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Author: ochikvina
Date: 2010-05-26 11:56:47 -0400 (Wed, 26 May 2010)
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<!ENTITY Test_Drive_Proc SYSTEM "Test_Drive_Proc.xml">
<!ENTITY The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech SYSTEM "The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech.xml">
<!ENTITY Quick_Howto_Guide SYSTEM "Quick_Howto_Guide.xml">
-
+<!ENTITY tasks SYSTEM "tasks.xml">
<!ENTITY seamlink "../../seam/html_single/index.html">
<!ENTITY aslink "../../as/html_single/index.html">
<!ENTITY esblink "../../esb_ref_guide/html_single/index.html">
@@ -81,11 +81,15 @@
<toc/>
&introduction;
- &jboss_jbpm_runtime_installation;
- &guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd;
- &the_views; &Test_Drive_Proc;
+
+ <!-- &jboss_jbpm_runtime_installation;
+ &guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd; -->
+ &tasks;
+ &the_views;
+
+ <!-- &Test_Drive_Proc;
&The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech;
- &Quick_Howto_Guide;
+ &Quick_Howto_Guide; -->
<!-- TODO: drools used in this section is not available for eclipse .3.3
&AddBusinessProcess; -->
</book>
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@@ -0,0 +1,671 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<chapter>
+ <?dbhtml filename="jboss_jbpm_runtime_installation.html"?>
+ <chapterinfo>
+ <keywordset>
+ <keyword>jBPM</keyword>
+ <keyword>designer</keyword>
+ <keyword>process</keyword>
+ <keyword>JBoss Developer Studio</keyword>
+ <keyword>jBPM runtime</keyword>
+ <keyword>JBoss</keyword>
+ <keyword>Process</keyword>
+ <keyword>Definition</keyword>
+ </keywordset>
+
+ </chapterinfo>
+ <title>Tasks</title>
+<section id="jboss_jbpm_runtime_installation"
xreflabel="jboss_jbpm_runtime_installation">
+
+ <title>JBoss jBPM Runtime Installation</title>
+ <para>The main purpose of this chapter is to let you know how to launch the
<property>JBoss
+ jBPM</property> (business process management).</para>
+ <para>The jBPM plugin (jBPM Designer) is already included in the
<property>JBoss Tools</property>.
+ To make it work, you should only download the jBPM runtime (<ulink
+
url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=70542&...
+ >jbpm-jpdl-3.2.3</ulink> currently) and specify the directory where
you extracted the runtime
+ either when you create a jBPM project or by using the jBPM preference
pages.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <title>Note:</title>
+ <para>Try to avoid using spaces in the names of installation folders. It
can provoke problems in
+ some situations with Sun-based VMs.</para>
+ </note>
+
+ <para>Navigate to <emphasis>
+ <property>Window > Preferences > JBoss jBPM > Runtime
Locations</property>.
+ </emphasis> Here you can add, edit and remove JBoss jBPM installation
locations. Click <emphasis>
+ <property>Add</property>
+ </emphasis> button. In the dialog that appeared enter a name for a newly added
jBPM runtime and
+ point to the correct location of this package on your harddrive. Click
<emphasis>
+ <property>OK</property>
+ </emphasis> then click <emphasis>
+ <property>OK</property>
+ </emphasis> again.</para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>Adding jBPM Location</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/runtime_installation/runtime_installation_1.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <para>Now, when you have a runtime installed, we are going to demonstrate some
powerful features of
+ the jBPM.</para>
+</section>
+ <section id="GuidedTourJBossjBPMGPD"
xreflabel="GuidedTourJBossjBPMGPD">
+ <?dbhtml filename="GuidedTourJBossjBPMGPD.html"?>
+
+ <title>A Guided Tour of JBoss jBPM GPD</title>
+ <para>In this chapter we suggest a step-by-step walk-through of creating
and configuring your
+ own simple process. Let's try to organize a new jBPM
project.</para>
+ <para>A wizard for creating a jBPM project is included in the GPD plugin.
