Invoking Human-Centric Long-Lived Processes

You can programmatically invoke human-centric long-lived processes that were created in Workbench using these client applications:

• A Java web-based client application that uses the Invocation API. (See Invoking AEM Forms using the Java API(/docs/experience-manager-65/forms/developer-reference/programming-aem-forms-jee/invoking-aem-forms-jee-apis/invoking-aem-forms-using-java.html?lang=en#invoking-aem-forms-using-the-java-api).)
• An ASP.NET application that uses web services. (See Invoking AEM Forms Using Web Services.)
• A client application built with Flex that uses Remoting. (See Invoking AEM Forms using (Deprecated for AEM forms) AEM Forms Remoting.)

The long-lived process that is invoked is named FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess. You can create this process by following the tutorial specified in Creating Your First AEM Forms Application.

A human-centric process involves a task that a user can respond to by using Workspace. For example, using Workbench, you can create a process that lets a bank manager approve or deny a loan application. The following illustration shows the process FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess.

The FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process accepts an input parameter named formData whose data type is XML. The XML data is merged with a form design named PreLoanForm.xdp. The following illustration shows a form that represents a task assigned to a user to approve or deny a loan application. The user approves or denies the application by using Workspace. The Workspace user can approve the loan request by clicking the Approve button shown in the following illustration. Likewise, the user can deny the loan request by clicking the deny button.

A long-lived process is invoked asynchronously and cannot be invoked synchronously due to the following factors:

• A process can span a significant amount of time.
• A process can span organizational boundaries.
• A process needs external input in order for it to finish. For example, consider a situation where a form is sent to a manager, who is out of the office. In this situation, the process is not complete until the manager returns and fills out the form.

When a long-lived process is invoked, AEM Forms creates an invocation identifier value as part of creating a record. The record tracks the status of the long-lived process and is stored in the AEM Forms database. Using the invocation identifier value, you can track the status of the long-lived process. In addition, you can use the process invocation identifier value to perform Process Manager operations such as terminating a running process instance.

The FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process is invoked when an applicant submits an application, which is represented as XML data. The name of the input process variable is formData and its data type is XML. For the purposes of this discussion, assume that the following XML data is used as input to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <LoanApp>
 <Name>Sam White</Name>
 <LoanAmount>250000</LoanAmount>
 <PhoneOrEmail>(555)555-5555</PhoneOrEmail>
 <ApprovalStatus>PENDING APPROVAL</ApprovalStatus>
 </LoanApp>

XML data passed to a process must match the fields located in the form used in the process. Otherwise, data is not displayed within the form. All applications that invoke the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process must pass this XML data source. The applications created in Invoking Human-Centric Long-Lived Processes dynamically create the XML data source from values that a user entered into a web client.

Using a client application, you can send the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process the required XML data. A long-lived process returns an invocation identifier value as its return value. The following illustration shows client applications invoking the*FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess long-lived process. The client applications send XML data and get back a string value that represents the invocation identifier value.

See also

Creating a Java web application that invokes a human-centric long-lived process

Creating an ASP.NET web application that invokes a human-centric long-lived process

Creating a client application built with Flex that invokes a human-centric long-lived process

Creating a Java web application that invokes a human-centric long-lived process

You can create a web-based application that uses a Java servlet to invoke the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process. To invoke this process from a Java servlet, use the Invocation API within the Java servlet. (See Invoking AEM Forms using the Java API.)

The following illustration shows a web-based client application that posts name, phone (or email), and amount values. These values are sent to the Java servlet when the user clicks the Submit Application button.

The Java servlet performs the following tasks:

• Retrieves the values posted from the HTML page to the Java servlet.
• Dynamically creates an XML data source to pass to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process. The name, phone (or email), and amount values are specified in the XML data source.
• Invokes the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process by using the AEM Forms Invocation API.
• Returns the invocation identifier value to the client web browser.

Summary of steps

To create a Java web-based application that invokes the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process, perform the following steps:

1. Create a web project.
2. Create Java application logic for the servlet.
3. Create the web page for the web application
4. Package the web application to a WAR file.
5. Deploy the WAR file to the J2EE application server hosting AEM Forms.
6. Test your web application.

Create a web project

The first step to create a web application is to create a web project. The Java IDE that this document is based on is Eclipse 3.3. Using the Eclipse IDE, create a web project and add the required JAR files to your project. Add an HTML page named index.html and a Java servlet to your project.

The following list specifies the JAR files to include in your web project:

• adobe-livecycle-client.jar
• adobe-usermanager-client.jar
• J2EE.jar

For the location of these JAR files, see Including AEM Forms Java library files.

