Adding a list of SDL Web (Tridion) components to Workflow using the SDL Web Core Service in Java

Here is a code snippet demonstrating how a list of updated components can be added to a new Workflow instance in SDL Web using the Core Service API.

	protected void doWorkflow(List<IdentifiableObjectData> updatedComponents) throws Exception {
	if (updatedComponents.isEmpty())
	return;
	try {
	// Build the array of components
	ArrayOfstring arrayOfComponents = new ArrayOfstring();
	for (final IdentifiableObjectData component : updatedComponents) {
	arrayOfComponents.getString().add(component.getId().getValue());
	}
	// Start the bundle workflow activity
	StartWorkflowInstructionData startWorkflowInstructionData = new StartWorkflowInstructionData();
	// Provide a process title
	ObjectFactory factory = new ObjectFactory();
	startWorkflowInstructionData.setProcessInstanceTitle(
	factory.createStartWorkflowInstructionDataProcessInstanceTitle("Workflow instance created by the Updater Script"));
	ProcessInstanceData process = Tridion.INSTANCE.getService()
	.startWorkflow(publication.getId(), startWorkflowInstructionData, readBackOptions);
	// Add components to workflow
	Tridion.INSTANCE.getService().addToWorkflow(arrayOfComponents,
	process.getActivities().getValue().getActivityData().get(0).getId().getValue(), readBackOptions);
	log.info("Components added to workflow successfully!");
	}
	catch(Exception e) {
	log.error("Exception adding components to Workflow", e);
	}
	}

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First step to building a Java SDL Web (Tridion) Core Service Client

I've recently written a SDL Web (Tridion) Core Service client in Java. I was able to get started quite quickly by using the jaxws-maven-plugin as shown below.

	<dependencies>
	<!-- This is for the JAXWS WsImport -->
	<dependency>
	<groupId>com.sun.xml.ws</groupId>
	<artifactId>jaxws-rt</artifactId>
	<version>2.2.8</version>
	</dependency>
	</dependencies>
	<build>
	<plugins>
	<plugin>
	<groupId>org.jvnet.jax-ws-commons</groupId>
	<artifactId>jaxws-maven-plugin</artifactId>
	<version>2.3</version>
	<executions>
	<execution>
	<goals>
	<goal>wsimport</goal>
	</goals>
	</execution>
	</executions>
	<configuration>
	<wsdlUrls>
	<wsdlUrl>http://domain/webservices/CoreService2013.svc?wsdl</wsdlUrl>
	</wsdlUrls>
	</configuration>
	<!-- if you want to use a specific version of JAX-WS, you can do so like this -->
	<dependencies>
	<dependency>
	<groupId>com.sun.xml.ws</groupId>
	<artifactId>jaxws-tools</artifactId>
	<version>2.2.5</version>
	</dependency>
	</dependencies>
	</plugin>
	<plugin>
	<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
	<configuration>
	<source>1.8</source>
	<target>1.8</target>
	<compilerArguments>
	<endorseddirs>${project.build.directory}/endorsed</endorseddirs>
	</compilerArguments>
	</configuration>
	</plugin>
	<plugin>
	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
	<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
	<version>2.3</version>
	<executions>
	<execution>
	<phase>validate</phase>
	<goals>
	<goal>copy</goal>
	</goals>
	<configuration>
	<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/endorsed</outputDirectory>
	<silent>true</silent>
	<artifactItems>
	<artifactItem>
	<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
	<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
	<version>2.2.7</version>
	<type>jar</type>
	</artifactItem>
	<artifactItem>
	<groupId>javax.xml.ws</groupId>
	<artifactId>jaxws-api</artifactId>
	<version>2.2.9</version>
	<type>jar</type>
	</artifactItem>
	</artifactItems>
	</configuration>
	</execution>
	</executions>
	</plugin>
	</plugins>
	</build>

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The classes will be generated inside the /target/generated-sources/wsimport/ folder in your project. You only need to assign this folder as a source folder in your IDE and start coding!