JBPM - Apache Camel

Consumer

jBPM Consumer allows to attach routes to

ProcessEventListeners
TaskEventListners
CaseEventListeners

URI format

jbpm::events:type:[classifier][?options]

Path Parameters (3 parameters):

Name	Description	Type
events	Classifier for the consumer to know which type of data it should attach to	URL
type	Type of event listener - supports: process, task, case	String
classifier	Used to distinguish routes for same event type	String

Name

Description

Default

Type

events

Classifier for the consumer to know which type of data it should attach to

URL

type

Type of event listener - supports: process, task, case

String

classifier

Used to distinguish routes for same event type

String

Each route would then receive events when they are being produced by jBPM engine.

Routes can be defined either in global way - on application level or deployed together with business assets projects also knows as KJARs.

Consumers are configured via KieServerExtension that is a pluggable interface to enhance jBPM with additional capabilities. It reacts to different life cycle phases of the KIE Server and by that is able to configure individual endpoints properly.

KJAR routes

Create file named camel-routes.xml in the root folder of your KJAR (src/main/resources) so it will be automatically discovered and Camel Context for given KJAR will be created.

Global routes

Create file name global-camel-routes in the root of the class path of KIE Server. It will be automatically found and registered on every KJAR deployed to KIE Server.

Example camel-routes.xml file that can be placed in the KJAR

<routes xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">

    <route id="processes">
        <from uri="jbpm:events:process:test"/>
        <filter>
          <simple>${in.header.EventType} == 'beforeProcessStarted'</simple>
          <to uri="log:kjar.processes?level=INFO&amp;showBody=true&amp;showHeaders=true"/>
        </filter>
    </route>

    <route id="tasks">
        <from uri="jbpm:events:task:test"/>
        <filter>
          <simple>${in.header.EventType} starts with 'before'</simple>
          <to uri="log:kjar.tasks?level=INFO&amp;showBody=true&amp;showHeaders=true"/>
        </filter>
    </route>
</routes>

Use of jBPM Component in KIE Server

To make use of camel-jbpm component in a KIE Server it is as simple as just adding two jars into KIE Server application

camel-core
camel-jbpm

then start KIE Server and you will see once booted following information in logs

Camel KIE Server extension has been successfully registered as server extension
....

Route: tasks started and consuming from: jbpm://events:task:test?deploymentId=form-rendering_1.0.0
Total 2 routes, of which 2 are started
Apache Camel 2.23.0-SNAPSHOT (CamelContext: KIE Server Camel context for container evaluation_1.0.0) started in 0.378 seconds
o.k.server.services.impl.KieServerImpl   : Container evaluation_1.0.0 (for release id evaluation:evaluation:1.0.0) successfully started

To make use of jBPM Consumer jBPM deployment descriptor must also define camel specific event listeners of following types

new org.apache.camel.component.jbpm.listeners.CamelProcessEventListener()
new org.apache.camel.component.jbpm.listeners.CamelTaskEventListener()
new org.apache.camel.component.jbpm.listeners.CamelCaseEventListener()

These must be set in either server level of kjar deployment descriptor (use MVEL as resolver type) - see jbpm docs for more details about deployment descriptors.

Producer

Producer is dedicated to interact with jBPM via kie-server-client that uses exposed REST api of jBPM (KIE Server).

URI format

jbpm::hostName[:port][/resourceUri][?options]

URI Options

The JBPM component supports 3 options, which are listed below.

Name	Description	Default	Type
bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)	Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.	false	boolean
lazyStartProducer (producer)	Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.	false	boolean
basicPropertyBinding (advanced)	Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities	false	boolean

Name

Description

Default

Type

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

basicPropertyBinding (advanced)

Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

boolean

The JBPM endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

jbpm:connectionURL

with the following path and query parameters:

Path Parameters (2 parameters):

Name	Description	Default	Type
connectionURL	Required The URL to the jBPM server.		URL
eventListenerType	Sets the event listener type to attach to		String

Name

Description

Default

Type

connectionURL

Required The URL to the jBPM server.

