Launching SAW@java.net
Announcing the launch of SAW at java.net. I created the SAW project at java.net today!!!
The Simple API for Workflow(SAW) is intended to offer a generic workflow api to perform human workflow interaction with various workflow engines. This generic workflow api will ship with a default implementation for Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite(aka JCAPS).
The SAW will also be consumed by other features e.g. OpenPortal and Project Mirage
The deliverables from this project will be consumed by the OpenPortal project to provide Workflow functionality to the portal product. The current plan is to provide in terms of deliverables :
- Workflow API
- Workflow Tag Library
- Sample portlets which will be a part of the Portlet Repository. The sample portlets will showcase how to use SAW to manage task with the help of backend Java CAPS.
- Tooling Plugins for developer IDE's which empower the developer to use the SAW API and Tag Libraries with the greatest of ease. These will be available under the Portal Pack Project.
Subscribe to announce@saw.dev.java.net for further details on SAW.
Sounds great!! I looked over the documentation and tried to install the sample .war file from the Portlet repository to the Open Portal Container 2.0 Beta, but no luck. Is there a resource for SAW that I can refer to?
Thanks in advance,
Cliff
Posted by t on January 23, 2008 at 08:37 AM IST #
Hi Cliff,
Thank you for your interest in SAW Workflow Portlet. I strongly recommend you to go to https://saw.dev.java.net and study the objective of SAW.
The Workflow Portlet as of now, will work with Sun Java CAPS only.
Ofcourse, I also wish if you could go through this SDN article "http://developers.sun.com/portalserver/reference/techart/workflow.html"
We are planning to come up with SAW implementation for jBPM and other workflow engines. Let me know if you will be willing to do the same.
Thanks,
Vihang
Posted by Vihang Pathak on January 23, 2008 at 11:14 AM IST #
Hi Cliff,
You can also refer to the Workflow Portlet User Guide.
http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/OpenPortal/WorkflowPortlet
Thanks,
Vihang
Posted by Vihang Pathak on January 23, 2008 at 11:21 AM IST #
Hi there
This sounds really great. Is it possible to download a trial / demo version of JCAPS?
Regards
JMan
Posted by Jason on February 20, 2008 at 08:04 AM IST #