@Override public XmlWorkflowItem start(Context context, WorkspaceItem wsi) throws SQLException, AuthorizeException, IOException, WorkflowException { try { Item myitem = wsi.getItem(); Collection collection = wsi.getCollection(); Workflow wf = xmlWorkflowFactory.getWorkflow(collection); XmlWorkflowItem wfi = xmlWorkflowItemService.create(context, myitem, collection); wfi.setMultipleFiles(wsi.hasMultipleFiles()); wfi.setMultipleTitles(wsi.hasMultipleTitles()); wfi.setPublishedBefore(wsi.isPublishedBefore()); xmlWorkflowItemService.update(context, wfi); removeUserItemPolicies(context, myitem, myitem.getSubmitter()); grantSubmitterReadPolicies(context, myitem); context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem(); Step firstStep = wf.getFirstStep(); if (firstStep.isValidStep(context, wfi)) { activateFirstStep(context, wf, firstStep, wfi); } else { // Get our next step, if none is found, archive our item firstStep = wf.getNextStep(context, wfi, firstStep, ActionResult.OUTCOME_COMPLETE); if (firstStep == null) { archive(context, wfi); } else { activateFirstStep(context, wf, firstStep, wfi); } } // remove the WorkspaceItem workspaceItemService.deleteWrapper(context, wsi); context.restoreAuthSystemState(); return wfi; } catch (WorkflowConfigurationException e) { throw new WorkflowException(e); } }