We have opted to
+ create a project based on a template already containing a number of advanced
artifacts that
+ we will ignore for this section. In the future we will elaborate this wizard
and offer the
+ possibility to create an empty jBPM project as well as projects based on
templates taken
+ from the jBPM tutorial.</para>
+ <section id="CreatingjBPMProject">
+ <?dbhtml filename="CreatingjBPMProject.html"?>
+ <title>Creating a jBPM Project</title>
+ <para>This section will show you how to use the Creation wizard for
creating a new jBPM
+ project with already included source folders.</para>
+ <para>At first you should select <emphasis>
+ <property>File >New Project...</property>
+ </emphasis> and then <emphasis>
+ <property>JBoss jBPM > Process Project</property>
+ </emphasis> in the New Project dialog:</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>New Project Dialog</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour_1.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <para> Clicking <emphasis>
+ <property>Next</property>
+ </emphasis> brings us to the wizard page where it's necessary
to specify the
+ name and location for the project. We choose, for example,
<emphasis>
+ <property>HellojBPM</property>
+ </emphasis> as the name and accept the default location.
</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>Process Name and Location</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour_2.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <para>Thus, our project will be created in the workspace root directory
by default. If you
+ want to change the directory for your future project, deselect
<emphasis>
+ <property>Use default location</property>
+ </emphasis> and click <emphasis>
+ <property>Browse...</property>
+ </emphasis> button to set needed location or simply type
it.</para>
+ <para>On the next screen you'll be prompted to select the core
jBPM location that
+ we have defined in the previous chapter.</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>Core jBPM Location Specifying</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour_9.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <para>Clicking on <emphasis>
+ <property>Finish</property>
+ </emphasis> results in the project being generated. The wizard creates
four source
+ folders: one for the processes (<emphasis>
+ <property>src/main/jpdl</property>
+ </emphasis>), one for the java sources (<emphasis>
+ <property>src/main/java</property>
+ </emphasis>), one for the unit tests (<emphasis>
+ <property>src/test/java</property>
+ </emphasis>) and one for the resources such as the jbpm.properties
and the
+ hibernate.properties files (<emphasis>
+ <property>src/main/config</property>
+ </emphasis>). In addition a classpath container with all the core
jBPM libraries is
+ added to the project</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>Layout of the Process Project</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour_3.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <para>Looking inside the different source folders will reveal a number
of other artifacts
+ that were generated, but we will leave these untouched for the moment.
Instead, we will
+ look at another wizard that enables us to create an empty process
definition.</para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="creating_an_empty_process_definition">
+ <?dbhtml
filename="creating_an_empty_process_definition.html"?>
+ <title>Creating an Empty Process Definition</title>
+ <para>Now when the project is set up, we can use a Creation wizard to
create an empty
+ process definition. Bring up the <emphasis>
+ <property>New</property>
+ </emphasis> wizard by clicking the <emphasis>
+ <property>File > New > Other...</property>
+ </emphasis> menu item. The wizard opens on the <emphasis>
+ <property>Select Wizard</property>
+ </emphasis> page.</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>The Select Wizard Page</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour_4.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <para>Selecting the <emphasis>
+ <property>JBoss jBPM</property>
+ </emphasis> category, then the <emphasis>
+ <property>Process Definition</property>
+ </emphasis> item and clicking on the <emphasis>
+ <property>Next</property>
+ </emphasis> button brings us to the <emphasis>
+ <property>Create Process Definition</property>
+ </emphasis> page.</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>The Create New Process Defining Page</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour_5.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <para>We choose <emphasis>
+ <property>hello</property>
+ </emphasis> as the name of the process archive file. Click on the
<emphasis>
+ <property>Finish</property>
+ </emphasis> button to end the wizard and open the process definition
editor.</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>The Process Definition Editor</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour_6.png"
+ scale="60"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+
+ <para>You can see in the Package Explorer that creating a process
definition involves
+ creating a folder with the name of the process definition and populating
this folder
+ with two .xml files : <emphasis>
+ <property>gpd.xml</property>
+ </emphasis> , <emphasis>
+ <property>processdefinition.xml</property>
</emphasis> and a .jpg file:<emphasis>
+
<property>processimage.jpg</property></emphasis>.</para>
+ <para>The <emphasis>
+ <property>gpd.xml</property>
+ </emphasis> contains the graphical information used by the process
definition editor.
+ The <emphasis>
+ <property>processdefinition.xml</property>
+ </emphasis> file contains the actual process definition info.
+ The graphical view of the process is automatically saved in
<emphasis>
+ <property>processimage.jpg</property>
+ </emphasis>file.