URL

eventListenerType

Sets the event listener type to attach to

String

Query Parameters (32 parameters):

Name	Description	Default	Type
attachmentId (common)	attachId to use when retrieving attachments		Long
contentId (common)	contentId to use when retrieving attachments		Long
deploymentId (common)	Required The id of the deployment		String
emitterSendItems (common)	Sets if event produced by emitter should be sent as single items or complete collection		Boolean
event (common)	the data associated with this event when signalEvent operation is performed		Object
eventType (common)	the type of event to use when signalEvent operation is performed		String
identifier (common)	identifier the global identifier		String
maxNumber (common)	the maximum number of rules that should be fired		Integer
page (common)	The page to use when retrieving user tasks		Integer
pageSize (common)	The page size to use when retrieving user tasks		Integer
processId (common)	the id of the process that should be acted upon		String
processInstanceId (common)	the id of the process instance		Long
targetUserId (common)	The targetUserId used when delegating a task		String
task (common)	The task instance to use with task operations		Task
taskId (common)	the id of the task		Long
timeout (common)	A timeout value		Integer
userId (common)	userId to use with task operations		String
value (common)	the value to assign to the global identifier		Object
workItemId (common)	the id of the work item		Long
bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)	Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.	false	boolean
exceptionHandler (consumer)	To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.		ExceptionHandler
exchangePattern (consumer)	Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange. The value can be one of: InOnly, InOut, InOptionalOut		ExchangePattern
lazyStartProducer (producer)	Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.	false	boolean
operation (producer)	The operation to perform	startProcess	String
basicPropertyBinding (advanced)	Whether the endpoint should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities	false	boolean
entities (advanced)	The potentialOwners when nominateTask operation is performed		List
extraJaxbClasses (advanced)	To load additional classes when working with XML		Class[]
parameters (advanced)	the variables that should be set for various operations		Map
synchronous (advanced)	Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).	false	boolean
statuses (filter)	The list of status to use when filtering tasks		List
password (security)	Password for authentication		String
userName (security)	Username for authentication		String

Name

Description

Default

Type

attachmentId (common)

attachId to use when retrieving attachments

Long

contentId (common)

contentId to use when retrieving attachments

Long

deploymentId (common)

Required The id of the deployment

String

emitterSendItems (common)

Sets if event produced by emitter should be sent as single items or complete collection

Boolean

event (common)

the data associated with this event when signalEvent operation is performed

Object

eventType (common)

the type of event to use when signalEvent operation is performed

String

identifier (common)

identifier the global identifier

String

maxNumber (common)

the maximum number of rules that should be fired

Integer

page (common)

The page to use when retrieving user tasks

Integer

pageSize (common)

The page size to use when retrieving user tasks

Integer

processId (common)

the id of the process that should be acted upon

String

processInstanceId (common)

the id of the process instance

Long

targetUserId (common)

The targetUserId used when delegating a task

String

task (common)

The task instance to use with task operations

Task

taskId (common)

the id of the task

Long

timeout (common)

A timeout value

Integer

userId (common)

userId to use with task operations

String

value (common)

the value to assign to the global identifier

Object

workItemId (common)

the id of the work item

Long

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

exceptionHandler (consumer)

To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

ExceptionHandler

exchangePattern (consumer)

Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange. The value can be one of: InOnly, InOut, InOptionalOut

ExchangePattern

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

operation (producer)

The operation to perform

startProcess

String

basicPropertyBinding (advanced)

Whether the endpoint should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

boolean

entities (advanced)

The potentialOwners when nominateTask operation is performed

List

extraJaxbClasses (advanced)

To load additional classes when working with XML

Class[]

parameters (advanced)

the variables that should be set for various operations

Map

synchronous (advanced)

Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).

false

boolean

statuses (filter)

The list of status to use when filtering tasks

List

password (security)

Password for authentication

String

userName (security)

