OSWorkflow 2.8.0

Enhancements

• AbstractWorkflow.getVariablesFromMaps unsafe use of PropertySet
• transientVars currentSteps list not updated soon enough after step transition for post-functions
• Tutorials code snippets
• AbstractWorkflow fails to load XML configuration after redeployment on BEA Weblogic 7.0.2
• The test case should not depend on mckoi lib
• Actions tag shoukld alow just only common-action
• No results at all from designer
• Bug with Websphere Application Server 5.1..0.4, error creating new workflow instance
• Exception orrured when invoking getAvailableActions() and doAction()
• Common actions written out as duplicates
• NPE in initial action if conditionalResult is not empty
• Cant use input parameters in workflow
• Creating Trigger Functions via API does not work
• Order of results from Workflow.getHistorySteps(long) is variable
• Multiple evaluations of action restrict-to conditions
• Cant get the tutorial to work. Please help !
• (Conditional)ResultDescriptor does not write due-date to xml
• canModifyEntryState dont manage COMPLETED entry state
• Workflow does not escape XML entities when saving itself
• null getAction of initial-action
• getAvailableActions return false on exception
• Scheduled workflow doesnt get the right config
• Designer can not display join condition editor
• moveToHistory bug in implicit finish step
• Broken compatibility with previous versions
• Documentation or DefaultConfigurator error
• CreateNewStep even actions finish attribute is set to true
• Bug in cache management
• AbstractWorkflow NPE: cache.put(action, result);
• HibernateWorkflowStore/SpringHibernateWorkflowStore problem
• JDBCWorkflowFactory: getWorkflow(name) doesnt work unless in debug mode
• com.opensymphony.workflow.designer.WorkflowGraphModel has classcastexception
• Persistence JDBCStore with Mysql fail
• Cannot KILL a Workflow instance
• Defining a conditional-result in an initial-action causes an NPE
• Problems with doAction
• Manifest entry in latest OSWorkflow violates spec
• Join transition failure
• Inconsistency between MemoryWorkflowStore & JDBCWorkflowStore w.r.t step functions
• Selecting the Conditions Type throws a NoSuchMethodException
• beanshell condition can not access transientVars
• Duplicate entry constraint with MySQLWorkflowStore
• Patch to SpringTypeResolver.setFunctions
• Inconsistent transientVars behaviour
• Unable to compile OSWorkflow from Ant script
• ClassCastException in LocalEJBCondition
• Incorrect javadoc for the com.opensymphony.workflow.util.Caller class.
• Incorrect javadoc for the com.opensymphony.workflow.util.MostRecentOwner class.
• The value of the attribute "auto" of the element "action" is being checked ONLY for the value "true".
• Implicit calls cannot update the transientVars Map
• Due date does not supported in queries (HibernateStore+Spring)
• XMLWorkflowFactory.WorkflowConfig doesnt implement Serializable interface
• New load signatures on WorkflowLoader break compatibility with code complied with 2.7
• Actions within workflow descriptior should escape invalid characters.
• Designer doesn`t show the join ID
• Improve javadocs for Configuration
• WorkflowException does not show stack trace of inner exception
• Eclipse project classpath fix
• Add isModifiable() method to AbstractWorkflowFactory
• Add "createdStep" to transientVars
• Query OS_CURRENTSTEP instead of OS_WFENTRY in JDBCWorkflowStore.java
• Query Speed w/ JDBCWorkflowStore.java can be abysmal
• Mangled stacktraces from BSH scripts
• AbstractWorkflow private methods could be protected
• Due Date Queries and Duplicate Code Reduction
• MemoryWorkflowStore fixes to work with Due Date
• Persistence Updates for Due Date
• Role/Group attribute for result
• Separate Thread to execute auto actions in transitionWorkflow
• currentSteps is empty for pre-functions at the first step
• Interface WorkflowFactory instead of class AbstractWorkflowFactory
• Pluggable ScriptVariableParser
• Consolidation of three identical Conditions
• Conditions and condition xml element order in Workflow description
• Limitation while inheriting MySQLWorkflowStore
• Visibility of the inner class com.opensymphony.workflow.loader.XMLWorkflowFactory.WorkflowConfig
• Adding version into jar manifest
• The inner com.opensymphony.workflow.JoinNodes$DummyStep class should be made private.
• The attribute "step" of both the elements "result" and "unconditional-result" could be made #REQUIRED instead of #IMPLIED.
• There should exist a mechanism that allows removing of all the info about unnecessary workflow entry from the store.
• Add setter for beanProvider to DefaultVariableResolver.
• Request for global actions that do not change workflow step.
• Plugin model for fucntion and condition (Spring/BeanShell).
• Global condition/function.
• Dynamic number of split states.
• actionId in getAvailableActions.
• Display a live graph.
• Function and Conditions to be displayed on the Edge(Action).
• Type base -> Instance base.
• BSF doesnt work with new Jakarta package.
• SQL Script for OSWorkflow for DB2 Databases.
• Hibernate 3 support.
• TransientVars supplied to conditions in external-permission.

Requirements:

• OSCore 2.0.1+.
• PropertySet 1.2+.
• Jakarta commons-logging.
• BeanShell (optional).
• BSF (optional).
• EJB interfaces.
• XML parser (Not required for JDK 1.4).