[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBPM-955) jBPM: support setting Actor or Swimlane on process level (to re-use sub-processes)

[Arjan van Bentem (JIRA)]

jBPM: support setting Actor or Swimlane on process level (to re-use sub-processes)
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                 Key: JBPM-955
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPM-955
             Project: JBoss jBPM
          Issue Type: Feature Request
          Components: Core Engine
    Affects Versions: jBPM jPDL 3.2
         Environment: All
            Reporter: Arjan van Bentem
         Assigned To: Tom Baeyens
            Priority: Minor


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?



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