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The Java API(SOAP) Quick Start is available for processes. A process instance is an occurrence of a specific process that was started by an invocation method such as the Invocation API or from within Workspace.
Quick Start (SOAP mode): Searching for Process Instances using the Java API
Quick Start (SOAP mode): Suspending process instances using the Java API
Quick Start (SOAP Mode): Starting suspended process instances using the Java API
Quick Start (SOAP mode): Terminating process instances using the Java API
Quick Start (SOAP mode): Purging process data using the Java API
Quick Start (SOAP Mode): Retrieving the status of a job using the Java API
AEM Forms operations can be performed using the AEM Forms strongly-typed API and the connection mode should be set to SOAP.
Quick starts located in Programming with AEM Forms are based on the Forms if you are using another operating system, such as Unix, replace windows specific paths with paths supported by the applicable operating system. Likewise, if you are using another J2EE application server, then ensure that you specify valid connection properties. (See Setting connection properties.)
The following Java code example searches for process instances that are based on the MortgageLoan - Prebuilt process.
/*
* This Java Quick Start uses the following JAR files
* 1. adobe-taskmanager-client.jar
* 2. adobe-livecycle-client.jar
* 3. adobe-usermanager-client.jar
* 4. activation.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 5. axis.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 6. commons-codec-1.3.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 7. commons-collections-3.2.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 8. commons-discovery.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 9. commons-logging.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 10. dom3-xml-apis-2.5.0.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 11. jaxen-1.1-beta-9.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 12. jaxrpc.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 13. log4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 14. mail.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 15. saaj.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 16. wsdl4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 17. xalan.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 18. xbean.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 19. xercesImpl.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 20. adobe-workflow-client-sdk.jar
*
* The JBoss files must be kept in the jboss\client folder. You can copy the client folder to
* your local development environment and then include the 3 JBoss JAR files in your class path
*
* These JAR files are located in the following path:
* <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/common
*
*
* <install directory>/jboss/bin/client
*
* If you want to invoke a remote forms server instance and there is a
* firewall between the client application and the server, then it is
* recommended that you use the SOAP mode. When using the SOAP mode,
* you have to include additional JAR files located in the following
* path
* <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/thirdparty
*
* For information about the SOAP
* mode and the additional JAR files that need to be included,
* see "Setting connection properties" in Programming
* with AEM Forms
*/
import java.util.*;
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory;
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactoryProperties;
import com.adobe.idp.taskmanager.dsc.client.TaskManagerClientFactory;
import com.adobe.idp.taskmanager.dsc.client.TaskManagerQueryService;
import com.adobe.idp.taskmanager.dsc.client.query.ProcessInstanceRow;
import com.adobe.idp.taskmanager.dsc.client.query.ProcessSearchFilter;
import com.adobe.idp.workflow.client.ProcessManager;
/**
* This Java Quick Start searches for all completed processes that are based on the application
* and tracks the time at which the processes where completed.
*
*/
public class SearchingProcesses {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try{
//Set connection properties required to invoke AEM Forms
Properties connectionProps = new Properties();
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_SOAP_ENDPOINT, "https://[server]:[port]");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL,ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SOAP_PROTOCOL);
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SERVER_TYPE, "JBoss");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_USERNAME, "tblue");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD, "password");
//Create a ServiceClientFactory object
ServiceClientFactory myFactory = ServiceClientFactory.createInstance(connectionProps);
TaskManagerQueryService queryProcess = TaskManagerClientFactory.getQueryManager(myFactory);
ProcessSearchFilter processFilter = new ProcessSearchFilter();
processFilter.setServiceName("MortgageLoan - Prebuilt");
List allProcesses = queryProcess.processSearch(processFilter);
//Create an Iterator object and iterate through
// the List object
Iterator iter = allProcesses.iterator();
int i = 0 ;
long processId=0 ;
while (iter.hasNext()) {
ProcessInstanceRow processInstance = (ProcessInstanceRow)iter.next();
if (processInstance.getProcessInstanceStatus() == ProcessInstanceRow.STATUS_RUNNING){
//Display the process d
processId = processInstance.getProcessInstanceId();
System.out.println("The process identifier is " +processId);
}
i++;
}
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
The following Java code example suspends a process instance. To successfully suspend a process instance, you require the process invocation identifier that can be obtained when invoking a long-lived process by using the Invocation API.
