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

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: BPM and Workflow Basics
Chapter 2: OSWorkflow Introduction and Basics
Chapter 3: Adding Code to our Definitions
Chapter 4: Using OSWorkflow in your Application
Chapter 5: Integrating Business Rules with JBoss Rules
Chapter 6: Task Scheduling with Quartz
Chapter 7: Complex Event Processing
Chapter 8: Dashboards with Pentaho
Index

• Introduction

• Chapter 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 Coalition
    • How Components Map to the BPM Lifecycle
  • Open-Source BPMS
  • Summary

• Chapter 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 OSWorkflow
    • OSWorkflow as a Workflow Layer
    • OSWorkflow as a Centralized Workflow Server
      • Adding the SOAP Bindings
  • Summary

• Chapter 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 Provider
    • BeanShell 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

• Chapter 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 Store
    • Querying 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
    • The SpringTypeResolver
  • Workflow Security
    • Step Permissions
    • Action Restrictions
    • Step Ownership
    • Extending User and Group Authentication and Authorization
  • Summary

• Chapter 5: Integrating Business Rules with JBoss Rules
  • Incorporating Business Logic into Business Processes
  • Simple Logic with Conditional Results
  • Complex Business Logic
    • What is "JBoss Rules"?
    • Creating a Rule
    • Executing a Rule
  • Integrating with OSWorkflow
    • RulesCondition
    • RulesFunctionProvider
  • Summary

• Chapter 6: Task Scheduling with Quartz
  • What is Quartz?
    • Installing
    • Basic Concepts
    • Integration with OSWorkflow
    • Creating a Custom Job
  • Trigger Functions
    • More about Triggers
      • SimpleTrigger
      • CronTrigger
  • Scheduling a Job
  • Scheduling from a Workflow Definition
    • Transactions in Quartz
  • JobStores
  • Example Application—Customer Support
  • Example Application—Claims Processing
  • Summary

• Chapter 7: Complex Event Processing
  • Complex Event Processing (CEP)
    • Patterns and Data
    • CEP in BPM
  • What is Esper?
    • The Esper Architecture
    • Downloading and Installing Esper
    • Hello World from Esper
    • Push and Pull Mode
    • EQL Queries
  • Integration with OSWorkflow
    • Esper Function Provider
  • Real-World Examples
  • Summary

• Chapter 8: Dashboards with Pentaho
  • What is Pentaho?
  • Pentaho Requirements
  • Downloading and Installing Pentaho
  • Setting up Pentaho to use the OSWorkflow Database
  • Using the Design Studio to Create our First Chart
  • Useful Charts for BAM Consoles
  • Summary

• Index

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