Create a web project

1. Start Eclipse and click File > New Project.
2. In the New Project dialog box, select Web > Dynamic Web Project.
3. Type InvokePreLoanProcess for the name of your project and then click Finish.

Add required JAR files to your project

1. From the Project Explorer window, right-click the InvokePreLoanProcess project and select Properties.
2. Click Java build path and then click the Libraries tab.
3. Click the Add External JARs button and browse to the JAR files to include.

Add a Java servlet to your project

1. From the Project Explorer window, right-click the InvokePreLoanProcess project and select New > Other.
2. Expand the Web folder, select Servlet, and then click Next.
3. In the Create Servlet dialog box, type SubmitXML for the name of the servlet and then click Finish.

Add an HTML page to your project

1. From the Project Explorer window, right-click the InvokePreLoanProcess project and select New > Other.
2. Expand the Web folder, select HTML, and click Next.
3. In the New HTML dialog box, type index.html for the filename and then click Finish.

Create Java application logic for the servlet

Create Java application logic that invokes the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process from within the Java servlet. The following code shows the syntax of the SubmitXML Java Servlet:

     public class SubmitXML extends HttpServlet implements Servlet {
         public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp
         throws ServletException, IOException {
         doPost(req,resp);

         }
         public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp
         throws ServletException, IOException {
             //Add code here to invoke the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process
             }

Normally, you would not place client code within a Java servlet’s doGet or doPost method. A better programming practice is to place this code within a separate class. Then instantiate the class from within the doPost method (or doGet method), and call the appropriate methods. However, for code brevity, code examples are kept to a minimum and are placed in the doPost method.

To invoke the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process using the Invocation API, perform the following tasks:

1. Include client JAR files, such as adobe-livecycle-client.jar, in your Java project’s class path. For information about the location of these files, see Including AEM Forms Java library files.

2. Retrieve the name, phone, and amount values that is submitted from the HTML page. Use these values to dynamically create an XML data source that is sent to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process. You can use org.w3c.dom classes to create the XML data source (this application logic is shown in the following code example).

3. Create a ServiceClientFactory object that contains connection properties. (See Setting connection properties.)

4. Create a ServiceClient object by using its constructor and passing the ServiceClientFactory object. A ServiceClient object lets you invoke a service operation. It handles tasks such as locating, dispatching, and routing invocation requests.

5. Create a java.util.HashMap object by using its constructor.

6. Invoke the java.util.HashMap object’s put method for each input parameter to pass to the long-lived process. Ensure that you specify the name of the process’s input parameters. Because the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process requires one input parameter of type XML (named formData), you only have to invoke the put method once.

    //Get the XML to pass to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process
    org.w3c.dom.Document inXML = GetDataSource(name,phone,amount);
   
    //Create a Map object to store the parameter value
    Map params = new HashMap();
    params.put("formData", inXML);
   

7. Create an InvocationRequest object by invoking the ServiceClientFactory object’s createInvocationRequest method and passing the following values:

   • A string value that specifies the name of the long-lived process to invoke. To invoke the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process, specify FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess.
   • A string value that represents the process operation name. The name of the long-lived process operation is invoke.
   • The java.util.HashMap object that contains the parameter values that the service operation requires.
   • A Boolean value that specifies false, which creates an asynchronous request (this value is applicable to invoke a long-lived process).
   NOTE

   A short-lived process can be invoked by passing the value true as the fourth parameter of the createInvocationRequest method. Passing the value true creates a synchronous request.

8. Send the invocation request to AEM Forms by invoking the ServiceClient object’s invoke method and passing the InvocationRequest object. The invoke method returns an InvocationReponse object.

9. A long-lived process returns a string value that represents an invocation identification value. Retrieve this value by invoking the InvocationReponse object’s getInvocationId method.

    //Send the invocation request to the long-lived process and
    //get back an invocation response object
    InvocationResponse lcResponse = myServiceClient.invoke(lcRequest);
    String invocationId = lcResponse.getInvocationId();
   

10. Write the invocation identification value to the client web browser. You can use a java.io.PrintWriter instance to write this value to the client web browser.

Quick Start: Invoking a long-lived process using the Invocation API

The following Java code example represents the Java servlet that invokes the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process.

