Updating a group name uses the updateGroup method of the GroupsApi.
For more information about this ReST API endpoint, see Update a Group.
For a description of the common parameters, such as fields, see Common Parameters.
import org.alfresco.core.handler.GroupsApi;
import org.alfresco.core.model.GroupBodyUpdate;
import org.alfresco.core.model.GroupEntry;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
@Component
public class UpdateGroupCmd {
static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UpdateGroupCmd.class);
@Autowired
GroupsApi groupsApi;
public void execute(String groupId, String newName) throws IOException {
List<String> fields = null;
List<String> include = null;
GroupBodyUpdate groupBodyUpdate = new GroupBodyUpdate();
groupBodyUpdate.setDisplayName(newName);
GroupEntry group = groupsApi.updateGroup(groupId, groupBodyUpdate, include, fields).getBody();
LOGGER.info("Updated group {}", group);
}
}
Executing this code will update the name of the group with passed in id, in this case we are updating the name for a group with id hr, note that you have to prefix group ids with GROUP_:
% java -jar target/rest-api-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar update-group GROUP_hr "Human Resources updated"
2021-05-06 12:42:41.475 INFO 26302 --- [ main] o.a.tutorial.restapi.RestApiApplication : Started RestApiApplication in 3.285 seconds (JVM running for 3.742)
2021-05-06 12:42:41.477 INFO 26302 --- [ main] o.a.tutorial.restapi.RestApiApplication : args[0]: update-group
2021-05-06 12:42:41.478 INFO 26302 --- [ main] o.a.tutorial.restapi.RestApiApplication : args[1]: GROUP_hr
2021-05-06 12:42:41.478 INFO 26302 --- [ main] o.a.tutorial.restapi.RestApiApplication : args[2]: Human Resources updated
2021-05-06 12:42:41.673 INFO 26302 --- [ main] o.a.tutorial.restapi.UpdateGroupCmd : Updated group class GroupEntry {
entry: class Group {
id: GROUP_hr
displayName: Human Resources updated
isRoot: true
parentIds: null
zones: null
}
}