\Values\Content\ContentUpdateStruct;
use eZ\Publish\Core\SignalSlot\Repository;
use SteveCohenFr\LegacyPublishHandlerBundle\Classes\LegacyPublishHandlerInterface;

class OnPublishHandler implements LegacyPublishHandlerInterface
{
    private $repository;

    public function __construct(Repository $repository)
    {
        $this->repository = $repository;
    }

    /**
     * This function is called from legacy part before an object publication (called by workflow)
     * You must link the "before publish" trigger to the custom workflow
     *
     * @param Content $content The legacy object
     * @param int     $version The object version
     *
     */
    function beforePublish(Content $content, $version)
    {

    }

    /**
     * This function is called from legacy part after an object publication (called by workflow)
     * You must link the "after publish" trigger to the custom workflow
     *
     * @param Content $content The legacy object
     * @param int     $version The object version
     *
     */
    function afterPublish(Content $content, $version)
    {
        $contentType = $this->repository->getContentTypeService()->loadContentType($content->getVersionInfo()->getContentInfo()->contentTypeId);
        if ($version === 1 && $contentType->identifier === "article") {
            $this->createContent("folder", [$content->getVersionInfo()->getContentInfo()->mainLocationId], array(
                "name"      => "My after folder",
            ), 'eng-GB');
        }
    }

    public function createContent($contentTypeidentifier, array $parentLocationIds, $fieldValues = array(), $lang = null)
    {
        if ($lang == null) {
            $lang = $this->repository->getContentLanguageService()->getDefaultLanguageCode();
        }
        $contentType = $this->repository->getContentTypeService()->loadContentTypeByIdentifier($contentTypeidentifier);
        $contentCreateStruct = $this->repository->getContentService()->newContentCreateStruct($contentType, $lang);
        $providedFields = array_keys($fieldValues);
        $fields = $contentType->getFieldDefinitions();
        foreach ($fields as $field) {
            $fieldIdentifier = $field->identifier;
            if (in_array($fieldIdentifier, $providedFields)) {
                $contentCreateStruct->setField($fieldIdentifier, $fieldValues[$fieldIdentifier]);
            }
        }
        $locationCreateStructs = array();
        foreach ($parentLocationIds as $parentLocationId) {
            $locationCreateStructs[] = $this->repository->getLocationService()->newLocationCreateStruct($parentLocationId);
        }
        $draft = $this->repository->getContentService()->createContent($contentCreateStruct, $locationCreateStructs);
        $content = $this->repository->getContentService()->publishVersion($draft->versionInfo);
        return $content;
    }
}