/*
* This Java Quick Start uses the following JAR files
* 1. adobe-taskmanager-client.jar
* 2. adobe-livecycle-client.jar
* 3. adobe-usermanager-client.jar
* 4. activation.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 5. axis.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 6. commons-codec-1.3.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 7. commons-collections-3.2.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 8. commons-discovery.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 9. commons-logging.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 10. dom3-xml-apis-2.5.0.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 11. jaxen-1.1-beta-9.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 12. jaxrpc.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 13. log4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 14. mail.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 15. saaj.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 16. wsdl4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 17. xalan.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 18. xbean.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 19. xercesImpl.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 20. adobe-workflow-client-sdk.jar
*
* The JBoss files must be kept in the jboss\client folder. You can copy the client folder to
* your local development environment and then include the 3 JBoss JAR files in your class path
*
* These JAR files are located in the following path:
* <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/common
*
*
* <install directory>/jboss/bin/client
*
* If you want to invoke a remote forms server instance and there is a
* firewall between the client application and the server, then it is
* recommended that you use the SOAP mode. When using the SOAP mode,
* you have to include additional JAR files located in the following
* path
* <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/thirdparty
*
* For information about the SOAP
* mode and the additional JAR files that need to be included,
* see "Setting connection properties" in Programming
* with AEM Forms
*/
import java.util.*;
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory;
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactoryProperties;
import com.adobe.idp.um.api.infomodel.PrincipalSearchFilter;
import com.adobe.idp.workflow.client.ProcessManager;
public class SuspendProcesses {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try{
//Set connection properties required to invoke AEM Forms
Properties connectionProps = new Properties();
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_SOAP_ENDPOINT, "https://[server]:[port]");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL,ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SOAP_PROTOCOL);
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SERVER_TYPE, "JBoss");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_USERNAME, "tblue");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD, "password");
//Create a ServiceClientFactory object
ServiceClientFactory myFactory = ServiceClientFactory.createInstance(connectionProps);
//Create a ProcessManager object
ProcessManager myProcessManager = new ProcessManager(myFactory);
myProcessManager.suspendProcess("1");
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
The following Java code example starts a suspended process instance.
/*
* This Java Quick Start uses the following JAR files
* 1. adobe-taskmanager-client.jar
* 2. adobe-livecycle-client.jar
* 3. adobe-usermanager-client.jar
* 4. activation.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 5. axis.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 6. commons-codec-1.3.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 7. commons-collections-3.2.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 8. commons-discovery.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 9. commons-logging.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 10. dom3-xml-apis-2.5.0.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 11. jaxen-1.1-beta-9.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 12. jaxrpc.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 13. log4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 14. mail.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 15. saaj.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 16. wsdl4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 17. xalan.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 18. xbean.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 19. xercesImpl.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 20. adobe-workflow-client-sdk.jar
*
* The JBoss files must be kept in the jboss\client folder. You can copy the client folder to
* your local development environment and then include the 3 JBoss JAR files in your class path
*
* These JAR files are located in the following path:
* <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/common
*
*
* <install directory>/jboss/bin/client
*
* If you want to invoke a remote forms server instance and there is a
* firewall between the client application and the server, then it is
* recommended that you use the SOAP mode. When using the SOAP mode,
* you have to include additional JAR files located in the following
* path
* <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/thirdparty
*
* For information about the SOAP
* mode and the additional JAR files that need to be included,
* see "Setting connection properties" in Programming
* with AEM Forms
*/
import java.util.*;
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory;
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactoryProperties;
import com.adobe.idp.workflow.client.ProcessManager;
public class StartProcess {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try{
//Set connection properties required to invoke AEM Forms
Properties connectionProps = new Properties();
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_SOAP_ENDPOINT, "https://[server]:[port]");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL,ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SOAP_PROTOCOL);
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SERVER_TYPE, "JBoss");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_USERNAME, "tblue");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD, "password");
//Create a ServiceClientFactory object
ServiceClientFactory myFactory = ServiceClientFactory.createInstance(connectionProps);
//Create a ProcessManager object
ProcessManager myProcessManager = new ProcessManager(myFactory);
//Start a suspended process instance
myProcessManager.unSuspendProcess("5fae07190a242fb1010b2229ccad8a7e");
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
The following Java code example terminates a process instance with the identifier value of 756c22860a242fb101ec7a5bc0977fd6.
