Create Email using business process in hybris

1. Create your own business process model.

<itemtype code="ContactUsProcess" extends="StoreFrontCustomerProcess"

jaloclass="de.hybris.platform.commerceservices.jalo.process.ContactUsProcess"

autocreate="true" generate="true">

<attributes>

<attribute qualifier="information" type="StringCollection">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="industry" type="StringCollection">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="firstName" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="lastName" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="customerEmail" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="phone" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="languageType" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="title" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="companyName" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="line1" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="line2" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="city" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="region" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="postalCode" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="country" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

<attribute qualifier="comment" type="java.lang.String">

<persistence type="property" />

</attribute>

</attributes>

</itemtype>

2.  Create Event Class. refer ContactUsEvent.java in zip file. (* don't forget to create bean in *spring.xml)

3.  Create Event Lister class. refer ContactUsEventListener.java in zip file. (* don't forget to create bean in *spring.xml)

4.  Create Context class. refer ContactUSEmailContext.java in zip file. (* don't forget to create bean in *spring.xml)

5.  Create process xml. refer contactUSProcess.xml in zip file.

6.  Create bean as follows in *core-spring.xml.

    

<bean id="contactUsProcessDefinitionResource"

class="de.hybris.platform.processengine.definition.ProcessDefinitionResource">

<property name="resource"

value="classpath:/canselcore/processes/contactUSProcess.xml" />

</bean>

7. Create bean as follows in *core-spring.xml to use your own email template. (This is used in contactUSProcess.xml)

    

<bean id="generateContactUsEmail" parent="abstractGenerateEmailAction">

<property name="frontendTemplateName" value="ContactUSEmailTemplate" />

</bean>

8. Create Email Template as follows.

  # Email page Template

INSERT_UPDATE EmailPageTemplate;$contentCV[unique=true];uid[unique=true];name;active;frontendTemplateName;subject(code);htmlTemplate(code);restrictedPageTypes(code)

;;ContactUSEmailTemplate;Contact us Email Template;true;contactUSEmail;cansel_Email_contactUS_Subject;cansel_Email_contactUS_Body;EmailPage

# Templates for CMS Cockpit Page Edit

UPDATE EmailPageTemplate;$contentCV[unique=true];uid[unique=true];velocityTemplate[translator=de.hybris.platform.commerceservices.impex.impl.FileLoaderValueTranslator]

;;ContactUSEmailTemplate;$jarResourceCms/structure-view/structure_subscriptionExpiredEmailTemplate.vm

    INSERT_UPDATE ContentSlotForTemplate;$contentCV[unique=true];uid[unique=true];position[unique=true];pageTemplate(uid,$contentCV)[unique=true][default='ContactUSEmailTemplate'];contentSlot(uid,$contentCV)[unique=true];allowOverwrite

;;SiteLogo-ContactUSEmailTemplate;SiteLogo;;SiteLogoSlot;true

;;TopContent-ContactUSEmailTemplate;TopContent;;EmailTopSlot;true

;;BottomContent-ContactUSEmailTemplate;BottomContent;;EmailBottomSlot;true

# Email Pages

INSERT_UPDATE EmailPage;$contentCV[unique=true];uid[unique=true];name;masterTemplate(uid,$contentCV);defaultPage;approvalStatus(code)[default='approved']

;;contactUSEmail;Contact Us Email;ContactUSEmailTemplate;true

# Email velocity templates

INSERT_UPDATE RendererTemplate;code[unique=true];contextClass;rendererType(code)[default='velocity']

;cansel_Email_contactUS_Subject;$emailPackageName.ContactUSEmailContext

;cansel_Email_contactUS_Body;$emailPackageName.ContactUSEmailContext

9. Under email-content_en.impex. update the cansel_Email_contactUS_Subject & cansel_Email_contactUS_Body with appropriate template script.

    # CMS components and Email velocity templates

UPDATE RendererTemplate;code[unique=true];description[lang=$lang];templateScript[lang=$lang,translator=de.hybris.platform.commerceservices.impex.impl.FileLoaderValueTranslator]

;cansel_Email_contactUS_Subject;"Contact Us Subject";$emailResource/email-contactUSEmailSubject.vm

;cansel_Email_contactUS_Body;"Contact Us Body";$emailResource/email-contactUSEmailBody.vm

10. Please refer email-contactUSEmailSubject.vm & email-contactUSEmailBody.vm in zip file.

11. Trigger the event from any service class. For instance, You can refer DefaultContactUsService.java in zip file.

You can dowload the zip file from the following link.

Link to download zip file.