Designer is destructive with respect to unknown elements

[rpomeroy]

I used the web based modeler to create a test process that uses the experimental Message Start Event construct.  When I open the diagram in Designer it nukes things [in bold] like

<message id="newInvoice" name="newInvoiceMessage" />

<process id="invoiceProcess"> 
 
    <startEvent id="messageStart" >
        <messageEventDefinition messageRef="tns:newInvoice" />
    </startEvent>
    …   
  </process>

Granted these are in the experimental category - but as a rule the editor seems to nuke pretty much anything it doesn't directly support - and the Signavio Modeler's palette is full of things that the Designer has no direct equivalent for. 

I'm quite new to all this but I was under the impression one could start with the Modeler and then use the Designer to add the technial integration, and that one should be able to "round-trip" between the two without losing anything.

What's the current suggested usage/workflow between these tools? Do I need to add extension to the Designer to keep it from wiping out content?

Regards,

Ron

[trademak]

Hi,

The goal of the Designer is to support the elements that are supported by the Activiti Engine.
If there's functionality that's supported by the Activiti missing in the Activiti Designer, you can raise a JIRA to get it supported.

Best regards,

[vicziani]

Hi,

I've created a Jira issue:

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/ACT-1292

Hi,

The goal of the Designer is to support the elements that are supported by the Activiti Engine.
If there's functionality that's supported by the Activiti missing in the Activiti Designer, you can raise a JIRA to get it supported.

Best regards,