Re: [werkflow-user] installation and usage?

At 06:09 08/09/03, John Casey wrote:
>I'm not sure
>how to configure, install, or administer a werkflow server.  Is this
>standalone software, or something which mainly plugs into existing
>containers?


Hello John,

I'm pretty much in the same boat as you - but maybe a few months down the line.
Werkflow is essentially an "engine" written in Java and as such is really
for developers who need werkflow to be core to their java based system.

It is no doubt possible to connect it up to other systems, but you may have
to write your java connectors to trigger events/state changes, or to do things
when those state changes occur.

I have to agree with the previous poster -

1) get the code from CVS and build it
2) run the examples ("maven werkflow:blog" I believe)

and give us a shout when you have gotten this far and if
you have any problems.

One area I am trying to look into (but suffering from a lack of enthusiasm)
is the persistence engine - ie keeping the states known between reboots
of the werkflow engine. There is a "prevayler" persistence system but don't
know enough about it to prove whether it is working.


I would be interested to hear what workflow you intend to do. I'm
particularly interested in document publishing. My "Project
Galactic Guide" failed partly because the workflow for submitting
articles and editing them was too onerous and too manual.

Alex