jBPM: support setting Actor or Swimlane on process level (to re-use sub-processes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBPM-955 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBPM-955 Project: JBoss jBPM Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Core Engine Affects Versions: jBPM 3.2.0 Environment: All Reporter: Arjan van Bentem Priority: Minor Fix For: jBPM 3.3.2 GA Currently, an Actor or Swimlane is assigned within the task definition. When using sub-processes it would be very convenient to make the assignments in the parent process, such as in the parent <process-state>, or maybe even in the outermost <process-definition>. For example: both a helpdesk employee and the customer would need to fill in the same questionnaire at different points in the main process. The steps to fill in the questionnaire would be a generic sub-process, in which (at design time) one would not know the Swimlane nor Actor. This would require a way to set the swimlane in the parent's process-state: <!-- multiple references to the same sub-process, for different swimlanes --> <process-state name="Customer survey" swimlane="client"> <sub-process name="survey" /> </process-state> : : <process-state name="Employee survey" swimlane="employer"> <sub-process name="survey" /> </process-state> ... or <process-state name="Employee survey"> <assignment actor-id="..."/> <sub-process name="survey" /> </process-state> ... or maybe even at an even higher level, where jBPM would iterate up into the chain, possibly though nested sub-processes, until some assignment is found?