OSWorkflow : a guide for Java developers and architects to integrating open-source business process management /: a guide for Java developers and architects to integrating open-source business process management. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Diego Adrian Naya Lazo ; technical editors, Rashmi Phadnis, Saurabh Singh.
• Other Names: Lazo, Diego Adrian Naya; Phadnis, Rashmi; Singh, Saurabh
• Contents: OSWorkflow; OSWorkflow; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Introduction; What This Book Covers; Who is This Book For; Conventions; Reader Feedback; Customer support; Downloading the example code for the book; Errata; Questions; 1. BPM and Workflow Basics; Business Process Orientation; BPR and BPM; Business Process Improvement; What's a BPMS?; Traceability and Auditing; Different Kinds of BPMS; System Orchestration with System-Oriented BPMS; System Orchestration; Enabling Workgroup Collaboration with People-Oriented BPMS; Components of a BPM Solution. The Workflow Management CoalitionHow Components Map to the BPM Lifecycle; Open-Source BPMS; Summary; 2. OSWorkflow Introduction and Basics; Downloading and Installing OSWorkflow; Getting a Taste from the Distribution; Navigating the Sample User Interface; OSWorkflow Basics; XML Definition Files; An Example Workflow; Steps, Actions, and Results: The Workflow Building Blocks; Testing the Workflow Definition; Splits and Joins; Setting Status and Old Status Values; Sending an Email Automatically; Visual Process Modeling; Visually Creating the Holiday Example; Looking at the End Result. Ways to Implement OSWorkflowOSWorkflow as a Workflow Layer; OSWorkflow as a Centralized Workflow Server; Adding the SOAP Bindings; Summary; 3. Adding Code to our Definitions; How to Deal with Transient Data; Variable Interpolation in the Definition; PropertySet and Transient Variables; Exploring PropertySet; Using the PropertySet to Store Variable Data; Using the PropertySet to Retrieve Stored Data; Cleaning the PropertySet; Configuring the PropertySet; Adding Code to our Definition; FunctionProviders; Creating our first FunctionProvider; FunctionProvider Types. Defining a Custom Function ProviderBeanShell Scripting; Built-in Functions; Conditions; Creating our own Condition; Registers; Using the LogRegister; Implementing a Register; Validators; Creating a Customer Identifier Validator; BeanShell Validators; Other Useful Descriptor Concepts; Finish Actions; Auto Actions; Summary; 4. Using OSWorkflow in your Application; OSWorkflow Configuration; Registering our Process Descriptors; Embedding OSWorkflow into your Application; Starting a Workflow; Executing Actions; What's the Status?; What can I Do?; The Useful Abstract States. Querying the Workflow StoreQuerying the Workflow Factory; Inspecting the Workflow Descriptor from Code; Using the Workflow Configuration Object; Workflow Interface Implementations; Loading the Descriptors-the Workflow Factory; Loading Descriptors from a Database; Persisting Instance Information; Persistence Choices; Configuring the JDBC Store; PropertySet Persistence; Configuring the JDBC PropertySet; Unit Testing your Workflow; What is JUnit?; Running the Tests; Integrating with Spring; The Object Registry-BeanFactory; Using our BeanFactory; Transaction Support in Spring.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, U.K : Packt Pub
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (iv, 201 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 005.2/762; Java (Computer program language); Application software -- Development -- Computer programs; Business enterprises -- Computer networks -- Software; Business logistics -- Management; Process control; Java (Computer program language); Workflow -- Management; Open source software; Application software -- Development -- Computer programs; Business enterprises -- Computer networks -- Software; Business logistics -- Management; Process control; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- JavaScript; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- VBScript; Java (Computer program language); Workflow -- Management; Open source software; Application software -- Development -- Computer programs; Business enterprises -- Computer networks; Business logistics -- Management; Java (Computer program language); Process control; Java (Computer program language); Workflow / Management; Open source software; Electronic books; Software
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847191533; 1847191533; 1847191525; 9781847191526
• Related ISBNs: 9781847191526; 1847191525
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