JOpera for Eclipse

Adapter Improvements:

• Rewritten the Java Import Wizard
• More Robust Java Method Invocation
• Web Services Feature back on the main update site

New Features:

• Edit Parameter Values from the Monitor as processes run
• Added Cluster/Slice parameters Autocompletion
• Conditions now support testing on boolean parameters

More Display Preferences:

• Configure the fonts for the graphical editor in the General, Appearance preferences
• Use Gradient Fills

Automatic Retry of Failed Tasks.
Set the execution settings of Programs, to control if a failed task should be:

• Not retried (default, backwards compatible)
• Retried up to N maximum times
• Retried an infinite number of times (within a given timeout)

Remote Management and Monitoring Client:

• Connect to a remote* JOpera engine server from your JOpera for Eclipse client
• Monitor and inspect the progress of the processes running on the server from within the local process modeling environment
• Start the execution of new processes from the client
• Kill, Pause, and Continue the remote execution of existing processes
• Delete process instances on the server

New Process Monitoring Widget Feature:

• Monitor the ongoing progress of your active processes from a browser
• Embed the monitoring widget in your own Web pages
• Choose whether all processes should be monitored or display only a specific instance

Fixes:

• Updating activators is now immediately reflected in the control flow view
• Monitoring widget used in the Web monitor (Start Process Popup)
• Updated documentation

New Process Execution Logger Feature:

• Log into files the final execution state of processes
• Log into files the partial execution state of tasks as soon as they finish
• Recover the logged state with the 'JOpera|Unfreeze' command

New Example: ecommerce.oml (Buyer - Seller - Shipper asynchronous message-based interactions)

Fixes:

• AJAX Worklist handler now shows tasks with empty description
• Web-based Process Monitor can now be served through a proxy

New JOpera Engine Threads preference page:

• Start and stop the embedded http server and configure its listening port
• The api server can now be configured to run automatically when the kernel starts

Updates:

• Several documentation updates and fixes

Download the latest release of JOpera from the update site: http://www.update.jopera.org

New Features:

• Control and data flow edges use bendpoints by default

Updates:

• The freeze command will save the state of processes in the first open project

Compiler Fixes (thanks to Andreas Quandt):

• Java Snippets: default values for output parameters correctly initialized
• Java Snippets: default empty values now correctly typed
• Loops: system parameters will be reinitialized from updated input parameter values
• Condition operators now work for simple types

New features:

• a new mashup example (yahoo.oml) to display Yahoo Local search results on a Google map
• the ability to edit parameter values displayed in the parameter viewer
• the ability to restart finished or failed tasks

Bug Fixes (thanks to Carlos da Silva):

• fixed support for boolean output parameters in the Java snippet compiler
• fixed support for primitive data types in the Java subsystem

It features a new AJAX worklist manager, some important bug fixes in the Condor adapter, and the ability to freeze the execution state of process instances to disk.

Download the latest release of JOpera from the update site: http://www.update.jopera.org.