Preface

Survey

In this section you get a general survey on what this book is about.

Audience

The Programming Guide describes the basic concepts of the Stardust API and its relationship to the general process modeling and runtime concepts. It is intended to be read by people who are using Stardust as a programmer.

How this book is organized

• Embedded Usage
• Querying Workflow
• Using the Portal Framework
• Tutorials, Example Usage and Implementation Guides

Embedded Usage

Embedded usage of Stardust allows to workflow-enable your application by leveraging functionality provided by the Stardust APIs. This is described in the Embedded Usage:

• Embedded Usage
• • Embedded Usage Concepts
  • Stardust Services
  • Stardust Web Services API
  • Declarative Security Usage in Stardust Services API
  • State Changes of Process and Activity Instances
  • Model States
  • Objects and Model Elements
  • API Visibility of Transient Workflow Objects
  • Filter Criteria
  • Exceptions
  • Transactional Behavior
  • Leveraging Query Evaluation Profiles
  • Runtime Extension Management
  • Use Cases
    • Logging Custom Log Entries
    • Retrieving and Using Permission States
    • Setting and Retrieving Runtime Permissions
    • Retrieving Runtime Environment Information
    • Retrieving Model Descriptions
    • Retrieving Model Version Tree Information
    • Deployment Unit Support
    • Working with Process Interfaces
    • Configuring Password Rules
    • Managing Department Structures
    • Managing Audit Trail Partitions
    • Retrieving and Changing Preferences
    • Retrieving Configuration Variables
    • Managing Documents and Folders
    • Managing Document Types
    • Changing Document Settings and Annotations
    • Controlling Daemon Execution
    • Adding Notes to Process Instances
    • Activating the Next Activity Instance
    • Changing Process Instance Priorities
    • Querying and Recalculating Activity Criticality
    • Retrieving Activity Quality Assurance Information
    • Migrating Repository Resources
    • Receiving Parent Process Instance OID for Details Policy Option
    • Workflow Processing for Spawn Subprocess
    • Workflow Processing to Abort and Start Subprocess
    • Relocating Activities
    • Workflow Processing to Abort and Join Processes
    • Workflow Processing for Cases

Querying Workflow and Data

The sections of the following chapters help building queries of arbitrary complexity:

• Querying Workflow
• Data Query

Using the Portal Framework

Chapter Using the Portal Framework describes how to use the Portal Framework provided with the Stardust Portal to modify and extend the content of the Portal and add your own application components.

Tutorials, Example Usage and Implementation Guides

Additionally you find chapters with information on:

• Integrating External User Repositories
• Retrieving Diagrams
• Structured Data and Java Type Applications
• Changing Authorization of Stardust Process Portal Elements
• Tutorial - Stardust SPI Programming
• Tutorial - LDAP Synchronization Provider Example
• Monitoring Worklists
• Monitoring Model Deployment
• Implementing a Repository Connection Extension Point
• Implementing Interfaces for Portal Configurations
• Implementing a Static Configuration Provider for Default Preferences

Related Documents

• The Operation Guide covers all operational aspects of the Stardust runtime, including advanced installation issues like deploying Stardust to an application server.
• The Modeling Guide explains the basic concepts behind the Stardust Process Engine and describes the Stardust Process Workbench.

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