Starting Public Worflows Within An Application

Question

The documentation for starting a public workflow within an application is ambiguous.
At the following location: http://e-docs.bea.com/wlintegration/v2_0/collaborate/workflow/start.htm#1331638
you state that a workflow instance is retrieved using the startWorkflow method.
Unfortunately, this is a custom method that must be written and there is no suggested
implementation.
In terms of creating a workflow instance:
For the WorkflowInstance class, there is only one documented constructor (although,
there are 2 constructors). This constructor indicates that a Hashtable Array of
Party properties is a parameter. The documentation doesn't tell us specifically
what goes in these Hashtables, though. And as for the second constructor, we have
no documentation and there is no mention in the API, but I do know that it takes
3 Strings as its parameters.
How do I start a public workflow within an application?
Thanks in advance,
Mark

Answer 1

Replace:
WorkflowInstance wi = startWorkflow();
with:
Hashtable[] array = new Hashtable[2];
Hashtable party1 = new Hashtable();
Hashtable party2 = new Hashtable();
party1.put(WorkflowInstance.PARTYNAME_KEY, PARTY_SOURCE);
party2.put(WorkflowInstance.PARTYNAME_KEY, PARTY_DEST);
array[0] = party1;
array[1] = party2;
WorkflowInstance wi = new WorkflowInstance(BUSINESS_PROCESS_NAME,
BUSINESS_PROCESS_MAJOR,
BUSINESS_PROCESS_MINOR,
BUSINESS_PROCESS_ROLE,
array);
"Mark Finlan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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The documentation for starting a public workflow within an application isambiguous.
At the following location:http://e-docs.bea.com/wlintegration/v2_0/collaborate/workflow/start.htm#1331
638
you state that a workflow instance is retrieved using the startWorkflowmethod.
Unfortunately, this is a custom method that must be written and there isno suggested
implementation.
In terms of creating a workflow instance:
For the WorkflowInstance class, there is only one documented constructor(although,
there are 2 constructors). This constructor indicates that a HashtableArray of
Party properties is a parameter. The documentation doesn't tell usspecifically
what goes in these Hashtables, though. And as for the second constructor,we have
no documentation and there is no mention in the API, but I do know that ittakes
3 Strings as its parameters.
How do I start a public workflow within an application?
Thanks in advance,
Mark