Setting Up and Developing for COM

The Process Java APIs provide the programming interface to the Process Engine. To enable developers working in a COM environment to access Process Services, FileNet provides the JiGlue (pronounced "JIG-LOO") libraries with the Process Development Environment. The FileNet-supplied JiGlue COM Bridge provides a translation layer between the Process Java APIs and COM and is a requirement for web services whenever a COM-based application, such as an ASP- or ASP.NET-hosted application, must communicate with the Process Engine. Using the JiGlue COM Bridge enables developers to make Win32 calls that are equivalent to native Java statements; i.e., the JiGlue COM Bridge enables you to instantiate COM objects using the Process Java APIs.

The following topics in this section describe how to set up and use the JiGlue COM Bridge for COM-based Process applications: