Message storage

Messages are stored in the messages workspace. Each user has its own subnode under the workspace root.

/superuser
  /0
  /1
/peter
  /2
    cleared       true
    id            2
    message       Revised the abstract. Please review.
    messageView   workflow:workflow
    messageType   WORKITEM
    sender        eric
    subject       Publication request for page /demo-project/about/subsection-articles/article
    timestamp     1377865432883
    workitemId    1377264630284
/eric
  /0

The numbered nodes (0, 1, 2 etc.) under the users are the messages. Their node type is mgnl:systemMessage.

Message properties:

• cleared. Whether the message has been read or not. true/false
• id. Identifies the message. The message ID is unique inside the user node. 
• message. Text of the message.
• messageView. Message view definition name prefixed by the name of the module where the view is configured.
• messageType. INFO, WORKITEM, WARNING or ERROR. Defined in  MessageType .
• sender. Name of the sending user.
• subject. Subject line.
• timestamp. Time when the message was sent.
• workItemId. For workflow messages, an ID of the workitem.