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Save action

Introduction

This action saves data and attachments via the persistence layer.

Behavior

The save actions performs the following, in order:
  • dispatch fr-data-save-prepare to fr-form-model
  • save attachments
  • save XML
  • dispatch fr-data-save-done to fr-form-model
  • switch to edit mode
    • [UNTIL Orbeon Forms 2016.3] This is part of the save action.
    • [SINCE Orbeon Forms 2017.1] This is done using the separate new-to-edit action.

Parameters

  • draft: "true" if must be saved as a draft [SINCE Orbeon Forms 4.4]
  • query: additional query parameters to pass the persistence layer (is an XPath value template) [SINCE Orbeon Forms 4.6.1]
  • prune-metadata:
    • [SINCE Orbeon Forms 2017.2]
    • "true" if any fr:* metadata must be pruned before saving
    • the default is "false"
    • this must be used with care

Examples

Example of use of the query parameter:
<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.fr.detail.process.save-final.*.*">
require-uploads
then validate-all
then save(query = "foo=bar&amp;title={//title}")
then success-message("save-success")
recover error-message("database-error")
</property>
The full URL, for attachments as well as for the XML data, is composed of:
  • the URL pointing to the persistence layer path, including the file name
  • the following URL parameter
    • valid: whether the data sent satisfies validation rules
NOTE: The save action doesn't check data validity before running.
Example:
http://example.org/orbeon/fr/service/persistence/crud/
orbeon/
bookshelf/
data/891ce63e59c17348f6fda273afe28c2b/data.xml?
valid=true

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