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

[Tom Baeyens (JIRA)]

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Tom Baeyens commented on JBPM-955:
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Perfect.  Thanks Arjan for these thoughts.  I think we have a clear feature request now.

> jBPM: support setting Actor or Swimlane on process level (to re-use sub-processes)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 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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