Maciej Swiderski [
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"Re: Embedding in Play Framework"
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M D wrote:
1) Has anyone tried integrating JBPM5 with the Java/Scala based Play Framework. Please
point me to documentation, if any, that can get me started.
Since it's Java
based then there are no special things to do, it will be exactly the same way it can be
integrated with any other java based solution. Alternatively you can consider to use jBPM
as a service and access its capabilities via REST/JMS interface.
M D wrote:
2) Does jBPM5 has (web-based) reporting capabilities like Activiti
(
http://www.jorambarrez.be/blog/2013/03/22/reporting-capabilities-in-activ...)
(or in general does jBPM5's web console offer all the stuff that Activiti Explorer
offers)
Reporting capabilities are available in jBPM. In version 5.x they are based
on Eclipse BIRT and provides only basic reports out of the box. In version 6 there is
state of the art BAM component integrated with jBPM that provides huge amount of reporting
and monitoring capabilities, take a look
http://vimeo.com/57973815 here for bit of
preview. Please not that the video is slightly outdated but it should give yousome context
of what's comming.
Unfortunately I don't know enough about Actitii Explorer to judge but most likely jBPM
covers what is important from process managment point of view (process and tasks
operations). See on the video some capabilities of the console too, just make a note that
it has been enhanced a lot since that time.
M D wrote:
3) How is 'authorization' handled in jBPM5? (Is there a way to create Groups and
do some LDAP integration etc.)?
Yes, integration with LDAP is possible out of the
box. Usual case is when the jBPM runs inside the container (e.g. JBoss Application Server)
and then you can laverage the power of the JAAS system. Configure the authentication and
authorization on application server and jBPM will rely on that regardless if that is based
on LDAP or DB or whatever else.
HTH
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