Swimlane vs Actors

[neuquino]

Hello, I need to know which is the difference between swimlane and actor. I was using jPDL 3.1 and I've just passed to 3.2. What I understood from the docs is that the Swimlane is a kind of role (or company position) and Actor is a particular user (or company employ). If what I understood is ok, Where do I have to define the actors? I mean, how the engine know which is the current actor?
Thanks,
Regards,
Neuquino

[dleerob]

http://docs.jboss.com/jbpm/v3.2/userguide/html/taskmanagement.html#theidentitycomponent

[dleerob]

You can also use the jbpm-console to create users/actors, or directly enter users into the database, or write your own app to create users in the database.

See: http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JbpmGettingStarted

[neuquino]

"dleerob" wrote:
http://docs.jboss.com/jbpm/v3.2/userguide/html/taskmanagement.html#theidentitycomponent

I had already read that before asking the question (and I re-read it again after your answer), but it there are things that aren't much clear:

a)

swimlane(swimlane-name) means the user or group is taken from the specified swimlane instance.

how do I assign a swimlane to the user or group?

b) User = Actor, group= group of Actors, membership = role that an Actor or group has in the organization... if this is ok, membership is not the same concept as swimlane?

"dleerob" wrote:
You can also use the jbpm-console to create users/actors, or directly enter users into the database, or write your own app to create users in the database.

See: http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JbpmGettingStarted

I'm using the jbpm-console just to learn how the engine works, in the future (soon) I will use my own application with a set of users that log in. I'll want to use them as actors. For that reason I need to understand the diference between this set of conecpts and how to manipulate them.

Thanks,
Neuquino

[neuquino]

ok, I think I have already understood the diference with the simlane. A swimlane is group of tasks, a group is a set of actors and a membership is a set of actors or groups. That's ok?
Thanks,
Neuquino