One of the primary themes for our 0.4 release was governance and how we can support common governance capabilities at both design-time and runtime.  Governance is an incredibly broad domain, so we started with the basics.  In the case of design-time governance, this meant exploring the workflow and capabilities a user might want for interacting with a service repository.  The details are covered in the docs, but I find that seeing things in action is the best way to learn.  I have created a screencast based on our Repository Integration example, so if you like to see before you do, then here ya go.

BTW, I recommend watching the video in HD full-screen vs. embedded.  Both flavors included below.

https://vimeo.com/39381049

This is just the tip of the iceberg in our overall SOA governance support.  If you want to see where things will go from here, check out the Overlord project.

SwitchYard 0.4 is almost out the door, and with it comes a brand-spankin' new API for BPM task integration!

Whereas the underlying BPM implementation is jBPM 5.2.0.Final, the API wraps it with SwitchYard interfaces.  How easy is it to use these interfaces?

Here's the minimal code for starting a TaskServer (host/port is overridable):

TaskServer server = TaskService.instance().newTaskServer();

server.start();

And the minimal code for connecting a TaskClient (host/port is overridable):

TaskClient client = TaskService.instance().newTaskClient();

client.connect();

How about getting, claiming, starting and completing a Task?

String userId = "david";

List<String> groupIds = Arrays.asList(new String[]{"users"});

Task task = client.getTasksAssignedAsPotentialOwner(userId, gropuIds).iterator().next();

client.claim(task.getId(), userId, groupIds);

client.start(task.getId(), userId);

client.complete(task.getId(), userId, null);

Make sure you check out the links below for more detailed information:

• API documentation
• API source code
• Web application quickstart demo
• Web application quickstart video

And of course we are always available in the SwitchYard Forums or #switchyard on freenode.

Enjoy!