Re: still about how to generate BPEL process without GUI designer

> Hi Sam,
>
> See in-line...
>
> sam wang wrote:
> > Dear Nam,
> >
> > I am very sorry to interrupt you again. The URL
> > "http://bits.nbextras.org/download/trunk/nightly/latest/" in your email is for NB 6.1 beta,
> right?
> >  
> It is nightly build.  Beta1 build already released, does not container
> these fixes...
> > I download it and create the correct environment based on NB 6.1 beta. However, I still got
> > confused about the following questions:
> >
> > First, I don't know what's myCatalogModel, even after I read the code of
> > "CliValidateBpelProjectDelegate" in bpel.project. I attached the source code at the attachment
> for
> > your reference.
> >  
> My mistake during cut-n-paste the class name.  It should be
> CliBpelCatalogModel.  An implementation of CatalogModel is required to
> be in the lookup to resolve external references (to wsdl / xsd) from the
> bpel you are trying to load.
> > Second, I have no clue about "myLoadPlainDocumentMethod". Could you please explain a little
> bit
> > more for me, or even better, provide me a simple sample?
> >  
> Look at
> xml.xam/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/xam/dom/ReadOnlyAccess#loadSwingDocument
> > Third, is your sample code for creating a blank BPEL process or reading a BPEL process project
> > created by NB GUI? If it's latter, the "pathToSourceFile" means the BPEL file directory or the
> > BPEL project src directory?
> >  
> It could be any bpel sources.  In case for creating a new bpel process
> you could just provide your own skeleton template file.
> > Fourth, does NB BPEL provide the API to process WSDL file? for example, partnerlink definition
> in
> > the WSDL file? (from your last email, it seems NB BPEL provides such kind of capability:
> > wsdl.model, wsdlext). Could you please give me a simple sample to demonstrate the usage? If
> the
> > sample code from your last email is for reading a BPEL process, is there a way to retrieve the
> > corresponding WSDL file in this BPEL project for further processing, and how?
> >  
> I would let other BPEL model experts give you sample code.
>
> (just a hint: there are PartnerLinkReference and PortTypeReference in
> bpel.model, which help you navigate to the referenced WSDL elements)
> >
> > Thank you very much for the great help!
> > Sam
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Nam Nguyen <Nam.Nguyen@...> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >> It supposed to be that openide.util is the *only* small basic NB module
> >> needed for using this stack:
> >>
> >> ..bpel.model
> >> ..wsdl.model
> >> ..wsdlext
> >> ..schema.model
> >> ..xam
> >>
> >> I just discovered some unwanted dependencies introduce since the sierra
> >> merge.  We have removed the extra dependencies.  You can try out the
> >> following code after get the latest daily NB build at
> >> http://bits.nbextras.org/download/trunk/nightly/latest/
> >>
> >> To create a bpel model, do something like this:
> >>
> >>          File bpelFile = new File(pathToSourceFile);
> >>          Lookup lookup = Lookups.fixed(new Object[]{
> >>                 bpelFile,
> >>                 myLoadPlainDocumentMethod(bpelFile),
> >>                 myCatalogModel,
> >>             });
> >>          ModelSource source = new ModelSource(lookup, editable);
> >>          BpelModelFactory factory =
> >> Lookup.getDefault().lookup(BpelModelFactory.class);
> >>          BpelModel model = factory.getModel (source);
> >>
> >> For more detail on myCatalogModel, look at file
> >> CliValidateBpelProjectDelegate in bpel.project module.  You can
> >> reimplement it quickly removing dependency on the retriever Utilities.
> >>
> >> -Nam
> >>
> >> sam wang wrote:
> >>    
> >>> Hi Jason,
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for the reply. Since there are existing codes for generating BPEL, I prefer not to
> >>> reinvent the wheel :-)
> >>>
> >>> Eclipse BPEL also provides an open source BPEL model, which is more clear and simple than
> >>> NetBeans'. However, since I want to use NetBeans execution engine to run the BPEL process,
> I'd
> >>> better use NetBeans' BPEL model to generate BPEL file to make sure the compatibility.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, I really don't think there is no way to re-use NetBeans BPEL model to generate BPEL
> >>>      
> >> file
> >>    
> >>> without GUI.
> >>>
> >>> Any hint will be greatly appreciated!
> >>> Sam
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- Jason Baragry <Jason.Baragry@...> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  
> >>>      
> >>>> Hi Sam,
> >>>>
> >>>> BPEL is just an XML document. Why can't you just use XML apis to
> >>>> programmatically create the BPEL XML document and then import it into
> >>>> netbeans?
> >>>>
> >>>> regards
> >>>> Jason
> >>>>
> >>>>    
> >>>>        
> >>>>> Dear all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I just checked the source code of BPEL, I found that the BPEL model seems tightly coupled
> >>>>>          
> >> with
> >>    
> >>>>>      
> >>>>>          
> >>>> NB
> >>>>    
> >>>>        
> >>>>> GUI. For example, first I want to generate a blank BPEL process through:
> >>>>> org.netbeans.modules.bpel.model.impl.BpelModelFactoryImpl
> >>>>>
> >>>>> However, I need to get "org.netbeans.modules.xml.xam.ModelSource", which tightly coupled
> >>>>>          
> >> with
> >>    
> >>>>>      
> >>>>>          
> >>>> the
> >>>>    
> >>>>        
> >>>>> NB GUI through "org.openide.util.Lookup". I don't know how to instantiate "Lookup".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Another potential approach seems through
> >>>>> "org.netbeans.modules.bpel.project.BpelproProjectGenerator". However, it only creates an
> >>>>>          
> >> empty
> >>    
> >>>>> "EjbProject". I have two questions about "EjbProject". First, if it can be treated as a
> >>>>>          
> >> "BPEL"
> >>    
> >>>>> project. Second, if it can be treated as a "BPEL" project, how can I create a very simple
> >>>>> "synchronizing BPEL example", just like the example provided by NB SOA. Or simpler, I can
> >>>>>      
> >>>>>          
> >>>> generate
> >>>>    
> >>>>        
> >>>>> this simple BPEL project through NB GUI first, and then trying to load this project into
> >>>>>          
> >> some
> >>    
> >>>>> class in order to retrieve the BPEL process with the resources. But I don't know how to do
> >>>>>      
> >>>>>          
> >>>> this. I
> >>>>    
> >>>>        
> >>>>> think once I get the BPEL instance, I can manipulate it through all the classes in the
> >>>>>          
> >> package
> >>    
> >>>>> "org.netbeans.modules.bpel.model.impl".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In a word, my requirement is very simple. First, I want to generate a quite simple BPEL
> >>>>>      
> >>>>>          
> >>>> process as
> >>>>    
> >>>>        
> >>>>> the template (just like the synchronizing BPEL example provided by NB SOA example), then
> >>>>> manipulating this BPEL process through NB's BPEL model (for example, adding activities
> such
> >>>>>          
> >> as
> >>    
>