I found the reason...
By executing the following code I discovered that the OBJECT_TYPE_ID 'cmis:document' don't allow versioning.
Code to view all available OBJECT_TYPE_ID's (source):
boolean includePropertyDefintions = true;
for (t in session.getTypeDescendants(
null, // start at the top of the tree
-1, // infinite depth recursion
includePropertyDefintions // include prop defs
)) {
printTypes(t, "");
}
static void printTypes(Tree tree, String tab) {
ObjectType objType = tree.getItem();
println(tab + "TYPE:" + objType.getDisplayName() +
" (" + objType.getDescription() + ")");
// Print some of the common attributes for this type
print(tab + " Id:" + objType.getId());
print(" Fileable:" + objType.isFileable());
print(" Queryable:" + objType.isQueryable());
if (objType instanceof DocumentType) {
print(" [DOC Attrs->] Versionable:" +
((DocumentType)objType).isVersionable());
print(" Content:" +
((DocumentType)objType).getContentStreamAllowed());
}
println(""); // end the line
for (t in tree.getChildren()) {
// there are more - call self for next level
printTypes(t, tab + " ");
}
}
This resulted in a list like this:
TYPE:CMIS Folder (Description of CMIS Folder Type) Id:cmis:folder Fileable:true Queryable:true
TYPE:CMIS Document (Description of CMIS Document Type) Id:cmis:document Fileable:true Queryable:true [DOC Attrs->] Versionable:false Content:ALLOWED
TYPE:My Type 1 Level 1 (Description of My Type 1 Level 1 Type)
Id:MyDocType1 Fileable:true Queryable:true [DOC Attrs->] Versionable:false Content:ALLOWEDTYPE:VersionedType (Description of VersionedType Type)
Id:VersionableType Fileable:true Queryable:true [DOC Attrs->] Versionable:true Content:ALLOWED
As you can see the last OBJECT_TYPE_ID has versionable: true... and when I use that it does work.