redmine_custom_workflows/app/models/custom_workflow.rb

class WorkflowError < StandardError
  attr_accessor :error

  def initialize(message)
    @error = message.dup
    super message
  end
end

class CustomWorkflow < ActiveRecord::Base

  attr_protected :id
  has_and_belongs_to_many :projects
  acts_as_list

  validates_presence_of :name
  validates_uniqueness_of :name, :case_sensitive => false
  validates_format_of :author, :with => /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})\z/i, :allow_blank => true
  validate :validate_syntax

  default_scope { order(:position => :asc) }
  scope :for_all, lambda { where(:is_for_all => true) }

  class << self
    def import_from_xml(xml)
      attributes = Hash.from_xml(xml).values.first
      attributes.delete('exported_at')
      CustomWorkflow.new(attributes)
    end
  end

  def validate_syntax
    issue = Issue.new
    issue.send :instance_variable_set, :@issue, issue # compatibility with 0.0.1
    begin
      issue.instance_eval(before_save) if respond_to?(:before_save) && before_save
    rescue WorkflowError => e
    rescue Exception => e
      errors.add :before_save, :invalid_script, :error => e
    end
    begin
      issue.instance_eval(after_save) if respond_to?(:after_save) && after_save
    rescue WorkflowError => e
    rescue Exception => e
      errors.add :after_save, :invalid_script, :error => e
    end
  end

  def export_as_xml
    to_xml :only => [:author, :name, :description, :before_save, :after_save, :created_at] do |xml|
      xml.tag! 'exported-at', Time.current.xmlschema
    end
  end

  def <=>(other)
    self.position <=> other.position
  end

  def to_s
    name
  end
end