topic Re: Generate not-existing DI components. in Alfresco Archive

Generate not-existing DI components.

sav1 — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 02:29:45 GMT

It's needed to generate model for bpmn files without existing DI components.Whay I try to do now is to generate BpmnModel, and then fix it, using information from processes and their child components.The question is - mayby the issue already have been resolved? Or it was asked?Now I want to fix it i

Re: Generate not-existing DI components.

jbarrez — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:28:18 GMT

I'm not completely following what you are trying to do here: you want to get the XML … without the DI info?

Re: Generate not-existing DI components.

andersan — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 09:31:31 GMT

Any way, I'd like to share solution with community or, if it has already resolved reust it.

Re: Generate not-existing DI components.

jbarrez — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:54:07 GMT

Ok, but why? What's the use case?

Re: Generate not-existing DI components.

sav1 — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:09:01 GMT

You know, you may look at bpmn plugin for eclipse.
It's possible to import a bpmn file without DI elements and the plugin will generate them automatically.
I (and probably someone else) needed a similar behaver in the activity online bpmn editor. I've added bpmn convertor, but it's too simple.
Hope now the main idea is more clear to you.
The use case.
When you don't have control on the files other clients can send you.
One client has created a file (probably using eclipse plugin)
For some reason, only the actual information about processes/tasks (without DI elements) has been exported into the bpmn file.
Later, you have to import this file into online editor so an operator can edit it if it's needed.
I found some questions about this on internet. So, I think it can be useful.

Re: Generate not-existing DI components.

jbarrez — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:35:49 GMT

Ok, I think I understand what you are saying … and it is in Activiti for a while: there is a module https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/tree/master/modules/activiti-bpmn-layout which does exactly that. You give it a BpmnModel (parsed version of the XML, pass it and it will try to make 'something' decent by generating the DI information for you (it's based on JgraphX)