public void updateDOM(Document dom, Element configElement, EDLContext edlContext) {
    // String action =
    // edlContext.getRequestParser().getPropertyValueAsString(WorkflowDocumentActions.USER_ACTION_REQUEST_KEY);
    // we don't want to clear the attribute content if they are just opening up the document to view
    // it!
    if (!edlContext.getUserAction().isLoadAction()) {
      RequestParser requestParser = edlContext.getRequestParser();
      try {
        WorkflowDocument document =
            (WorkflowDocument)
                requestParser.getAttribute(RequestParser.WORKFLOW_DOCUMENT_SESSION_KEY);
        //			 clear attribute content so that duplicate attribute values are not added during
        // submission of a new EDL form values version
        document.clearAttributeContent();
        Document edlDef =
            EdlServiceLocator.getEDocLiteService()
                .getDefinitionXml(edlContext.getEdocLiteAssociation());
        XPath xpath = XPathHelper.newXPath(edlDef);
        NodeList attributeNodes =
            (NodeList) xpath.evaluate("/edl/attributes/attribute", edlDef, XPathConstants.NODESET);
        for (int index = 0; index < attributeNodes.getLength(); index++) {
          Element attributeElem = (Element) attributeNodes.item(index);
          String attributeName = attributeElem.getAttribute("name");

          WorkflowAttributeDefinition.Builder attributeDefBuilder =
              getWorkflowAttributeDefinitionVO(attributeName, document);

          NodeList fieldNodes =
              (NodeList) xpath.evaluate("./field", attributeElem, XPathConstants.NODESET);
          for (int fIndex = 0; fIndex < fieldNodes.getLength(); fIndex++) {
            Element fieldElem = (Element) fieldNodes.item(fIndex);
            String edlField = fieldElem.getAttribute("edlField");
            String attributeField = fieldElem.getAttribute("attributeField");
            PropertyDefinition property = attributeDefBuilder.getPropertyDefinition(attributeField);
            String value = requestParser.getParameterValue(edlField);
            if (property == null) {
              property = PropertyDefinition.create(attributeField, value);
            } else {
              // modify the current property
              attributeDefBuilder.getPropertyDefinitions().remove(property);
              property = PropertyDefinition.create(property.getName(), value);
            }
            attributeDefBuilder.addPropertyDefinition(property);
          }

          // validate if they are taking an action on the document (i.e. it's annotatable)
          boolean curAttrValid = true;
          if (edlContext.getUserAction().isValidatableAction()) {
            List<? extends RemotableAttributeErrorContract> errors =
                document.validateAttributeDefinition(attributeDefBuilder.build());
            if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
              edlContext.setInError(true);
              curAttrValid = false;
            }
            Map<String, String> fieldErrors =
                (Map<String, String>)
                    edlContext
                        .getRequestParser()
                        .getAttribute(RequestParser.GLOBAL_FIELD_ERRORS_KEY);
            for (RemotableAttributeErrorContract error : errors) {
              fieldErrors.put(error.getAttributeName(), error.getMessage());
            }
          }

          if (curAttrValid) {
            if (edlContext.getUserAction().isValidatableAction()) {
              for (int fIndex = 0; fIndex < fieldNodes.getLength(); fIndex++) {
                Element fieldElem = (Element) fieldNodes.item(fIndex);
                String edlField = fieldElem.getAttribute("edlField");
                String attributeField = fieldElem.getAttribute("attributeField");
                PropertyDefinition property =
                    attributeDefBuilder.getPropertyDefinition(attributeField);
                String value = requestParser.getParameterValue(edlField);
                if (property == null) {
                  property = PropertyDefinition.create(attributeField, value);
                } else {
                  // modify the current property
                  attributeDefBuilder.getPropertyDefinitions().remove(property);
                  property = PropertyDefinition.create(property.getName(), value);
                }
                attributeDefBuilder.addPropertyDefinition(property);
              }
              WorkflowAttributeDefinition attributeDef = attributeDefBuilder.build();
              document.addAttributeDefinition(attributeDef);
            }
          }
        }
      } catch (Exception e) {
        if (e instanceof RuntimeException) {
          throw (RuntimeException) e;
        }
        throw new WorkflowRuntimeException("Failed to process attribute.", e);
      }
    }
  }
 private static EDocLiteService getEDLService() {
   return EdlServiceLocator.getEDocLiteService();
 }