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All developers and process analysts who are beginning to use JBoss jBPM should read this Getting Started guide. It will give them a jumpstart showing how to create a process definition.
This document introduces the use of the JBoss jBPM Graphical Process Designer (GPD) to create workflow processes. It will help first time users with the following tasks :
Install the JBoss jBPM GPD Eclipse plugin available from the JBoss jBPM download area
Set up a Java project in Eclipse and prepare it to do test driven process development
Using the creation wizard to create an empty process definition
Use the designer palette to draw the first processdefinition
Show how the xml processdefinition can be inspected as an xml file
Set up a Java project in Eclipse and prepare it to do test driven process development
Write an example process test case
If you have questions, please feel free to contact Koen Aers or Tom Baeyens for more information.
JBoss jBPM is a workflow that enables creating and automatization business processes. Look at the list of features below to understand its main functionality.
Table 1.1. Key Functionality for JBoss jBPM
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| jBDL support | Enables managing workflow processes as well as human tasks and interactions between them. jBDL combines the best both Java and declarative process techniques. |
| Support of Graphical Process Designer (GPD) | Is used for simplifying declarative process development and visualizations of all actions. |
| Project Creation wizard | Allows to create a new jBPM template project that already includes all advanced artifacts and core jBPM libraries. |
| Rich palette of pre-build process nodes | Provides process-building functionality and gives opportunity even non-programmers to develop processes. |
| Support of XML code view | Shows the corresponding XML that's generated automatically in the Source view of the process definition editor when developing the process. |
| Properties view | Facilitates configuring and editing of all nodes properties. |
| Interaction with all of the J2EE based integration technologies including Web Services, Java Messaging, J2EE Connectors, JBDC, EJBs. | Enables implementation, provides better functionality and flexibility. |
| Integration with jBoss Seam | Allows to write applications with complex workflows and provides easier interactions between them. |