Differntiationg between types of tasks

[nbhatia]

I am developing an application where I need to show a task list for the user who is logged in. Tasks can be of different types, e.g. Fill out a W2 form vs. Submit your timecard (they may belong to one of several workflows). Each task is presented as a link which takes the user to a completely different area on the web site. How can this be implemented with jBPM? I understand that I can query jBPM to return tasks that belong to the same actorId, but how do I differentiate between the tasks so I can do different things in each case?

Thanks.
Naresh

[kukeltje]

By giving them a different name?

[nbhatia]

Ah yes, that will work :-). Thanks. It does involve an if-then-else though, so wasn't sure if I was missing some better way of doing this.

[kukeltje]

also have a look at seam/jbpm integration

[nbhatia]

Thanks Ronald, I will take a look at Seam/jBPM integration.

BTW, I just tried to follow the examples included with jBPM Console and they do exactly what I am looking for. For example, the task_all.xhtml page shows all tasks and when any of the task links is pressed, the appropriate form is brought up. It appears that this is done using a forms.xml file which maps task to forms. The jBPM user's manual does not seem to describe this functionality. Any idea where this feature is documented?

Thanks.
Naresh

[kukeltje]

it is custom for the console. The way that works is to have a file (forms.xml) which has a mapping between a task and a form. This is not a separate module. But seam offers kind of similar functionality but with annotations