最新JBoss jBPM开始指南之一

JBoss jBPM getting started guide

JBoss jBPM开始指南

Welcome to the JBoss jBPM getting started guide. In this guide, you will:

       Download and unzip the JBoss jBPM Starter Kit

       Execute the JBoss jBPM engine

       Interact with the Websale sample process

       Manage a process that is being executed

       Create your own process

       Deploy your process to JBoss jBPM

欢迎来到JBoss jBPM开始指南, 在本指南中, 你将:

       下载并解压JBoss jBPM开始工具包

       运行JBoss jBPM 引擎

       执行Websale 示例流程

       管理执行中的流程

       创建流程

       把流程部署到JBoss jBPM

Before we get started, a couple of notes about this guide:

       For those that are not familiar with workflow or business process management, please start with this article on the state of workflow: http://www.jboss.com/products/jbpm/stateofworkflow

       This guide is not intended to show all of the features of JBoss jBPM. The intention is to show how to use the basic functionality of JBoss jBPM. At the bottom of this guide is a list of resources that will assist you with further use of JBoss jBPM.

       This guide focuses on the jPDL process language, and does not go into web service orchestration using BPEL. BPEL is supported by JBoss jBPM, and more information about using BPEL with JBoss jBPM can be found in the BPEL extension download: http://www.jboss.com/products/jbpm/downloads

       This guide was created with JBoss jBPM 3.1 and JBoss IDE 1.5.1. This guide is expected to be forward compatible with future versions of jBPM (although the screenshots may vary slightly). If you find any errors in this document please correct the wiki page or email kevin.barfield@Jboss.com.

在开始之前, 请先看一下本指南的下列几点注解:

       如果你不熟悉工作流或业务流程管理(business process management), 请从这篇关于工作流状态的文章<工作流现状>开始: http://www.jboss.com/products/jbpm/stateofworkflow (译者注: stateofworkflow已被翻译为中文, 此处给出dinghong翻译的中文版地址http://www.joinwork.net/document/The%20State%20of%20Workflow2.htm)

       本指南并不打算展示JBoss jBPM的所有特征(features), 它仅想说明如何使用JBoss jBPM的基本功能. 本指南最后是帮助读者进一步使用JBoss jBPM的资源列表.

       本指南仅关注jPDL(jBPM Process Definition Language)流程语言, 并没有深究使用BPEL的web服务orchestration. JBoss jBPM 支持BPEL, 使用BPEL的更多信息参见BPEL扩展: http://www.jboss.com/products/jbpm/downloads (译者注: orchestration, 管弦乐编曲, 管弦乐作曲法, 是将顺序和节拍分别强制施加在一组 Web 服务及其输出上，从而产生期望的流程结果，这正如一个音乐指挥者把顺序和节拍分别强制施加在一组演奏者和他们奏出的音乐上，从而产生期望的音乐效果。演奏者奏出的音乐中如果有走调或错误将使指挥者很不高兴，但这不会改变演奏过程的顺序和节拍, 即不具有灵活性。)

       本指南适用于JBoss jBPM 3.1 和 JBoss IDE 1.5.1, 并希望可以兼容于以后的版本(尽管屏幕截图会有少量变化).  如果读者发现本文档的任何错误, 请改正wiki页或者发email到kevin.barfield@Jboss.com.

JBoss jBPM is platform independent, but this guide was developed using a windows platform. This guide should work equally well for Unix/Linux installations because JBoss jBPM is 100% Pure Java. Obviously, you may need to download the tarball instead of the zipfile and use forward slashes instead of backslashes, etc.

本指南中的示例应用在windows平台上, 因为JBoss jBPM具有平台无关性而且是100%纯Java, 在Unix/Linux平台上应该能够同样工作. 当然, 你需要下载tarball而不是zip文件, 使用斜杠”/”代替反斜杠”\”, 等等.

Download and unzip the JBoss jBPM starter Kit

下载并解压JBoss jBPM开始工具包

The JBoss jBPM starter kit contains everything needed to execute JBoss jBPM with the exception of Java itself. The JBoss Application Server in the JBoss jBPM starters kit requires either JDK 1.4 or JDK 1.5. If you do not have one of these on the machine that JBoss jBPM will be running on, please download it here: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

JBoss jBPM starter kit 包括执行JBoss jBPM需要的所有文件. JBoss jBPM starter kit 中的JBoss应用服务器需要JDK1.4 或JDK1.5. 如果在运行JBoss jBPM的机器上没有安装JDK, 请在这儿下载: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

Once you have Java installed, you are ready to download the JBoss jBPM starters kit. The following link has the list of downloads for JBoss jBPM: http://www.jboss.com/products/jBPM/downloads . Please select the JBoss jBPM starters kit and select to download it to your machine. From here, you will need to unzip it to your machine (Note: If you do not have Zip, please go to this link to get it: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/ ).
安装了Java JDK(并配置好环境变量)之后, 下载JBoss jBPM starter kit并解压到你的机器上. 下载地址: http://www.jboss.com/products/jBPM/downloads

Once you have unzipped it, you should have a directory structure with the following folders:

Jbpm-starters-kit-3.1

   jbpm - Contains the source code for the JBoss jBPM product

   jbpm-bpel - Contains information about the BPEL extension for JBoss jBPM

   jbpm-db - Contains sample configurations to connect JBoss jBPM to other databases

   jbpm-designer - Contains the Eclipse plugin for the JBoss jBPM Visual Process Designer

   jbpm-server - Contains the JBoss application server along with the JBoss jBPM engine and the sample process

解压之后的目录结构如下:

Jbpm-starters-kit-3.1

   jbpm – JBoss jBPM源代码

   jbpm-bpel – 关于JBoss jBPM BPEL扩展的信息

   jbpm-db – 连接JBoss jBPM到其他数据库的示例配置

   jbpm-designer –JBoss jBPM 可视化流程设计器的Eclipse插件

   jbpm-server – 包括JBoss jBPM 引擎和示例流程的Jboss应用服务器