- Added a switch to allow the use of non-WebGUI objects with the Workflow

engine.

docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 7.6.11
+ - Added a switch to allow the use of non-WebGUI objects with the Workflow
+   engine.
  - fixed #9579: initialize keyword field because get fills it in now due to a recent code change
  - fixed #9596: caching now takes into account the correct parameter for pagination
  - fixed #9596: Articles now use a semi-unique pagination variable based on asset id

docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.6.10-7.6.11.pl

@@ -34,19 +34,19 @@ hideGalleryAlbums($session);
 removeBrokenWorkflowInstances($session);
 undotBinaryExtensions($session);
 removeProcessRecurringPaymentsFromConfig($session);
+noSessionSwitch($session);
 
 fixDottedAssetIds($session);  ##This one should run last
 finish($session); # this line required
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Describe what our function does
-#sub exampleFunction {
-#    my $session = shift;
-#    print "\tWe're doing some stuff here that you should know about... " unless $quiet;
-#    # and here's our code
-#    print "DONE!\n" unless $quiet;
-#}
+sub noSessionSwitch {
+    my $session = shift;
+    print "\tAdding noSession switch to Workflow Instances..." unless $quiet;
+    $session->db->write("alter table WorkflowInstance add column noSession boolean not null default 0");
+    print "DONE!\n" unless $quiet;
+}
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub removeProcessRecurringPaymentsFromConfig {

lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Instance.pm

@@ -343,11 +343,15 @@ sub run {
 	$self->session->errorHandler->info("Running workflow activity ".$activity->getId.", which is a ".(ref $activity).", for instance ".$self->getId.".");
 	my $class = $self->get("className");
 	my $method = $self->get("methodName");
-	my $params = $self->get("parameters");
 	my $status = "";
     my $object = undef;
+    my @params;
+    unless ($self->get('noSession')) {
+        push @params, $self->session;
+    }
+    push @params, $self->get("parameters");
 	if ($class && $method) {
-        $object = eval { WebGUI::Pluggable::instanciate($class, $method, [$self->session, $params]) };
+        $object = eval { WebGUI::Pluggable::instanciate($class, $method, \@params) };
         if ($@) {
 			$self->session->errorHandler->error(
                             q{Error on workflow instance '} . $self->getId . q{': }. $@
@@ -434,6 +438,10 @@ be constructed unless both className and methodName are true.
 
 A hashref of parameters to be passed into the constructor for className. Note that the system will always pass in the session as the first argument.
 
+=head4 noSession
+
+Normally a reference to the session is the first property passed into methodName(), and then the parameters are passed in. If you're using an object that doesn't need/want a WebGUI::Session object then set noSession to 1. Defaults to 0.
+
 =head4 currentActivityId
 
 The unique id of the activity in the workflow that needs to be executed next. If blank, it will execute the first activity in the workflow.
@@ -451,6 +459,7 @@ A boolean, that if set to 1 will not inform Spectre of the change in settings.
 sub set {
 	my ($self, $properties, $skipNotify) = @_;
 	$self->{_data}{lastUpdate} = time();
+	$self->{_data}{noSession} = (exists $properties->{noSession}) ? $properties->{noSession} : $self->{_data}{noSession}; 
 	$self->{_data}{priority} = $properties->{priority} || $self->{_data}{priority} || 2;
 	$self->{_data}{lastStatus} = $properties->{lastStatus} || $self->{_data}{lastStatus};
 	$self->{_data}{workflowId} = $properties->{workflowId} || $self->{_data}{workflowId};