/*
* This Java Quick Start uses the following JAR files
* 1. adobe-taskmanager-client.jar
* 2. adobe-livecycle-client.jar
* 3. adobe-usermanager-client.jar
* 4. activation.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 5. axis.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 6. commons-codec-1.3.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 7. commons-collections-3.2.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 8. commons-discovery.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 9. commons-logging.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 10. dom3-xml-apis-2.5.0.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 11. jaxen-1.1-beta-9.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 12. jaxrpc.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 13. log4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 14. mail.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 15. saaj.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 16. wsdl4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 17. xalan.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 18. xbean.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 19. xercesImpl.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 20. adobe-workflow-client-sdk.jar
*
* The JBoss files must be kept in the jboss\client folder. You can copy the client folder to
* your local development environment and then include the 3 JBoss JAR files in your class path
*
* These JAR files are located in the following path:
* <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/common
*
*
* <install directory>/jboss/bin/client
*
* If you want to invoke a remote forms server instance and there is a
* firewall between the client application and the server, then it is
* recommended that you use the SOAP mode. When using the SOAP mode,
* you have to include additional JAR files located in the following
* path
* <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/thirdparty
*
* For information about the SOAP
* mode and the additional JAR files that need to be included,
* see "Setting connection properties" in Programming
* with AEM Forms
*/
import java.util.*;
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory;
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactoryProperties;
import com.adobe.idp.workflow.client.ProcessManager;
public class TerminatingProcesses {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try{
//Set connection properties required to invoke AEM Forms
Properties connectionProps = new Properties();
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_SOAP_ENDPOINT, "https://[server]:[port]");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL,ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SOAP_PROTOCOL);
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SERVER_TYPE, "JBoss");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_USERNAME, "tblue");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD, "password");
//Create a ServiceClientFactory object
ServiceClientFactory myFactory = ServiceClientFactory.createInstance(connectionProps);
//Create a ProcessManager object
ProcessManager myProcessManager = new ProcessManager(myFactory);
myProcessManager.terminateProcess("sd");
//Terminate a process instance
// myProcessManager.terminateProcess("756c22860a242fb101ec7a5bc0977fd6");
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
The following Java code purges data from a process named SecureDocument. A filter is used that specifies to purge data for those process instances where the process variable named inValue is greater than 200.
/*
* This Java Quick Start uses the following JAR files
* 1. adobe-taskmanager-client.jar
* 2. adobe-livecycle-client.jar
* 3. adobe-usermanager-client.jar
* 4. activation.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 5. axis.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 6. commons-codec-1.3.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 7. commons-collections-3.2.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 8. commons-discovery.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 9. commons-logging.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 10. dom3-xml-apis-2.5.0.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 11. jaxen-1.1-beta-9.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 12. jaxrpc.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 13. log4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 14. mail.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 15. saaj.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 16. wsdl4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 17. xalan.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 18. xbean.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 19. xercesImpl.jar (required for SOAP mode)
*
* The JBoss files must be kept in the jboss\client folder. You can copy the client folder to
* your local development environment and then include the 3 JBoss JAR files in your class path
*
* These JAR files are located in the following path:
* <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/common
*
*
* <install directory>/jboss/bin/client
*
* If you want to invoke a remote forms server instance and there is a
* firewall between the client application and the server, then it is
* recommended that you use the SOAP mode. When using the SOAP mode,
* you have to include additional JAR files located in the following
* path
* <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/thirdparty
*
* For information about the SOAP
* mode and the additional JAR files that need to be included,
* see "Setting connection properties" in Programming
* with AEM Forms
*/
import java.util.*;
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory;
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactoryProperties;
import com.adobe.idp.workflow.client.ProcessManager;
import com.adobe.idp.workflow.dsc.type.*;
public class PurgeProcess
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
try
{
//Set connection properties required to invoke AEM Forms
Properties connectionProps = new Properties();
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_SOAP_ENDPOINT, "https://[server]:[port]");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL,ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SOAP_PROTOCOL);
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SERVER_TYPE, "JBoss");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_USERNAME, "administrator");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD, "password");
//Create a ServiceClientFactory instance
ServiceClientFactory myFactory = ServiceClientFactory.createInstance(connectionProps);
//Create a ProcessManager object
ProcessManager myProcessManager = new ProcessManager(myFactory);
//Prepare parameters to use in the purge operation
long age = 10; // in seconds
boolean includeChildren = false;// don't include children by default
int status = 3; // both completed and terminated by default
short minor = 0;
short major = 1;
//Create the conditionFilter object to filter
//out unwanted instances of the process
ConditionFilter filter = new ConditionFilter("inValue", ConditionEnum.GREATER_THAN, "200");
//Delete process instances that contain a process
//variable named inValue whose value
//is greater than 200
myProcessManager.purgeProcess(
"SecureDocument",
major,
minor,
status,
age,
filter,
includeChildren);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
The following code example retrieves the status of 10 AEM Forms jobs.