+ At present, the GPD assumes that these three files are siblings. More
+ sophisticated configuration will be supported later.</para>
+
+ <section id="minimal_process_definition">
+ <?dbhtml filename="minimal_process_definition.html"?>
+ <title>A Minimal Process Definition</title>
+ <para>Now we are ready to create a very simple process definition
consisting of a begin
+ state, an intermediate state and an end state.</para>
+ <para>To make the configuration of actions much easier
it's better to use the
+ <emphasis>><property>"jBPM jPDL
3"</property></emphasis> perspective. It provides the tabbed Properties
Editor which allows to configure
+ all the relevant properties of the current selected item.
</para>
+
+ <section id="adding_the_nodes">
+ <?dbhtml filename="adding_the_nodes.html"?>
+ <title>Adding the Nodes</title>
+ <para>At first select respectively <emphasis>
+ <property>Start</property>, </emphasis>
+ <emphasis>
+ <property>State</property>
+ </emphasis> and <emphasis>
+ <property>End</property>
+ </emphasis> on the tools palette and click on the canvas to
add these nodes to
+ the process definition. The result should look similar to
this:</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>A Simple Process With Three Nodes</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour_7.png"
+ scale="60"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </section>
+ <section id="adding_transitions">
+ <?dbhtml filename="adding_transitions.html"?>
+ <title>Adding Transitions</title>
+ <para>Then, we will connect the nodes with transitions. To do
that select the <emphasis>
+ <property>Transition</property>
+ </emphasis> tool in the tools palette and click on the
<emphasis>
+ <property>Start</property>
+ </emphasis> node, then move to the <emphasis>
+ <property>State</property>
+ </emphasis> node and click again to see the transition being
drawn. Perform the
+ same steps to create a transition from the <emphasis>
+ <property>State</property>
+ </emphasis> node to the <emphasis>
+ <property>End</property>
+ </emphasis> node. The result will look like:</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>A Simple Process With Transitions</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour_8.png"
+ scale="60"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <para>Now, when you've got background knowledge of
simple project creation,
+ let's move to more advanced tools.</para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+ <section id="The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech"
xreflabel="The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech">
+ <?dbhtml filename="The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech.html"?>
+
+ <title>Actions : The JBoss jBPM Integration Mechanism</title>
+
+ <para> In this chapter we will show how to do software integration with
<property>JBoss
+ jBPM</property>. The standard mechanism to implement this is to wrap
the functionality you
+ want to integrate in a class that implements the <emphasis>
+ <property>ActionHandler</property>
+ </emphasis> interface. In order to demonstrate it let's specify
Hello World action for our
+ process.</para>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Creating a Hello World Action</title>
+
+ <para>Each Hello World process should integrate one or more Hello World
actions, so this is
+ what we will be doing. We can integrate custom code at different points
in the process
+ definition. To do this we have to specify an action handler, represented
by an
+ implementation of the <emphasis>
+ <property>ActionHandler</property>
+ </emphasis> interface, and attach this piece of code to a
particular event. These events
+ are amongst others, going over a transition, leaving or entering nodes,
after and before
+ signalling. </para>
+
+ <para> To make things a little bit more concrete, let's create
a new class called <emphasis>
+ <property>HelloActionHandler</property>.
+ </emphasis> For that firstly we'll create a new package
<emphasis>
+ <property>com.jbay.action</property>
+ </emphasis> in the <emphasis>
+ <property>src/java/main</property>
+ </emphasis> folder of our project. Then, we should call New Class
Creation wizard as
+ usual by right-clicking and navigating <emphasis>
+ <property>New > Class</property>.
