Quick Start (SOAP mode): Retrieving form data from tasks using the Java API

The following Java code example retrieves form data from a task with the identifier value of 304. Form data is written to an XML file named FormData.xml located at C:\Adobe.

/* 
    * This Java Quick Start uses the following JAR files 
    * 1. adobe-taskmanager-client.jar 
    * 2. adobe-livecycle-client.jar 
    * 3. adobe-usermanager-client.jar 
    * 4. activation.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 5. axis.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 6. axis.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 7. commons-codec-1.3.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 8. commons-collections-3.2.jar  (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 9. commons-discovery.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 10. commons-logging.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 11. dom3-xml-apis-2.5.0.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 12. jaxen-1.1-beta-9.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 13. jaxrpc.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 14. log4j.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 15. mail.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 16. saaj.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 17. wsdl4j.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 18. xalan.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 19. xbean.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 20. xercesImpl.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 21. commons-code-1.3.jar 
    * 22. adobe-workflow-client-sdk.jar 
    *  
    *  The JBoss files must be kept in the jboss\client folder. You can copy the client folder to  
    *  your local development environment and then include the 3 JBoss JAR files in your class path 
    *   
    *  These JAR files are located in the following path: 
    * <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/common 
    *  
    *  
    * <install directory>/jboss/bin/client 
    *  
    * If you want to invoke a remote forms server instance and there is a 
    * firewall between the client application and the server, then it is  
    * recommended that you use the SOAP mode. When using the SOAP mode,  
    * you have to include additional JAR files located in the following  
    * path 
    * <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/thirdparty 
    *  
    * For information about the SOAP  
    * mode and the additional JAR files that need to be included,  
    * see "Setting connection properties" in Programming  
    * with AEM Forms 
    */ 
import java.io.File; 
import java.util.*; 
 
import com.adobe.idp.Document; 
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory; 
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactoryProperties; 
 
import com.adobe.idp.taskmanager.dsc.client.*; 
import com.adobe.idp.taskmanager.dsc.client.task.FormInstance; 
import com.adobe.idp.taskmanager.dsc.client.task.TaskInfo; 
import com.adobe.idp.taskmanager.dsc.client.task.TaskManager; 
 
public class RetrieveFormData { 
 
    public static void main(String[] args) { 
             
        try{ 
             //Set connection properties required to invoke AEM Forms                                                                                                                        
              Properties connectionProps = new Properties(); 
              connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_SOAP_ENDPOINT, "jnp://[server]:[port]"); 
     connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL,ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SOAP_PROTOCOL);           
              connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SERVER_TYPE, "JBoss"); 
              connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_USERNAME, "administrator"); 
              connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD, "password"); 
             
            //Create a ServiceClientFactory object 
            ServiceClientFactory myFactory = ServiceClientFactory.createInstance(connectionProps); 
 
            //Create a TaskManager object 
            TaskManager myTaskManager = TaskManagerClientFactory.getTaskManager(myFactory);     
                         
            //Retrieve information about task 304 
            long taskId = 304;  
            TaskInfo tInfo = myTaskManager.getTaskInfo(taskId); 
                         
            //Retrieve the form instance associated with task 304 
            FormInstance[] fi = tInfo.getTaskItems(); 
            long formInstanceId = fi[0].getFormInstanceId(); 
            FormInstance newfi = myTaskManager.getFormInstanceForTask(taskId, formInstanceId, true); 
             
            //Get data located in the form and  
            //write the data to FormData.xml 
            Document doc = newfi.getDocument(); 
            File myTestFile = new File("C:\\Adobe\FormData.xml"); 
            doc.copyToFile(myTestFile); 
            } 
             
        catch(Exception e) 
        { 
            e.printStackTrace(); 
        } 
    } 
} 
 

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