/*
* This Java Quick Start uses the SOAP mode and contains the following JAR files
* in the class path:
* 1. adobe-encryption-client.jar
* 2. adobe-livecycle-client.jar
* 3. adobe-usermanager-client.jar
* 4. activation.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 5. axis.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 6. commons-codec-1.3.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 7. commons-collections-3.2.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 8. commons-discovery.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 9. commons-logging.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 10. dom3-xml-apis-2.5.0.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 11. jaxen-1.1-beta-9.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 12. jaxrpc.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 13. log4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 14. mail.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 15. saaj.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 16. wsdl4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 17. xalan.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 18. xbean.jar (required for SOAP mode)
* 19. xercesImpl.jar (required for SOAP mode)
*
* The JBoss files must be kept in the jboss\client folder. You can copy the client folder to
* your local development environment and then include the 3 JBoss JAR files in your class path
*
* These JAR files are located in the following path:
* <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/common
*
*
* <install directory>/jboss/bin/client
*
* If you want to invoke a remote forms server instance and there is a
* firewall between the client application and the server, then it is
* recommended that you use the SOAP mode. When using the SOAP mode,
* you have to include additional JAR files located in the following
* path
* <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/thirdparty
*
* For information about the SOAP
* mode and the additional JAR files that need to be included,
* see "Setting connection properties" in Programming
* with AEM Forms
*
* For complete details about the location of the AEM Forms JAR files,
* see "Including AEM Forms Java library files" in Programming
* with AEM Forms
*/
import java.util.*;
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory;
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactoryProperties;
import com.adobe.idp.jobmanager.client.JobManager;
import com.adobe.idp.jobmanager.common.JobInstance;
import com.adobe.idp.jobmanager.common.JobInstanceFilter;
public class SearchForJobs {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//This function will upload a ceritificate to AEM Forms trust store
try{
//Set connection properties required to invoke AEM Forms
Properties connectionProps = new Properties();
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_SOAP_ENDPOINT, "https://[server]:[port]");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL,ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SOAP_PROTOCOL);
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SERVER_TYPE, "JBoss");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_USERNAME, "administrator");
connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD, "password");
//Create a ServiceClientFactory object
ServiceClientFactory myFactory = ServiceClientFactory.createInstance(connectionProps);
JobManager jobManager= new JobManager(myFactory);
//Specify filter criteria
JobInstanceFilter jobFilter = new JobInstanceFilter();
jobFilter.setMaxObjects(10);
//Retrieve the first 10 jobs
List<JobInstance> allJobs = jobManager.getJobInstances(jobFilter);
//Create an Iterator object and iterate through
//the List object
Iterator iter = allJobs.iterator();
int i = 0 ;
while (iter.hasNext()) {
JobInstance JobInstance = (JobInstance)iter.next();
System.out.println("The status of the job is " +JobInstance.getStatus() +". The identifier value of the job is " +JobInstance.getId()+ ". The service on which the job is based is " +JobInstance.getServiceName());
i++;
}
}catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}