--On Dienstag, 18. November 2003 15:27 Uhr -0200 ratem@censanet.com.br wrote:
Hi everybody,
I would like to know if there is any initiative towards using a CASE tool to model State Diagrams and then generate DCWorkflows automatically. I know Plone guys did something like this to Archetypes. It is not necessary to have a specific tool but a XMI file that can be used to code transformation (generation). So the necessary thing would be a script (or a set of scripts) to generate code from XMI.
This solution expose a problem (using UML state diagrams): -How to represent not only states and transitions simply but also associate the specif DCWorkflow´s state objects´properties like "triggers", and "requires permitions" (subclassing? stereotyping?), "variables", "worklists" and "script names"?
Would be the solution to use extentions of UML state diagrams´ "state" objects with additional properties (to accomodate DCWorkflow´s state objects properties)?
Do you know any case tool that I can extend core concepts to this point (maybe through stereotypes)?
Is there any initiative in this direction?
I had the same questions some months ago while working on a complex workflow for DCWorkflow. There is nothing available and there is no effort as much as I know. However I have seen a dedicated workflow editor which implements a standard for activity-based workflows (can't remember neither name of the editor nor the standard). -aj