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AdamElkins12-Amethyst
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October 28, 2024
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Initiating a Translation Package Creation from a Java workflow expression robot

  • October 28, 2024
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Version: Windchill 12.1

 

Use Case: I am looking for a way to initiate the creation of a translation package from a workflow. Is that possible? Are there any Java API's I can use to potentially do this in an expression robot?


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I am looking for a way to initiate the creation of a translation package from a workflow. Is that possible? Are there any Java API's I can use to potentially do this in an expression robot?

Best answer by AdamElkins

There is an OTB workflow that does this already. A custom process can be implemented that initiates a translation package as follows.

org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger logger = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger("com.ptc.tml.workflow.CoreWorkflow");
logger.trace("Build Translation Package - entered");

String oldUser = null;
wt.inf.container.WTContainer container = null;
String targetLang = "";
com.ptc.tml.collection.TranslationCollection collection = com.ptc.tml.collection.TranslationCollection.fromOidString(collectionOid);

try {
 wt.workflow.engine.WfProcess main = (wt.workflow.engine.WfProcess)self.getObject();
 final String wfCreator = com.ptc.tml.utils.TMLUtils.getUserName(main.getCreator());
 oldUser = com.ptc.tml.utils.TMLUtils.switchSessionPrincipal(wfCreator);

 userName = collection.getUserName();
 outputDir = collection.getOutputDirectory();
 container = collection.getContainer();
 targetLang = collection.getTargetLanguage();
 containerOid = collection.getContainerRef().getKey().toString();
 final String sourceLang = collection.getSourceLanguage();

 wt.vc.baseline.ManagedBaseline baseline = com.ptc.tml.utils.WorkflowAdapter.createBaseline(collection, log);
 if (baseline == null) {
 baselineOid = null;
 log.addErrorNoDocsToTranslate();

 logger.trace("Collection " + collection.getName() + ": " + errorMsg);
 } else {
 log = new com.ptc.tml.log.TmlPackageLog(baseline, collection.getSourceLanguage(), targetLang, log);
 baselineOid = com.ptc.tml.utils.TMLUtils.getReference(baseline);
 logger.trace("Collection " + collection.getName() + " -> Baseline " + baselineOid);

 newTranslationPackageName = com.ptc.tml.utils.WorkflowAdapter.
 createTranslationPackage(baseline, collection.getSourceOid(), sourceLang, targetLang, userName, outputDir, container, log).getAbsolutePath();

 if (log.numErrors() == 0) {
 //Store notification messages
 successMessage = new StringBuilder(log.toHtmlSummaryString());
 warningMessage = new StringBuilder(log.toHtmlWarningString());
 }

 logger.trace("Baseline " + baselineOid + " -> Package " + newTranslationPackageName);
 }
} catch(java.lang.Throwable t) {
 log.addError("Build Translation Package", t);
} finally {
 if (log.numErrors() > 0) {
 log.writeErrorLog();
 errorMsg = log.toHtmlSummaryString();
 }
 com.ptc.tml.utils.TMLUtils.switchSessionPrincipal(oldUser);
}
logger.trace("Build Translation Package - exiting");

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plutsky15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
October 30, 2024

There is a public class called TranslationProcess which includes public methods for initiating a translation.  The general idea is that you would need to first call an api to create the objects and the baseline, and then call an api "exportTranslationPackage"

com.ptc.tml.utils.TranslationProcess

 

 

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AdamElkins12-AmethystAuthor
12-Amethyst
October 30, 2024

Thanks! I will look into this and mark it as the solution if it pans out.

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AdamElkins12-AmethystAuthorAnswer
12-Amethyst
November 8, 2024

There is an OTB workflow that does this already. A custom process can be implemented that initiates a translation package as follows.

org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger logger = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger("com.ptc.tml.workflow.CoreWorkflow");
logger.trace("Build Translation Package - entered");

String oldUser = null;
wt.inf.container.WTContainer container = null;
String targetLang = "";
com.ptc.tml.collection.TranslationCollection collection = com.ptc.tml.collection.TranslationCollection.fromOidString(collectionOid);

try {
 wt.workflow.engine.WfProcess main = (wt.workflow.engine.WfProcess)self.getObject();
 final String wfCreator = com.ptc.tml.utils.TMLUtils.getUserName(main.getCreator());
 oldUser = com.ptc.tml.utils.TMLUtils.switchSessionPrincipal(wfCreator);

 userName = collection.getUserName();
 outputDir = collection.getOutputDirectory();
 container = collection.getContainer();
 targetLang = collection.getTargetLanguage();
 containerOid = collection.getContainerRef().getKey().toString();
 final String sourceLang = collection.getSourceLanguage();

 wt.vc.baseline.ManagedBaseline baseline = com.ptc.tml.utils.WorkflowAdapter.createBaseline(collection, log);
 if (baseline == null) {
 baselineOid = null;
 log.addErrorNoDocsToTranslate();

 logger.trace("Collection " + collection.getName() + ": " + errorMsg);
 } else {
 log = new com.ptc.tml.log.TmlPackageLog(baseline, collection.getSourceLanguage(), targetLang, log);
 baselineOid = com.ptc.tml.utils.TMLUtils.getReference(baseline);
 logger.trace("Collection " + collection.getName() + " -> Baseline " + baselineOid);

 newTranslationPackageName = com.ptc.tml.utils.WorkflowAdapter.
 createTranslationPackage(baseline, collection.getSourceOid(), sourceLang, targetLang, userName, outputDir, container, log).getAbsolutePath();

 if (log.numErrors() == 0) {
 //Store notification messages
 successMessage = new StringBuilder(log.toHtmlSummaryString());
 warningMessage = new StringBuilder(log.toHtmlWarningString());
 }

 logger.trace("Baseline " + baselineOid + " -> Package " + newTranslationPackageName);
 }
} catch(java.lang.Throwable t) {
 log.addError("Build Translation Package", t);
} finally {
 if (log.numErrors() > 0) {
 log.writeErrorLog();
 errorMsg = log.toHtmlSummaryString();
 }
 com.ptc.tml.utils.TMLUtils.switchSessionPrincipal(oldUser);
}
logger.trace("Build Translation Package - exiting");
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