Specify Connection Properties

Let's add a PostgreSQL axis.

jBPM3 already generates the DDL scripts for many databases. Edit hibernate.properties.postgresql.xml

<!-- hibernate dialect -->
<property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect</property>

<!-- JDBC connection properties (begin) -->
<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">org.postgresql.Driver</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.url">${jdbc.postgresql.url}</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.username">${jdbc.postgresql.username}</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.password">${jdbc.postgresql.password}</property>
<!-- JDBC connection properties (end) -->

Provide Data Source

Create jbpm-postgresql-ds.xml in modules/core/src/main/resources. Use ConfigDataSources as a reference.

<xa-datasource>
  <jndi-name>JbpmDS</jndi-name>

  <xa-datasource-class>org.postgresql.xa.PGXADataSource</xa-datasource-class>
  <xa-datasource-property name="ServerName">${jdbc.postgresql.server}</xa-datasource-property>
  <xa-datasource-property name="PortNumber">${jdbc.postgresql.port}</xa-datasource-property>
  <xa-datasource-property name="DatabaseName">${jdbc.postgresql.database}</xa-datasource-property>
  <user-name>${jdbc.postgresql.username}</user-name>
  <password>${jdbc.postgresql.password}</password>

  <!-- disable transaction interleaving -->
  <track-connection-by-tx />

  <!-- corresponding type-mapping in conf/standardjbosscmp-jdbc.xml -->
  <metadata>
    <type-mapping>PostgreSQL 8.0</type-mapping>
  </metadata>
</xa-datasource>

Create Maven Profile

In the root POM add a profile that contains the dependency on the JDBC driver

<dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>postgresql</groupId>
      <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
      <version>${postgresql.version}</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<profiles>
  <profile>
    <id>postgresql</id>
    <activation>
      <property>
        <name>database</name>
        <value>postgresql</value>
      </property>
    </activation>
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>postgresql</groupId>
        <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
        <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
  </profile>
</profiles>

Fill in Connection Parameters

Specify the connection property values that correspond to the target environment in the following locations.

* Useful if you have multiple jBPM branches checked out

For a local PostgreSQL installation the property values would look like this:

<properties>
  <jdbc.postgresql.server>localhost</jdbc.postgresql.server>
  <jdbc.postgresql.port>5432</jdbc.postgresql.port>
  <jdbc.postgresql.database>jbpmtest</jdbc.postgresql.database>
  <jdbc.postgresql.url>jdbc:postgresql://${jdbc.postgresql.server}:${jdbc.postgresql.port}/${jdbc.postgresql.database}</jdbc.postgresql.url>
  <jdbc.postgresql.username>jbpmtest</jdbc.postgresql.username>
  <jdbc.postgresql.password></jdbc.postgresql.password>
</properties>

Specify Connection Properties For Update

Generating the DB schema update script requires access to an alternate database hosting the schema from a previous version. Create postgresql.properties in modules/db/src/main/resources.

hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
#
# This uses the jbpm322 database schema as reference for the SchemaUpdate task
#
hibernate.connection.driver_class=org.postgresql.Driver
hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:postgresql://${jdbc.postgresql.server}:${jdbc.postgresql.port}/jbpm322
hibernate.connection.username=${jdbc.postgresql.username}
hibernate.connection.password=${jdbc.postgresql.password}

antrun-jbpmschema.xml

<target name="update-schema" depends="setup-schema" description="Generate jBPM Database Update Scripts">
  <jbpmschema output="${scriptsdir}/jbpm.jpdl.postgresql.update322.sql" config="hibernate.cfg.postgresql.xml" properties="postgresql.properties" action="update" delimiter=";"/>
</target>

List Database as Installation Choice

install-definition.xml

<conditions>
  <condition type="variable" id="isPostgreSQL">
    <name>dbSelection</name>
    <value>postgresql</value>
  </condition>
</conditions>

<packs>
  <!-- 
  ********************************
  *   JBoss Integration          *
  ********************************
  -->
  <pack name="jBPM3 JBoss Integration" required="no" preselected="yes">
    <!-- Database configs to docs/examples/jbpm -->
    <fileset dir="@{deploy.artifacts.dir}/resources/jbpm-jpdl-config" targetdir="${jbossInstallPath}/docs/examples/jbpm" override="true">
      <include name="hibernate.cfg.postgresql.xml"/>
      <include name="jbpm-postgresql-ds.xml"/>
    </fileset>
    <!-- Database PostgreSQL -->
    <file src="@{deploy.artifacts.dir}/resources/jbpm-jpdl-config/jbpm-postgresql-ds.xml" targetdir="${jbossInstallPath}/server/${jbossTargetServer}/deploy/jbpm"  condition="isPostgreSQL"/>
    <singlefile src="@{deploy.artifacts.dir}/resources/jbpm-jpdl-config/hibernate.cfg.postgresql.xml" condition="isPostgreSQL" 
      target="${jbossInstallPath}/server/${jbossTargetServer}/deploy/jbpm/jbpm-service.sar/hibernate.cfg.xml" />
    <fileset dir="@{deploy.artifacts.dir}/lib" targetdir="${jbossInstallPath}/server/${jbossTargetServer}/deploy/jbpm/jbpm-service.sar" override="true" condition="isPostgreSQL">
      <include name="postgresql.jar" />
    </fileset>
  </pack>
</packs>

user-input-spec.xml

<panel order="2">
  <createForPack name="jBPM3 JBoss Integration" />
  <field type="radio" variable="dbSelection">
    <spec>
      <choice txt="PostgreSQL" value="postgresql"/>
    </spec>
  </field>
</panel>

antrun-installer.xml

<target name="configure" depends="init">
  <property name="postgresql.cfg.xml" value="${deploy.artifacts.resources}/jbpm-jpdl-config/hibernate.cfg.postgresql.xml"/>
  <macro-disable file="${postgresql.cfg.xml}" section="JDBC connection properties"/>
  <macro-disable file="${postgresql.cfg.xml}" section="Automatic schema creation"/>
  <macro-enable file="${postgresql.cfg.xml}" section="DataSource properties"/>
  <macro-enable file="${postgresql.cfg.xml}" section="JTA transaction properties"/>
</target>

Set Up DBMS

See Install PostgreSQL on Fedora

Run Test Suite

Finally you should be able to run the jBPM3 tests against PostgreSQL using the -Ddatabase option

[tdiesler@tddell core]$ mvn -Ddatabase=postgresql -Dtest=EndTasksDbTest test
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building JBoss jBPM - jPDL Core
[INFO]    task-segment: [test]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [antrun:run {execution: default}]
[INFO] Executing tasks

check-database:

     [echo] Concat hibernate.cfg.xml using hibernate.properties.postgresql.xml

-------------------------------------------------------
 T E S T S
-------------------------------------------------------
Running org.jbpm.taskmgmt.exe.EndTasksDbTest
Tests run: 4, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 25.799 sec

Results :

Tests run: 4, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0

Add Database Axis To Hudson Jobs

When the Maven build is setup to use the database for testing, you simple need to add the axis to the Hudson config.

<axis>
  <name>database</name>
  <values>
    <string>hsqldb</string>
    <string>mysql</string>
    <string>postgresql</string>
  </values>
</axis>

This can also be done from the web interface.

Good Luck