JOpera for Eclipse

New Features:

• Easier to start running processes:
  • Start Button added to the Process Information page
  • Start Pop-up Menu Command added to the Outline
• Improved Component Type Model:
  • Added Preference to show Component Type list in Overview Page
  • Component Type definitions can use inheritance
  • Choose predefined types for Component Type Parameters
  • Added QuickFix to disable invalid component types

Bug Fixes for the Java Import Wizard:

• Add local Eclipse workspace Java projects to the import classpath
• Wizard will remember its previous configuration
• Methods that throw exceptions can now be imported
• Errors while dynamically loading classes are now shown

Download the latest release of JOpera from the update site: http://www.update.jopera.org

Adapter Improvements:

• Extended CONDOR Adapter to control PATH and CONDOR_CONFIG environment variables
• XPath adapter can now run queries using namespace declarations

New Features:

• Adapter Editor groups basic and advanced system parameters
• Model Checker will flag data type mismatches as errors or warnings in the data flow
• Added new Doodle Map Mashup example

Adapter Improvements:

• Rewritten the Java Import Wizard
• More Robust Java Method Invocation
• Web Services Feature back on the main update site

New Features:

• Edit Parameter Values from the Monitor as processes run
• Added Cluster/Slice parameters Autocompletion
• Conditions now support testing on boolean parameters

More Display Preferences:

• Configure the fonts for the graphical editor in the General, Appearance preferences
• Use Gradient Fills

Automatic Retry of Failed Tasks.
Set the execution settings of Programs, to control if a failed task should be:

• Not retried (default, backwards compatible)
• Retried up to N maximum times
• Retried an infinite number of times (within a given timeout)

Remote Management and Monitoring Client:

• Connect to a remote* JOpera engine server from your JOpera for Eclipse client
• Monitor and inspect the progress of the processes running on the server from within the local process modeling environment
• Start the execution of new processes from the client
• Kill, Pause, and Continue the remote execution of existing processes
• Delete process instances on the server

New Process Monitoring Widget Feature:

• Monitor the ongoing progress of your active processes from a browser
• Embed the monitoring widget in your own Web pages
• Choose whether all processes should be monitored or display only a specific instance

Fixes:

• Updating activators is now immediately reflected in the control flow view
• Monitoring widget used in the Web monitor (Start Process Popup)
• Updated documentation

New Process Execution Logger Feature:

• Log into files the final execution state of processes
• Log into files the partial execution state of tasks as soon as they finish
• Recover the logged state with the 'JOpera|Unfreeze' command

New Example: ecommerce.oml (Buyer - Seller - Shipper asynchronous message-based interactions)

Fixes:

• AJAX Worklist handler now shows tasks with empty description
• Web-based Process Monitor can now be served through a proxy

New JOpera Engine Threads preference page:

• Start and stop the embedded http server and configure its listening port
• The api server can now be configured to run automatically when the kernel starts

Updates:

• Several documentation updates and fixes

Download the latest release of JOpera from the update site: http://www.update.jopera.org