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:
- Developing for COM Overview
- Setting Up for JiGlue Development
- Developing with the JiGlue COM Bridge
- JiGlue Java - COM Data Types
describes JiGlue COM Bridge conversions between Java - COM data types.
- JiGlue COM Bridge Programming
Guidelines Provides JiGlue programming guidelines; for example,
on using Set statements, handling arrays, constructors, object references,
Java vs. COM primitive data type distinctions (e.g., for int), etc.
- Using JiGlue with ASP.NET -
Issues and Guidelines Provides guidelines on known JiGlue COM
Bridge-related issues when creating FileNet Open Client ASPX pages and
User Controls for Process applications; also describes additional COM-related
issues and guidelines that should be kept in mind when developing a Process
Open Client application in an ASP.NET environment.
- Using JiGlue.Util to Create a COM
Object Representing a Java Object describes with Visual Basic
and VBScript code samples, how to use the Jiglue.newInstance method to
create a COM object that represents a specified Process Java object.
- Using JiGlue to Create a Session
Object describes with Visual Basic and VBScript code samples,
how to how to use the JiGlue COM Bridge to dimension and create a Process
Session object.
- Using JiGlue to Access Content Engine
Objects provides a link to the Content COM API Help; the Content
COM APIs are used to access objects from a Content Engine object store.
- Using the JiGlue COM Bridge with ASP
describes with Visual Basic and VBScript code samples, how to use
the JiGlue COM Bridge to access queue information in an ASP-hosted application
and how to run the sample application.