JBPM 6 - 2.4 - Invoking External Services

JBPM 6 - 2.4 - Invoking External Services

Domain-specific task

• domain-specific task invokes external service
• domain-specific task nodes AKA:
  • custom work items
  • service nodes
  • service task (though it is technically BPMN term)

WorkItem and WorkItemHandler

• work item
  • answers the what question
  • Declarivaly (MVEL) states what are the paramters, return value, icon, etc...
  • created in Workbench
  • It is a business task
• work item handler
  • answers the how question
  • code the jBPM engine will use when executing the custom work item in a running process.
  • different for testing and production

Custom work items and BPMN

• <task>
• <serviceTask>
• <sendTask>

Examples