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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

About the Reviewers

Gabriel A. Brunolives in Argentina and has been working since 1997 in the IT industry. Among his various activities are consulting services in many companies, mainly in the financial industry, and he also has performed activities as an instructor of OO analysis and design, and data structures.

In 1998 he discovered the open-source world through the GNU Linux operating system, which he adopted to perform his duties. Two years later, he began to use Java and subsequently the J2EE platform professionally.

He's currently working as a Java Architect for an important health insurance company in Argentina.

Hani Suleiman is the CTO of Formicary, a company specializing in integration and portal solutions for financial firms. He also is an elected individual member of the JCP Executive Committee, as well as serving on a number of enterprise-related Expert Groups.

Juan Pedro Danculovic received his Computer Science Analyst degree at the UNLP-La Plata, Argentina in 2001.

He has researched in several areas such as object-oriented and web applications design, and also web personalization aspects in web services and applications.

He has also taught web application architecture aspects courses at the UNLP.

He is currently working in the IT Architecture department at the biggest health care services company in Argentina.