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About the Component Integrator

The Component Integrator makes it possible to import custom Java or (Workplace only) JMS components, making them available in a workflow. In the workflow definition, a component step connects to a component queue configured for one or more operations in the external component.

The Component Integrator has two parts:

  • The Component Manager: This service runs on the Application Engine or web server and connects a work item with its appropriate Java or JMS Service Adaptor.
  • Configuration: Configure the component queues using Process Configuration Console.

CAUTION See Component queue security issues for important security-related information.

Implementation outline

What to do Who Which tool

For a Java component, deploy the custom component software.

 

Developer

For Java, copy the jar file containing the Java classes to the Application Engine or web server.

See Developing Component Integrator-based Workflow Applications in the Help for Process Java API for additional information.

Create a component queue:

  • Configure the appropriate adaptor
  • Specify the operations for the queue
Workflow administrator

Use the Process Configuration Console. See Create a component queue and Define component queue operations.

Specify the location of the Java class libraries (Java component only.) Workflow administrator Use Process Task Manager. See Configuring the Component Manager.
Start the Component Manager and the components Workflow administrator Use Process Task Manager. See Starting and stopping Component Manager and Starting and stopping components.
Use a component in a workflow definition Workflow author Use Process Designer. See About component steps.