+ </emphasis> </para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>Creating HelloActionHendler Class</title>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech/jboss_jbpm_int_mech_1.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>Notice that two first gaps have been filled automatically. Here,
instead of <emphasis>
+ <property>Package</property>
+ </emphasis> option <emphasis>
+ <property>Enclose type</property>
+ </emphasis> option can be selected where a type in which to enclose a
new class should
+ be specified.</para>
+
+ <para>In our case, we leave everything as it is, just type
<emphasis>
+ <property>HelloActionHandler</property>
+ </emphasis> as a name of new class and add <emphasis>
+ <property>org.jbpm.graph.ActionHendler</property>
+ </emphasis> interface as it's shown in the picture
above.</para>
+
+ <para>Thus, our <emphasis>
+ <property>HelloActionHandler</property>
+ </emphasis> implements the <emphasis>
+ <property>ActionHandler</property>
+ </emphasis> interface including the <emphasis>
+ <property>execute</property>
+ </emphasis> method as shown in the next figure. Here, we add a variable
named <emphasis>
+ <property>greeting</property>
+ </emphasis> to the collection of process variables and put a
message in it :
+ <emphasis>"Hello from
ActionHandler"</emphasis>. </para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>A Simple Hello Action</title>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech/jboss_jbpm_int_mech_2.png"
scale="75"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>Now, as we have <emphasis>
+ <property>HelloActionHandler</property>
+ </emphasis> class defined, let's explore how we can handle
it.</para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Integrating the Hello World Action</title>
+
+ <para>The main purpose of this chapter is to provide you with the steps
associating our
+ Hello World action with a particular event and test the correctness of
our actions as
+ well.</para>
+
+ <para> As good Testcity citizens we will first create a Unit Test that
proves the behaviour
+ we want to achieve by adding the <emphasis>
+ <property>ActionHandler</property>
+ </emphasis> to the process. So we implement another
test.</para>
+
+ <para>At first, let's return to the
+ code we already saw <link linkend="hello_test">in the
previous chapter</link> and add new test method <emphasis>
+ <property>testActionHendler</property></emphasis>
to it. </para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>Create the Hello Action Test</title>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech/jboss_jbpm_int_mech_3.png"
+ scale="75"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>We assert
+ that no variable called <emphasis>
+ <property>greeting</property>
+ </emphasis> exist. Then we give the process a signal to move it to
the auction state. We
+ want to associate the execution of the action with the event of going
over the
+ transition from the start state to the auction state. So after the
signal, the process
+ should be in the auction state as in the previous scenario. But moreover,
the <emphasis>
+ <property>greeting</property>
+ </emphasis> variable should exist and contain the string
<emphasis>"Hello from
+ ActionHandler"</emphasis>. That's what we
assert in the last lines of the test
+ method.</para>
+
+
+
+ <para> Running the tests now results in a failure. The point is that we
did not associate
+ the action with any particular event in the process definition, so the
process variable
+ did not get set. </para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>Test Results Before Integration</title>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech/jboss_jbpm_int_mech_4.png"
+ scale="75"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para> Let's do something about it and add an action to the
first transition of our
+ sample process. To do this you can use the Actions tab in the Properties
Editor that is
+ under the graphical canvas. Bring up the popup menu of the action element
container and
+ chose New Action as it's shown on the figure below. The other way to
add an action
+ to the transition is simply to use the dropdown menu that is available
under the action
+ icon in the right upper corner of the Properties View.</para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>Adding an Action to a Transition</title>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech/jboss_jbpm_int_mech_5.png"
scale="80"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>After adding the action a tabbed view with three pages will
appear.</para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>Configuration Dialog for an Action</title>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech/jboss_jbpm_int_mech_6.png"
scale="80"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>The first of these three pages allows you to give the Action a
name. The last page
+ contains some advanced attributes such as whether the Action is
asynchronous. The
+ Details page is the most important. It allows to choose and configure the
actual action
+ handler implementation. </para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>The Details page of an Action Configuration
Dialog</title>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech/jboss_jbpm_int_mech_7.png"
scale="80"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+
+ <para>Clicking on the <emphasis>
+ <property>Search...</property>
+ </emphasis> button brings us to a Choose Class dialog.</para>
+
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>The Choose Action Handler Dialog</title>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech/jboss_jbpm_int_mech_8.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+
+ <para> We choose our previously created
'HelloActionHandler' class and
+ push the <property>OK</property> button. After the selection
of the action handler for
+ the action, we can run the test and observe it gives us a green
light.</para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>Test Results</title>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/The_JBoss_jBPM_Int_Mech/jboss_jbpm_int_mech_9.png"
+ scale="70"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>There we are. The above objective has been
achieved.</para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title> Integration Points</title>
+
+ <para> The different integration points in a process definition are
thoroughly documented in
