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VERSION 3.1.1 NOW RELEASED

Today we released the new version 3.1.1 of the Imixs Workflow engine. This release includes several bug fixes and enhancements to the plug-in API. The new version now supports full HTML Mails. The Mail Plug-In API was extended and provides more flexibility also in adapting the Mail functionality. The size of a search result provided by the Lucene Plug-In can now be limited.

In addition this new release now provides CDI Support for all workflow plug-ins. This extension simplifies the way to write custom workflow plug-ins or extend existing plug-ins.

The Imixs REST Service API was extended and supports a new post-method to receive processed form data in JSON format. This can be used in conjunction with jQuery used in the Imixs Script module.

CDI Support in EAR

There are currently some restriction in using CDI beans provided in different jars contained in one EAR. So see also the following discussions:

https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WELD-1367
http://java.net/jira/browse/GLASSFISH-17396
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7610003/injecting-a-bean-from-a-different-jar-in-weld

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NEW WORKFLOW ENGINE VERSION 3.1.0. NOW RELEASED

The new release of Imixs Workflow includes now full JEE6 support and also CDI integration. This considerably simplifies the integration of the Imixs Workflow components in any kind of java enterprise business application.
Web developers will benefit from the new version of Imixs Workflow Faces in a special way. The new release 3.1.1 provides a JSF integration based on jQuery. Developers can use the possibilities of JSF and Facletes while leveraging the full power of jQuery and jQuery-UI.
The imixs-workflow-jax-rs component provides a RESTservice API for exchanging workflow data with other applications – e.g Eclipse BIRT. On the other hand it is possible to integrate the Imixs Workflow using Ajax.

Released components:

  • imixs-workflow-core-3.1.0
  • imixs-workflow-engine-3.1.0
  • imixs-workflow-jax-rs-3.1.0
  • imixs-workflow-faces-3.1.1
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IMIXS WORKFLOW 3.0.3 RELEASED

Imixs Workflow is a powerful BPM framework to build robust and scalable business applications on top of the Java Enterprise platform.
The latest release 3.0.3 provides a new Plug-In to integrate business rules in long running business processes. This Plug-In provides a new way to implement complex business workflows even faster.
The release includes also an update of the Workflow Admin Client to manage running process instances. The Imixs Workflow engine, which is based on the Java EE specification, provides a lot of enhancements concerning optimistic locking, exception handling and the introduction of additional remote interfaces.
Also the Imixs REST service API includes different enhancements which can be used togehter with workflow clients based on JavaScript frameworks like jQuery.

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IMIXS WORKFLOW ENGINE 3.0.2 FINAL RELEASE

Today we released the latest version of Imixs Workflow 3.0.2.

This release includes a lot of minor updates, bugfixes, and new features. It provides a new logging and exception API that makes a integration easier.
With a new security interceptor model, application-based dynamic user roles can be now bound directly into a process instance. The Imixs REStfull API offers now full support of JSON objects. It is now possible to exchange all business data in JSON format from a JavaScript-based client included in the Imixs-Script library. Also the management of multi workflow model versions is now improved.

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Why is Imixs Workflow distributed under GPL?

Since the early beginning of the Imixs Workflow project all results are subject to the general public license (GPL). This license grants the broadest freedoms for users. There are many software systems available with this license. The most popular is the operating system Linux or the database server MySQL. So we are all using this kind of software license. Remember, you can not go into the Internet without the help of Linux.

But when you take a closer look on the smaller parts of software systems – the frameworks – a lot of these frameworks are subject to a lesser general public license like the LGPL, the Apache or Eclipse license. The argument of the software vendors behind those software license is to encourage widespread usage and adoption. But this means also to enable adopters to restrict the usage of there software build on thus a framework. This all is common practice and I think there is no need to discuss the pros and cons. So why is Imixs Workflow distributed under GPL?

The idea behind the Imixs Workflow project is to provide organizations, companies and users with a flexible software solution, to manage their business processes. Business processes are subject to constant change. And a workflow management system must provide the opportunity to follow this change. Therefore, we think that the user of Imixs Workflow must be able to adapt their software solution to meet their own needs.
From this point of view there no reason to restrict the usage of the software in any way. And as the objective group of Imixs Workflow is the final user rather than the software developer we believe that the GPL is a better solution to achieve this goal.
We do not want to discourage ISVs to use the Imixs Workflow for there own software project. Every person including software developers are free to use the Imixs Workflow for there own project. But remember that it is your commitment to pass that freedom also to other users.

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NEW JAVA EE 6 WORKFLOW ENGINE

With the latest release 3.0 Imixs provides now the first full Java EE 6 compliant workflow engine. The BPM solution can be used together with any of the newest Java EE web- or application servers like Glassfish 3.1, JBoss 6 or Geronimo.

Imixs Workflow focus on human based workflow typical used in organisations and enterprises. The Imixs Workflow provides users with all necessary information during a business process, like task lists, a process documentation or messaging features. The workflow management system helps users to start a new process, finding a document and complete running jobs. Continue reading “NEW JAVA EE 6 WORKFLOW ENGINE”

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IMIXS WORKFLOW 3.0 – NEW PROJECT STRUCTURE

As part of the new version 3.0 of the Imixs Workfow project the structure of the sub-projects will be simplified. In future only the artefacts

  • imixs-workflow-core
  • imixs-workflow-engine
  • imixs-workflow-faces

will be necessary to include all relevant APIs.

This simplifies the deployment and makes it much easier to manage complex projects. As a side effect also conflicts with the version 2.x can be avoided. The new 3.x version will be based on JEE6 and includes new JPA entities and EJB components.

Watch the Imixs project site and issue-tracking for details about the next release!

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NEXT RELASE OF IMIXS WORKFLOW API

Today we released the final version of the Imixs-Workflow API 2.1.2 and the XML API 2.1.1.

These two releases are now stable and include a lot of minor improvements in general handling and also affecting the XML processing. We recommend to use these releases instead of earlier releases. The XML release 2.1.1 is important to stable the Imixs REST Service API.

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LUCENE SEARCH WITH IMIXS WORKFLOW

The latest snapshot release of Imixs JEE Workflow now supports Apache Lucene Search Engine. With this new fulltext search the Imixs Workflow reached a new level of a flexible and powerful workflow platform.

The Lucene search integration is provided by a new plugin which contains all the necessary functionality to access and manage a search index. Workitems are automatically added into the search index during a workflow step. A fulltext search is performed considering the fine-grained access rights for workitems managed by the Imixs Workflow Engine. This means that a search result contains only workitems which are accessible by the current user. The access level to a single workitem is fully controlled by the Imixs Workflow Manager and can be managed using the Imixs Workflow Modeler. This makes it easy to setup complex and secure business process applications and support also the flexibility of a fulltext search engine.

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