Username for authentication

String

Message Headers

Name	Default Value	Type	Description
CamelJBPMValue	null	Object	the value to assign to the global identifier
CamelJBPMOperation	PUT	String	The operation to perform. The operation name must be prefixed with CamelJBPMOperation and the name of the operation. See the full list above. It is case insensitive.
CamelJBPMProcessId	null	String	the id of the process that should be acted upon
CamelJBPMProcessInstanceId	0	Long	the id of the process instance
CamelJBPMParameters	null	Map<String, Object>	the variables that should be set for various operations
CamelJBPMEventType	null	String	the type of event to use when signalEvent operation is performed
CamelJBPMEvent	null	String	The type of the received event. Possible values defined here org.infinispan.notifications.cachelistener.event.Event.Type
CamelJBPMMaxNumber	null	Integer	the maximum number of rules that should be fired
CamelJBPMIdentifier	null	long	identifier the global identifier
CamelJBPMWorkItemId	0	Long	the id of the work item
CamelJBPMTaskId	0	Long	the id of the task
CamelJBPMTask	null	Task	The task instance to use with task operations
CamelJBPMUserId	null	String	userId to use with task operations
CamelJBPMTargetUserId	null	String	The targetUserId used when delegating a task
CamelJBPMLanguage	null	String	The language to use when filtering user tasks
CamelJBPMAttachmentId	0	Long	attachId to use when retrieving attachments
CamelJBPMContentId	0	Long	contentId to use when retrieving attachments
CamelJBPMEntityList	null	List<String>	The potentialOwners when nominateTask operation is performed
CamelJBPMStatusList	null	List<String>	The list of status to use when filtering tasks

Name

Default Value

Type

Description

CamelJBPMValue

null

Object

the value to assign to the global identifier

CamelJBPMOperation

PUT

String

The operation to perform. The operation name must be prefixed with CamelJBPMOperation and the name of the operation. See the full list above. It is case insensitive.

CamelJBPMProcessId

null

String

the id of the process that should be acted upon

CamelJBPMProcessInstanceId

0

Long

the id of the process instance

CamelJBPMParameters

null

Map<String, Object>

the variables that should be set for various operations

CamelJBPMEventType

null

String

the type of event to use when signalEvent operation is performed

CamelJBPMEvent

null

String

The type of the received event. Possible values defined here org.infinispan.notifications.cachelistener.event.Event.Type

CamelJBPMMaxNumber

null

Integer

the maximum number of rules that should be fired

CamelJBPMIdentifier

null

long

identifier the global identifier

CamelJBPMWorkItemId

0

Long

the id of the work item

CamelJBPMTaskId

0

Long

the id of the task

CamelJBPMTask

null

Task

The task instance to use with task operations

CamelJBPMUserId

null

String

userId to use with task operations

CamelJBPMTargetUserId

null

String

The targetUserId used when delegating a task

CamelJBPMLanguage

null

String

The language to use when filtering user tasks

CamelJBPMAttachmentId

0

Long

attachId to use when retrieving attachments

CamelJBPMContentId

0

Long

contentId to use when retrieving attachments

CamelJBPMEntityList

null

List<String>

The potentialOwners when nominateTask operation is performed

CamelJBPMStatusList

null

List<String>

The list of status to use when filtering tasks

Example

Below is an example route that starts a business process with id evaluation. To run this example you need jBPM to run locally, easiest is to use single zip distribution - downloaded from jbpm.org. Next, start it and import Evaluation sample project, build and deploy. Once done this test can be ran out of the box.

Map<String, Object> params = new HashMap<>();
params.put("employee", "wbadmin");
params.put("reason", "Camel asks for it");

from("direct:start")
        .setHeader(JBPMConstants.PROCESS_ID, constant("evaluation"))
        .setHeader((JBPMConstants.PARAMETERS, params))
        .to("jbpm:http://localhost:8080/kie-server/services/rest/server?userName=wbadmin&password=wbadmin
        &deploymentId=evaluation");

Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

When using jbpm with Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-jbpm-starter</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

The component supports 4 options, which are listed below.

Name	Description	Default	Type
camel.component.jbpm.basic-property-binding	Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities	false	Boolean
camel.component.jbpm.bridge-error-handler	Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.	false	Boolean
camel.component.jbpm.enabled	Whether to enable auto configuration of the jbpm component. This is enabled by default.		Boolean
camel.component.jbpm.lazy-start-producer	Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.	false	Boolean

Name

Description

Default

Type

camel.component.jbpm.basic-property-binding

Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

Boolean

camel.component.jbpm.bridge-error-handler

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

Boolean

camel.component.jbpm.enabled

Whether to enable auto configuration of the jbpm component. This is enabled by default.

Boolean

camel.component.jbpm.lazy-start-producer

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

Boolean