+ the <ulink
+ url="http://docs.jboss.com/jbpm/v3/userguide/">JBoss
jBPM User Guide</ulink>. Instance nodes can contain many action
+ elements. Each of these will appear in the Action element list of the
Actions tab. But
+ each Action also has a properties view of itself. You can navigate to
this view by
+ selecting the added Action in the outline view. </para>
+
+ </section>
+ </section>
+ <section id="Quick_Howto_Guide"
xreflabel="Quick_Howto_Guide">
+ <?dbhtml filename="Quick_Howto_Guide.html"?>
+
+ <title>Quick Howto Guide</title>
+
+ <para>This chapter contains additional information related to the
<property>JBoss
+ jBPM</property>.</para>
+
+ <section id="change_core_jbpm_inst">
+ <title>Change the Default Core jBPM Installation</title>
+
+ <para> You can change the default <property>jBPM</property>
installation by means of the
+ Eclipse preference mechanism. Open the Preferences dialog by selecting
<emphasis>
+ <property>Window > Preferences</property>
+ </emphasis> and select the <emphasis>
+ <property>JBoss jBPM > Runtime
Location</property>
+ </emphasis> category. Using this page you can add multiple
<property>jBPM</property>
+ installation locations and change the default one. The default
installation is used for
+ the classpath settings when creating a new Process Project. Changing the
preferences has
+ no influence on already created projects. Getting rid of a
<property>jBPM</property>
+ installation that's being referenced by a project however will
cause the
+ classpath to contain errors. </para>
+
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>The jBPM Preferences Page</title>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/Quick_Howto_Guide/quick_howto_guide_1.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Configuring Task Nodes</title>
+
+ <para>Here, we'll examine how you can configure the Task nodes
in jBPM jPDL GPD.</para>
+
+ <para> You can add Tasks to Task nodes and then configure them in a
similar manner as the
+ Action configuration mechanism. Let's consider the process
definition similar
+ to the previous one that contains three nodes: Start state, Task node and
End state. The
+ <property>Properties view</property> for selected Task node
includes several tabs. </para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>The Properties View of the selected Task Node</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/Quick_Howto_Guide/quick_howto_guide_2.png"
+ scale="75"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>We should choose the Task tab and then bring up the context menu
or click the button
+ in the top right corner of the view to add a Task to our Task
node.</para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>Adding a Task to the Task Node</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/Quick_Howto_Guide/quick_howto_guide_3.png"
+ scale="80"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>Every added Task has its own configuration possibilities. You can
access them through
+ the <property>Properties view</property> as
well.</para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>The Task properties</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/Quick_Howto_Guide/quick_howto_guide_4.png"
+ scale="80"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>The <property>General page</property> is a place
where you can specify the name of a
+ Task and its description. For instance, let it be <emphasis>
+ <property>approve oder</property>
+ </emphasis> with appropriate description that you can see in the
figure below.</para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>The Task General Page</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/Quick_Howto_Guide/quick_howto_guide_5.png"
+ scale="80"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>Now, look at <property>Details page</property>.
First, you should specify the due date
+ that is a mandatory property for the Task. The due date is the date on
which the task
+ should be accomplished. Here you can also set a Task priority as well as
signalling,
+ notifying or blocking. The <emphasis>
+ <property>Blocking</property>
+ </emphasis> attribute indicates that the process will not be able
to continue if this
+ task is still unaccomplished. The <emphasis>
+ <property>Generate Form...</property>
+ </emphasis> button is for creating a simple task form that can be
rendered by the jBPM
+ console.</para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>The Task Details Page</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/Quick_Howto_Guide/quick_howto_guide_6.png"
+ scale="80"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>For our example, we specify the due date as 2 business days,
choose the high priority
+ and also check the <emphasis>
+ <property>Signalling</property>
+ </emphasis> and <emphasis>
+ <property>Notify</property>
+ </emphasis> attributes. It means that the Task should be
accomplished in 2 business days
+ and the assignee will be notified by email when the task is assigned. To
specify how the
+ Task should be assigned switch on to the <property>Assignment
page</property>.</para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>The Task Assignment Page</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/Quick_Howto_Guide/quick_howto_guide_7.png"
+ scale="80"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>On the <property>Reminder page</property> you can
specify whether the assignee will be reminded of the task
+ that awaits him.</para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>The Task Reminder Page</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/Quick_Howto_Guide/quick_howto_guide_8.png"
+ scale="80"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>In our case, the assignee will be reminded by email after two
business hours and
+ continue to get reminding every business hour after that.</para>
+ <para>In the next figure you can see our configuring generated into
XML.</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>The Task Reminder Page</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/Quick_Howto_Guide/quick_howto_guide_9.png"
+ scale="80"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <para>We hope, our guide will help you to get started with the jPDL
process language and jBPM
+ workflow on the whole. Besides, for additional information you are
welcome on <ulink
+
url="http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewforum&...
