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OSWorkflow: A guide for Java developers and architects to integrating open-source Business Process Management

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OSWorkflow: A guide for Java developers and architects to integrating open-source Business Process Management

Overview of this book

OSWorkflow is an open-source workflow engine written entirely in Java with a flexible approach and a technical user-base target. It is released under the Apache License. You can create simple or complex workflows, depending on your needs. You can focus your work on the business logic and rules. No more Petri Net or finite state machine coding! You can integrate OSWorkflow into your application with a minimum of fuss. OSWorkflow provides all of the workflow constructs that you might encounter in real-life processes, such as steps, conditions, loops, splits, joins, roles, etc.This book explains in detail all the various aspects of OSWorkflow, without assuming any prior knowledge of Business Process Management. Real-life examples are used to clarify concepts.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
OSWorkflow
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Introduction

Navigating the Sample User Interface


OSWorkflow includes a sample workflow definition based in a document-publishing system. Be free to try it out; log into the web application and execute actions. The screenshots that follow will show you how to instantiate a new document publishing workflow, revise the history and traceability data, and search for workflows in the workflow database.

The welcome screen that appears immediately after you enter the application address into the browser is as follows:

It shows a login screen with two hyperlinks—one for loading test users and the other for creating a new account.

Click the reference data hyperlink to load the test user's data. After loading the data, you can log in using "test" as username and password. Clicking the Login button will display the following screen:

Once you are logged in, you will see the following three buttons:

  • Home: This sends you back to the previous screen.

  • New Workflow: This instantiates a new document-publishing workflow...