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jBPM 5.2 released
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created by <a href="http://community.jboss.org/people/KrisVerlaenen">Kris Verlaenen</a> in <i>jBPM</i> - <a href="http://community.jboss.org/message/641146#641146">View the full discussion</a>
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<div class="jive-rendered-content"><p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://kverlaen.blogspot.com/2011/12/jbpm-52-released.html">http://kverlaen.blogspot.com/2011/12/jbpm-52-released.html</a></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>The team is proud to present the next release of jBPM.  <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.jboss.org/jbpm">jBPM</a> is an open-source business process engine, supporting BPMN2.  I think we have a few very nice new features in this release, with for example</p><ul><li>the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://kverlaen.blogspot.com/2011/10/introducing-service-repository.html">domain-specific service repository</a>: import existing services from a repository (e.g. Twitter integration etc.) and start using them in your processes</li><li>the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://vimeo.com/30857949">advancements on the web-based process designer</a>: support for more node types, visual validation, migration support, etc.</li><li>support for the lightning-fast <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.jboss.org/as7">JBoss AS7</a>: install your applications on AS7, which is now the default application server in the jbpm-installer</li></ul><p>A full list of features is added below.</p><p>You can download the artefacts <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/jbpm/files/jBPM%205/jbpm-5.2.0.Final/">here</a>.</p><p>Documentation can be found <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://docs.jboss.org/jbpm/v5.2/userguide/">here</a>.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">To get started, it is probably best to download the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/jbpm/files/jBPM%205/jbpm-5.2.0.Final/jbpm-5.2.0.Final-installer-full.zip/download">full installer</a> and follow the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://docs.jboss.org/jbpm/v5.2/userguide/ch03.html">installer documentation</a>, to guide you through the tools with a simple example.  You can also import the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/jbpm/files/jBPM%205/jbpm-5.2.0.Final/jbpm-5.2.0.Final-examples.zip/download">examples</a> module to have look at the numerous examples included in there.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>We'll be updating some of the documentation and adding some quick starts and more examples in the next few weeks, so stay tuned!</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>Have fun!</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Release notes</span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p><span style="font-size: 85%;">On top of some optimizations, bug fixes and small improvements, these are the most important new features in jBPM 5.2.0.Final.</span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p><span style="font-size: 100%;">Core engine</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://kverlaen.blogspot.com/2011/10/introducing-service-repository.html">domain-specific service repository</a>: the ability to import <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://docs.jboss.org/jbpm/v5.2/userguide/ch13.html">domain-specific services</a> from a repository so you can immediately use them in your processes, e.g. twitter integration, FTP, web or REST service, etc.  This is ideal for non-technical users to integrate with external services<br/></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">improved <span style="font-style: italic;">persistence support</span> for multiple databases and backwards compatibility</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">jbpm-test</span>: new module that offers improved support for <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://kverlaen.blogspot.com/2011/04/junit-testing-your-jbpm5-processes.html">JUnit testing of processes</a>, including the automatic setup of the necessary datasources and services on the fly</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">support for <span style="font-style: italic;">Java7</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br/>Installer</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">added support for JBoss AS7, which is now used as the default application server in the jbpm-installer</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 100%;">Web-based designer</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Integration with the domain-specific service repository</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Visual Process Validation: new features allows users to visually validate their processes at edit time</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Ability to view the process in ERDF, JSON, PDF, PNG, BPMN2, and SVG formats</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">New Process Information section: contains information about the process, such as name, creation date, version, etc</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">jBPM 3.2 Process Migration: new feature allows users to migrate existing jBPM 3.2-based processes to BPMN2</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Ability to import existing bpmn2 processes straight into designer</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Ability to create "sharable" process image, PDF, and ability to generate code for embedding designer in custom applications</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Support four boundary events</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Visual support for Text Annotations, Groups, and Lanes</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Support for sub-processes</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Update to latest Guvnor</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br/>Human task service<br/></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">introduction of the <span style="font-style: italic;">task service interface</span>, and interface to interact with the (default) human task service (independent of the underlying communication pattern and technology)<br/></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">user group callback</span>: easily integrate with your own service for user / group validation and user-group-management (which users are part of which groups)<br/></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">local task service</span>: a local implementation of the task service that runs locally, next to the process engine, and (re)uses the same transaction of the core engine<br/></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">human task service war</span>: deploy the human task service as a service on your application server</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br/>jBPM console</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">updated to latest version of the JBoss BPM console</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">console synchronizes with the process definitions (and other assets) from all packages in the Guvnor repository</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">updated BIRT reporting to latest version</span></li></ul><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p><span style="font-size: 100%;">Eclipse plugin</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">jBPM perspective</span>: Eclipse perspective that simplifies workspace configuration</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">more advanced jBPM project <span style="font-style: italic;">wizard</span></span></li></ul></div>
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