How di I embedd jBPM in my j2ee app?

[anre42]

Hi,

I'm looking for tools to help me implement workflow functionality in an exsisting j2ee based application. I've read everything available about jbpm and also played around with it for a while and I think it will really fitl my needs, feature wise. However, I'm puzzeld about how I can embedd the jbpm libs and functionality into my app? The user guide is mostly focused on running jbpm stand alone which is not how I want to use it. E.g. we use hibernate 3 on oracle in the app, how can I make jpbm coexsist with that? Can I configure jbpm to use my exsisting hibernate.cfg.xml? and in that case? Any other things I should think of when embedding jpm in out app?

Another thing, I have played around a bit in the Process Designer plugin for Eclipse and it looks really nice, but I lack a lot of things like setting conditions and variables etc or have I missed something?

Appreciate all feedback

Tnx

/Andreas

[estaub]

Too many questions, so answers are terse...

how I can embedd the jbpm libs and functionality into my app?

Study the starter kit deployment, deploy.build.xml, build.xml (when necessary to understand deploy.build.xml), and the tutorial example.

we use hibernate 3 on oracle in the app, how can I make jpbm coexsist with that?

Search this forum. (The Search button is small, at the left end of the blue buttons at the top of the screen.) I think I've posted some tips, others have also.

Can I configure jbpm to use my exsisting hibernate.cfg.xml? and in that case? Any other things I should think of when embedding jpm in out app?

Sorry, not enough info to answer usefully.

Another thing, I have played around a bit in the Process Designer plugin for Eclipse and it looks really nice, but I lack a lot of things like setting conditions and variables etc or have I missed something?

I understand that the beta version has a lot of the most obvious missing features.

-Ed Staub

[kukeltje]

- The guide is not realy on running jbpm standalone at least not explicitly. I agree there could be more info on other deployment types but the forum has lots of info
- existing hibernate/existing hibernate.df.xml: Search the forum (might be that the wiki also has something)
- Oracle DB? of AS? Former: lots of info in the forums. Latter: info in the forums, but not a great deal
- GPD: Setting condiftions: Search the forum, the first (alpha afaik) release of 3.1
- GPD: Setting variables? what do you mean by this
- GPD: etc... cannot comment on these kinds of things... look in the wiki for requested features

[kukeltje]

shhooot ed beat me to it.... one minute...

[anre42]

Thanks for the info kukeltje and Ed! Sorry for the post with unfinished sentences... I was in a hurry. I downloaded jbpm-jpdl-3.2.Beta1 a while ago and now I see there is a "starter kit"... sounds alot smarter to begin with... Just to clarify: Our existing env. is Jboss AS, Oracle 817 DB, SL EJBS, Hibernate (mixed with good old DAO pattern), Struts+tiles, AOP, etc etc... What I want with jbpm is to centralize alot of todays hardcoded workflows into a more flexible and maintainable solution, typcially sending around misc objects for approval etc. I'll check out the starter kit and search the forums.

Cheers!

/Andreas

[kukeltje]

Oracle 8.1.7????? Oracle is ending part of the support on oracle 9 in six months... hhhmmmm.... good luck on migrating that part :-)

[anre42]

Yes, I'm painfully aware of that... luckily we're just about to migrate to 10g now

[kukeltje]

we migrated from 8.1.7 to 9i Rac two years ago... RAC is a hell.... we think of dropping that when migrating to 10g within one year