and I also saw one workflow engine at Jakarta: http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/sandbox/workflow/
:) > -----Original Message----- > From: Dakota Jack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 8:21 AM > To: Struts Developers List; Michael Rasmussen > Subject: Re: Basic workflow engine > > > This one is super, Michael. Thanks! > > Jack > > > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:54:16 -0600, Michael Rasmussen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just to add to the list of general tools out there for workflow I > > think this one is fairly nice, though I haven't really used it > > extensively...works with JSF too Craig > > > > http://wfnm.sourceforge.net > > > > Michael > > > > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:25:52 -0800, Martin Cooper > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:18:54 -0800, Craig McClanahan > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:47:04 -0500, Sean Schofield > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I have developed a basic workflow engine that I have > found to be > > > > > extremely useful in my current Struts applications. > I developed > > > > > it after finding shortcomings in the open source > workflow stuff > > > > > that was available at the time. > > > > > > > > > > > > > As you think about workflow, don't forget to keep an > eye on a new > > > > Apache Incubator project called Agila, which bills itself as a > > > > "lightweight BPM engine and auxiliary services." > There's no code > > > > yet, so it's not possible to tell if it will meet your > needs, but > > > > worth a bookmark for future reference: > > > > > > > > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/agila/index.html > > > > > > > > I'm also curious if you looked at Don's continuations support > > > > (based on the same idea in Cocoon) in Struts Flow. > > > > > > > > http://struts.sourceforge.net/struts-flow/index.html > > > > > > Also, if you're using JDK 5, Apache Beehive's Page Flow: > > > > > > > http://incubator.apache.org/beehive/pageflow/pageflow_overview.html > > > > > > -- > > > Martin Cooper > > > > > > > > > > > I know Craig mentioned a possible need for workflow stuff for > > > > > Shale. I'm not sure if its along the lines of what he is > > > > > interested in as I have not had the time to delve into Shale > > > > > yet. > > > > > > > > So far, I'm developing some ideas and design patterns > around state > > > > information that is saved longer than a request, but > shorter than > > > > a session -- and gracefully managing the associated pages and > > > > corresponding view controllers. It's not quite ready > for the rest > > > > of the world to look at yet, but will be soon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In a nutshell, it provides a simple and flexible > framework for > > > > > implementing workflows. It has states, operations, > conditions > > > > > and transitions. It provides a default implementation that > > > > > writes to a database (but that is not required.) > > > > > > > > > > I am currently refactoring it to make it a little > easier to be > > > > > used by others (borrowing from some of the structural > ideas I've > > > > > seen used in commons-chain). I'd be happy to share it for > > > > > anyone who might want to examine/borrow the code. > > > > > > > > > > Also, I'm interested in possibly taking it open > source (perhaps > > > > > as commons-sandbox first.) Let me know if anyone is > interested > > > > > in working with me on this. > > > > > > > > I'd be interested in seeing what you've come up with. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sean > > > > > > > > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > --- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > - > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------ > > "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float > on its back." > > ~Dakota Jack~ > > "You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep." > > ~Native Proverb~ > > "Each man is good in His sight. 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