forum</ulink>.</para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+</chapter>
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===================================================================
--- trunk/jbpm/docs/reference/en-US/the_views.xml 2010-05-26 15:26:08 UTC (rev 22329)
+++ trunk/jbpm/docs/reference/en-US/the_views.xml 2010-05-26 15:56:47 UTC (rev 22330)
@@ -1,14 +1,151 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<chapter id="the_views" xreflabel="the_views">
- <?dbhtml filename="the_views.html"?>
+<chapter id="reference" xreflabel="reference">
<chapterinfo>
<keywordset>
<keyword>jBPM</keyword>
</keywordset>
</chapterinfo>
+ <title>Reference</title>
+ <section>
+ <title>Wizards</title>
+ <section>
+ <title>Process Project Wizard</title>
+ <para>This wizard helps to create new jBPM project.It is available with
clicking
+ <property>File->New->Other->jBPM 3 Project</property>
in the menu bar.</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>New Process Project Wizard</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/the_views/jbpm_2.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <para>It consists of several pages:</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>On the first page you can adjust the name of
the project and the directory where it will be created.</para>
+ <para>If "<property>Use
default</property>" option is checked the output directory will be the
workspace,
+ othervise the user should specify it by himself using
<property>Browse</property> button.</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>New Process Project Wizard</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/the_views/jbpm_1.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem><para>On the second page you should point the
location of your jbpm runtime.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>The last page is only available for
unabling/disabling
+ <emphasis>Generate simple process definition,action handling and
Unit test</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>New JBPM Action Wizard</title>
+ <para>This wizard is available by clicking
+ <property>File->New->Other->jBPM 3 Action
Handler</property>.</para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>New JBPM Action Wizard</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/the_views/jbpm_3.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <para>It includes the next options to adjust:</para>
+
+ <table>
+ <title>New JBPM Action Wizard. Options.</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <colspec colnum="1" align="left"
colwidth="1*"/>
+ <colspec colnum="2" colwidth="3*"/>
+ <colspec colnum="3" align="left"
colwidth="1*"/>
+
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Option</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Default</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>Source folder</entry>
+ <entry>The path to the source folder relative to the
selected project</entry>
+ <entry>The source folder of the project selected in the
<emphasis><property>Project</property></emphasis>
field</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>Package</entry>
+ <entry>Enter a package to contain an Action Handler.
+ Either type a valid package name or click
+
<emphasis><property>Browse</property></emphasis>
+ to select a package via the dialog box.</entry>
+ <entry><blank></entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>Enclosing type</entry>
+ <entry>Select the enclosing type of your jBPM action
using
+
<emphasis><property>Browse</property></emphasis>
+ button.</entry>
+ <entry><blank></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Modifiers</entry>
+ <entry>Select the modifiers that will be added to the
generated class.</entry>
+ <entry>Public</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Name</entry>
+ <entry>Type a name for a new Action
Handler</entry>
+ <entry><blank></entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>Superclass</entry>
+ <entry>Type or click
<emphasis><property>Browse</property></emphasis>
+ to select a superclass for an Action
Handler</entry>
+ <entry>org.jbpm.graph.def.ActionHandler</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>Interface</entry>
+ <entry>Type or click
<emphasis><property>Add</property></emphasis>
+ to select an interface/interfaces for an Action
Handler</entry>
+ <entry>org.jbpm.graph.def.ActionHandler</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Which method stubs you would like to
create?</entry>
+ <entry>Select the stubs that you would like to be
created automatically.</entry>
+ <entry><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Constructors from
superclass</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Inherited abstract
methods</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>Do you want to add comments?</entry>
+ <entry>Select <property>Generate
comments</property> check box if you want comment mask
+ to be generated before the class definition.
+ </entry>
+ <entry><blank></entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </section>
+
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="the_views" xreflabel="the_views">
+ <?dbhtml filename="the_views.html"?>
<title>The views</title>
-
<para>Here, it will be explained how to work with views and editors provided by
JBDS.</para>
<para>The views are used for representation and navigation the resources you
are working on at
the moment. One of the advantages of all the views is that all modifications made
in the
@@ -238,4 +375,5 @@
perspective</property>, let's pass on to the project
testing.</para>
</section>
</section>
+</section>
</chapter>
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