jbpm-jpdl-designer-3.1.0.beta1 and seam page node

[andyredhead]

Hi,

I've started "tinkering" with Seam. One of the most interesting parts of Seam (for me) is the use of jBPM processes to control page-flow.

In the seam manual there is a screenshot showing a process editor in eclipse that includes a "page" node (though not an email node etc).

I've just installed the jpdl desinger 3.1.0.beta1 and there doesn't seem to be a page node, nor the option to create a process definition of type "page-flow".

Anyone got any idea:

1) where the seam pageflow eclipse plugin lives?

2) if the standard jbpm process designer is going to include pageflows and page nodes?

Cheers,

Andy

[koen.aers]

Hi Andy,

I just committed the seam pageflow support in the new plugin. So the pageflow will for now continue to live in the same plugin as jpdl. All commonalities are factored out, so in the future it will live in its own plugin.
I do not know about a page node in the standard process designer. Where did you find this?

Regards,
Koen

[koen.aers]

The pageflow support is in HEAD now and it will be included in the next beta release that is coming shortly.

Regards,
Koen

[andyredhead]

Hi Koen,

Thanks for getting back to me :)

It's probably me missing the point but I got the idea about a page node in the standard process designer from here:

http://docs.jboss.com/seam/2.0.0.B1/reference/en/html/jbpm.html#d0e4949

(scroll down to the first image...)

I'll have a go at building the plugin from cvs HEAD and see how I get on.

Thanks,

Andy

[koen.aers]

Andy,

The possibility of drawing pageflows (with a page node) was included a long time ago. Use the 'JBoss Seam->New PageFlow' wizard to create one.

Cheers,
Koen

[andyredhead]

I must have been using a very old version of the designer, there wasn't a JBoss Seam option from the new file -> other menu (honest!).

I've built and deployed beta2 from cvs HEAD and now I see the option of JBoss Seam -> New Pageflow Wizard

The wizard seems to work :)

Is there a reason why the wizard forces me to choose a "source" folder to store my pageflows?

I don't regard a pageflow to be source code and would typically put this kind of thing under a conf folder.

Cheers,

Andy

[koen.aers]

Not really a reason for it. I did a copy-paste reuse of the process definition wizard where this has to be the case. I still have to have another look at this wizard but file a JIRA issue if you want to make sure I won't forget ;-)

Cheers,
Koen

[andyredhead]

Just tried to add an issue in Jira - it won't let me add new issues (or add comments to existing issues) at the moment. I'll try again later.

Is putting "proper" process definitions under a source folder new for gpd 3.1?

I'm fairly certain that this wasn't a requirement in 3.0 (I have projects using gpd 3..0.x where the process definitions go under a standard folder).

Is there some strange eclipse reason that means you need to use a source folder for process definitions?