topic Dynamic REST Endpoints in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/dynamic-rest-endpoints/m-p/160250#M114232 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>what I'd like add to Activiti are 'dynamic REST endpoints' within a process engine's life-time.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Let me elaborate on that topic first:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I want to add new elements to the set of 'Activiti BPMN symbols'. That itself is not a huge problem since the editor provides this feature pretty much ootb.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Now, if the engine executed/parsed such an extended diagram (and its new symbols), I'd like to add new endpoints dynamically which could then be consumed by REST clients.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>So, for instance, after parsing a certain symbol, the endpoint '</SPAN><A href="http://localhost:8192/activiti/services/cars" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8192/activiti/services/cars</A><SPAN>' should be available.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Currently Activiti provides a (static) REST API for querying deployments/diagrams etc. and provides a stand-alone module for deployment: activiti-rest.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>However, I cannot really use that one since it's not in the same context as e.g. the activiti-explorer.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>One would have to add the endpoint *after* a certain diagram is parsed, and I don't see how that could be achieved while the two are segregated.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>According to Tomcat's documentation there's 'cross-context dispatching', but 'm not really sure if that's feasible in this context.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What would be a reasonable approach in this scenario? Maybe creating a new (activiti) module and sharing its code in the depending project (e.g. activiti-explorer) would be a good solution. Even though I'm not sure how I could hold an instance of that server/restlet since it'll be instanced by the servlet-container (after startup), but I'd have to have an instance because I need to create new endpoints dynamically.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 27 Apr 2014 15:05:42 GMT thensgens 2014-04-27T15:05:42Z Dynamic REST Endpoints https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/dynamic-rest-endpoints/m-p/160250#M114232 Hello,what I'd like add to Activiti are 'dynamic REST endpoints' within a process engine's life-time.Let me elaborate on that topic first:I want to add new elements to the set of 'Activiti BPMN symbols'. That itself is not a huge problem since the editor provides this feature pretty much ootb.Now, i Sun, 27 Apr 2014 15:05:42 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/dynamic-rest-endpoints/m-p/160250#M114232 thensgens 2014-04-27T15:05:42Z Re: Dynamic REST Endpoints https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/dynamic-rest-endpoints/m-p/160251#M114233 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Okay, let's take a step back.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Firstly, I want to extend the activiti modeler (add new custom activities). In order to get these new elements to work, I'd have to extend the engine (runtime, parser, deployer) itself.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I've looked into the code for quite a while now, but it still seems to be rather complicated at the moment. Is there any documentation besides the 'User Guide' and the (rather) short 'Developers Guide' (</SPAN><A href="http://docs.codehaus.org/display/ACT/Developers+Guide" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://docs.codehaus.org/display/ACT/Developers+Guide</A><SPAN>)?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>From my understanding I'd have to extend the XMLConverter and the BPMNModel itself, in order to have a correct runtime representation of the new elements (during/after the deployment procedure).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Apparently, the BPMNParseHandlers (and the '…Behavior classes' for that matter) are solely relevant for runtime purposes. They'd have to adjusted as well if one wants to add&nbsp; the possibility of running these processes later on.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It would be very helpful if anyone could provide an overview of the relevant classes/packages for this use case in particular.</SPAN><BR /><BR /></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 May 2014 12:43:31 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/dynamic-rest-endpoints/m-p/160251#M114233 thensgens 2014-05-05T12:43:31Z