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The workflow actions configuration is located in the {dspace.dir}/config/spring/api directory and is named "workflow-actions.xml". This configuration file describes the different Action Java classes that are used by the workflow framework. Because the workflow framework uses Spring framework for loading these action classes, this configuration file contains Spring configuration.

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The configuration file for the workflow user interface actions is located in the {dspace.dir}/config/xmlui and is named "workflow-actions-xmlui.xml". BEach bean defined here has an id which is the action identifier and the class is a classpath which links to the xmlui class responsible for generating the User Interface side of the workflow action. Each of the class defined here must extend the //org.dspace.app.xmlui.aspect.submission.workflow.AbstractXMLUIAction// class, this class contains some basic settings for an action and has a method called //addWorkflowItemInformation()// which will render the given item with a show full link so you don't have to write the same code in each of your actions if you want to display the item. The id attribute used for the beans in the configuration must correspond to the id used in the workflow configuration. In case an action requires a User Interface class, the workflow framework will look for a UI class in this configuration file.

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