Alfresco Share action to view any object in Alfresco repository in the Share node browser. Admins can click this action to automatically bring up the node in the Share node browser instead of having to copy, paste, and search the noderef in the node browser.

Alfresco Share Action - View Object in Node Browser

Alfresco Share action that creates an action in the document library and document/folder details pages called 'View in Node Browser.' Admins can click this action to automatically bring up the node in the Share node browser instead of having to copy, paste, and search the noderef in the node browser.

custom-slingshot-application-context.xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' 'http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd'>

<beans>

	<!-- ... -->

	<!-- Action Evaluators -->
	<bean id="com.someco.doclib.action.UserIsAdminEvaluator" class="com.someco.web.evaluator.UserIsAdminEvaluator" />

</beans>

share-config-custom.xml

<alfresco-config>
  
	<!-- ... -->
  
	<!-- Actions -->
	<config evaluator="string-compare" condition="DocLibActions">
		<actions>
			<!-- View object in node browser -->
			<action id="someco-view-in-node-browser" type="pagelink" label="View in Node Browser" icon="view-in-explorer">
				<param name="page">console/admin-console/node-browser?#state=panel%3Dview%26nodeRef%3D{node.nodeRef}</param>
				<evaluator>com.someco.doclib.action.UserIsAdminEvaluator</evaluator>
			</action>
		</actions>
		<actionGroups>
			<actionGroup id="document-browse">
				<action index="500" id="someco-view-in-node-browser"/>
			</actionGroup>
			<actionGroup id="document-details">
				<action index="500" id="someco-view-in-node-browser"/>
			</actionGroup>
			<actionGroup id="folder-browse">
				<action index="500" id="someco-view-in-node-browser"/>
			</actionGroup>
			<actionGroup id="folder-details">
				<action index="500" id="someco-view-in-node-browser"/>
			</actionGroup>
		</actionGroups>
	</config>
	
	<!-- ... -->
	
</alfresco-config>

UserIsAdminEvaluator.java

package com.someco.web.evaluator;

import org.alfresco.web.evaluator.BaseEvaluator;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
import org.springframework.extensions.surf.RequestContext;
import org.springframework.extensions.surf.support.ThreadLocalRequestContext;
import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.connector.User;

/**
 *  Action evaluator to determine if user is an admin. Used to show/hide Share actions
 *  in the doclib and potentially other locations.
 *  
 *  Deploy this file in your Share amp.
 *
 * @author Christy Lewis
 * @version 1.0
 *
 * <h2>Modification History</h2>
 * <ul>
 *      <li>Jul 21, 2014 (Christy Lewis) Created.
 * </ul>
 */

public class UserIsAdminEvaluator extends BaseEvaluator {
	
	private Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(UserIsAdminEvaluator.class);

	/**
	 * Evaluate the given node to determine if the action should be displayed.
	 *
	 * @param jsonObject    The json object representation of the node
	 * @return              A flag that specifies if the action should be shown for the node or not
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean evaluate(JSONObject jsonObject) {
		logger.debug("Evaluating if the user is an admin to determine if this action should display.");

		RequestContext rc = ThreadLocalRequestContext.getRequestContext();
		User user = rc.getUser();

		logger.debug("User " + user.getName() + " is an admin: " + user.isAdmin());

		return user.isAdmin();
	}
}