EKumi: an extensible workflow management system

EKumi is a workflow management system licensed under the Eclipse Public License 2.0.

EKumi allows to automate the execution of a chain of tasks. Its bigger strength is its extensibility as it allows anyone to provide and share new:

• workflow editors,
• scripting languages,
• datatypes.

Please follow Getting Started chapters to learn how to create and execute a workflow using EKumi’s built-in features.

Table of Contents

Getting Started

• Main Concepts
• Install EKumi
  • On top of an existing Eclipse IDE installation
  • As a standalone product
• Create a new Workflow project
  • Use the New Workflow Project wizard
  • Enable scripting languages
  • Choose a representation
  • Create the project
• Design an activity
  • Open the diagram editor
  • Understand the diagram editor
  • Create a Greeting task
• Execute an activity
  • Link the task to the start node
  • Launch the execution
• Good Practices
  • Use meaningful names

Available Representations

• EKumi Default Representation
  • A BPMN-inspired editor
  • Use Cases
  • Features
  • Impacts on project
  • Understand the diagram editor
  • Create a new task
  • Link two tasks
  • Launch an activity

Available Scripting Languages

• Java
  • Impacts on project
  • Script implementation
  • Dependency Injection

Extend EKumi

• Add a new Scripting Language
  • What is a scripting language?
  • How to add a new scripting language?
  • How to use the new scripting language within the workflow diagram editor?
• Add a new Data Type
  • What is a data type?
  • How to add a new datatype?
  • How to use the new datatype within the workflow diagram editor?
• Add a new Specification
  • What is a specification?
  • How to add a new specification?
  • How to integrate the new specification within the IDE?
• Add a new Representation
  • What is a representation?
  • How to add a new representation?
  • How to integrate the new representation within the IDE?
• Share an Activity