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1. Overview ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. What is jBPM? ................................................................................................... 1
1.2. Overview ............................................................................................................ 3
1.3. Core Engine ....................................................................................................... 4
1.4. Eclipse Editor ..................................................................................................... 5
1.5. Web-based Designer .......................................................................................... 7
1.6. jBPM Console .................................................................................................... 8
1.7. Documentation .................................................................................................... 9
2. Getting Started .......................................................................................................... 11
2.1. Downloads ........................................................................................................ 11
2.2. Getting started .................................................................................................. 11
2.3. Community ....................................................................................................... 11
2.4. Sources ............................................................................................................ 12
2.4.1. License .................................................................................................. 12
2.4.2. Source code .......................................................................................... 12
2.4.3. Building from source .............................................................................. 13
3. Installer ...................................................................................................................... 15
3.1. Prerequisites ..................................................................................................... 15
3.2. Download the installer ....................................................................................... 15
3.3. Demo setup ...................................................................................................... 15
3.4. 10-Minute Tutorial: Using the Eclipse tooling ...................................................... 16
3.5. 10-Minute Tutorial: Using the jBPM Console ....................................................... 18
3.6. 10-Minute Tutorial: Using Guvnor repository and Designer ................................... 20
3.7. What to do if I encounter problems or have questions? ........................................ 21
3.8. Frequently asked questions ............................................................................... 22
4. Core Engine: API ....................................................................................................... 23
4.1. The jBPM API .................................................................................................. 24
4.1.1. Knowledge Base .................................................................................... 24
4.1.2. Session ................................................................................................. 25
4.1.3. Events ................................................................................................... 27
4.2. Knowledge-based API ....................................................................................... 29
5. Core Engine: Basics .................................................................................................. 31
5.1. Creating a process ............................................................................................ 31
5.1.1. Using the graphical BPMN2 Editor .......................................................... 31
5.1.2. Defining processes using XML ................................................................ 32
5.1.3. Defining Processes Using the Process API .............................................. 34
5.2. Details of different process constructs: Overview ................................................ 35
5.3. Details: Process properties ................................................................................ 36
5.4. Details: Events .................................................................................................. 37
5.4.1. Start event ............................................................................................. 37
5.4.2. End events ............................................................................................ 38
5.4.3. Intermediate events ................................................................................ 40
5.5. Details: Activities ............................................................................................... 43
