Manage component queues

Component queues make it possible to process a workflow step using an external entity, such as a Java™ object or Java Message Service (JMS). See About Component Integrator for information about components.

Using Process Configuration Console, you configure a component queue with an adaptor, either Java or JMS. The Java adaptor allows you to expose public methods from a Java class as operations on a queue. The JMS adaptor allows you to publish workflow data to a JMS queue, also using operations. Using Process Designer, the workflow author adds a component step to a map and selects operations for that step from the list of component queues. The workflow author also specifies the appropriate expression for each operation parameter.

TIP In Workplace or Workplace XT, an initialized region includes an IBM FileNet-provided component queue called CE_Operations in the Component Queues folder. The operations include filing and unfiling a document in a folder, getting and setting property values of a document, folder, or custom object, publishing, and many more. For a complete list of the operations, see Using Content Extended Operations in a workflow definition.