Inherit KM Workflow steps from parent folder

Following is the code through which KM Workflow can inherit steps from Parent Folder

public boolean enableWorkflow(ICollection parentFolder,IResource childResource ) throws StatemanagementException, WcmException{

private static String NAMESPACE = "namespace.com";

private static String APP_PROPERTY_NAME = "Enable_Workflow";

boolean isWorkflowEnabled;

IPropertyName pname = PropertyName.getPN(NAMESPACE, APP_PROPERTY_NAME);

IProperty property = parentFolder.getProperty(pname);

if(null!=property){

isWorkflowEnabled=property.getBooleanValue();

}

IStatemanagementManager parentStateMgr =null;

IStatemanagementResource parentStateRes =null;

IStatemanagementUtilsResource parentStateResUtils = null;

IStepList parentStepList = null;

IStatemanagementResource childStateRes = null;

IStatemanagementUtilsResource childStateResUtils = null;

IApplicationPropertiesService appPropService = null;

IRepositoryServiceFactory repServiceFactory = ResourceFactory.getInstance().getServiceFactory();

IStatemanagementManager stateMgr = (IStatemanagementManager) repServiceFactory.getRepositoryService(childResource,IWcmConst.STATEMANAGEMENT_SERVICE);

if (isWorkflowEnabled) {

if (childResource.isCollection()) {

//set custom metadata property for child

childResource.setProperty(property);

//instantiate the statemanagement manager for parent

parentStateMgr = (IStatemanagementManager) repServiceFactory.getRepositoryService(parentFolder,IWcmConst.STATEMANAGEMENT_SERVICE);

//get the statemanagement resource for parent

parentStateRes = parentStateMgr.getStatemangementResource(parentFolder);

//get the statemanagement utils for parent

parentStateResUtils = parentStateRes.getUtils();

if(null != parentStateResUtils && parentStateResUtils.isStatemanagementEnabled()){

//read approver list

parentStepList = parentStateResUtils.readApproverList();

//get the statemanagement resource for child

childStateRes = stateMgr.getStatemangementResource(childResource);

//get the statemanagement utils instance for child resource

childStateResUtils = childStateRes.getUtils();

//enable workflow for child

childStateResUtils.setStatemanagementEnabled(true);

//add and save approver list for child

childStateResUtils.saveApproverList(parentStepList);

}else{return false;}

} else {

// setps to submit a not collection child resource for approval automatically

IStatemanagementResource sResource = stateMgr.getStatemangementResource(childResource);

IResourceTransitionList transitionList = sResource.getAllowedTransitions();

if (sResource.getUtils().readState().toString().equalsIgnoreCase("in progress")) {

IResourceTransition transition = sResource.getTransition("lbl.submit");

if(null != transition){

transition.execute();

}else{return false;}

}else{return false;}

}

}else{

return false;

}

return true;

}