 /*
     * This Java Quick Start uses the following JAR files
     * 1. adobe-livecycle-client.jar
     * 2. adobe-usermanager-client.jar
     *
     * (Because this  quick start is implemented as a Java servlet, it is
     * not necessary to include J2EE specific JAR files - the Java project
     * that contains this quick start is exported as a WAR file which
     * is deployed to the J2EE application server)
     *
     * These JAR files are located in the following path:
     * <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/common
     *
     * For complete details about the location of these JAR files,
     * see "Including AEM Forms library files" in Programming with AEM forms
     * */
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;

 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.util.*;
 import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory;
 import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactoryProperties;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
 import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
 import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;

 import com.adobe.idp.dsc.InvocationRequest;
 import com.adobe.idp.dsc.InvocationResponse;
 import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClient;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;

     public class SubmitXML extends javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet implements javax.servlet.Servlet {
       static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

        public SubmitXML() {
         super();
     }


     protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
         // TODO Auto-generated method stub
         doPost(request,response);
     }

     protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {

         try{
             //Set connection properties required to invoke AEM Forms
             Properties connectionProps = new Properties();
             connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_EJB_ENDPOINT, "jnp://localhost:1099");
             connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL,ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_EJB_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);

             //Create a ServiceClient object
             ServiceClient myServiceClient = myFactory.getServiceClient();

             //Get the values that are passed from the Loan HTML page
             String name = (String)request.getParameter("name");
             String phone = (String)request.getParameter("phone");
             String amount = (String)request.getParameter("amount");

             //Create XML to pass to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process
             org.w3c.dom.Document inXML = GetDataSource(name,phone,amount);

             //Create a Map object to store the XML input parameter value
             Map params = new HashMap();
             params.put("formData", inXML);

             //Create an InvocationRequest object
             InvocationRequest lcRequest =  myFactory.createInvocationRequest(
                 "FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess", //Specify the long-lived process name
                     "invoke",           //Specify the operation name
                     params,               //Specify input values
                     false);               //Create an asynchronous request

             //Send the invocation request to the long-lived process and
             //get back an invocation response object
             InvocationResponse lcResponse = myServiceClient.invoke(lcRequest);
             String invocationId = lcResponse.getInvocationId();

             //Create a PrintWriter instance
             PrintWriter pp = response.getWriter();

             //Write the invocation identifier value back to the client web browser
             pp.println("The job status identifier value is: " +invocationId);

         }catch (Exception e) {
              System.out.println("The following exception occurred: "+e.getMessage());
       }
     }


      //Create XML data to pass to the long-lived process
      private static org.w3c.dom.Document GetDataSource(String name, String phone, String amount)
      {
             org.w3c.dom.Document document = null;

             try
             {
                 //Create DocumentBuilderFactory and DocumentBuilder objects
                 DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
                 DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();

                 //Create a new Document object
                 document = builder.newDocument();

                 //Create MortgageApp - the root element in the XML
                 Element root = (Element)document.createElement("LoanApp");
                 document.appendChild(root);

                 //Create an XML element for Name
                 Element nameElement = (Element)document.createElement("Name");
                 nameElement.appendChild(document.createTextNode(name));
                 root.appendChild(nameElement);

                 //Create an XML element for Phone
                 Element phoneElement = (Element)document.createElement("PhoneOrEmail");
                 phoneElement.appendChild(document.createTextNode(phone));
                 root.appendChild(phoneElement);

                 //Create an XML element for amount
                 Element loanElement = (Element)document.createElement("LoanAmount");
                 loanElement.appendChild(document.createTextNode(amount));
                 root.appendChild(loanElement);

                 //Create an XML element for ApprovalStatus
                 Element approveElement = (Element)document.createElement("ApprovalStatus");
                 approveElement.appendChild(document.createTextNode("PENDING APPROVAL"));
                 root.appendChild(approveElement);

               }
          catch (Exception e) {
                   System.out.println("The following exception occurred: "+e.getMessage());
                }
         return document;
          }
         }

Create the web page for the web application

The index.html web page provides an entry point to the Java servlet that invokes the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process. This web page is a basic HTML form that contains an HTML form and a submit button. When the user clicks the submit button, form data is posted to the SubmitXML Java servlet.

The Java servlet captures the data that is posted from the HTML page by using the following Java code:

 //Get the values that are passed from the Loan HTML page
 String name = request.getParameter("name");
 String phone = request.getParameter("phone");
 String amount = request.getParameter("amount");

The following HTML code represents the index.html file that was created during setup of the development environment. (See Create a web project.)

 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "https://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <title>Insert title here</title>
 </head>
 <body>
 <table>
     <TBODY>
         <TR>
             <td><img src="financeCorpLogo.jpg" width="172" height="62"></TD>
             <td><FONT size="+2"><strong>Java Loan Application Page</strong></FONT></TD>
             <td> </TD>
             <td> </TD>
         </TR>

     </TBODY>
 </TABLE>
     <FORM action="https://hiro-xp:8080/PreLoanProcess/SubmitXML" method="post">
        <table>
          <TBODY>
                <TR>
                      <td><LABEL for="name">Name: </LABEL></TD>
                  <td><INPUT type="text" name="name"></TD>
                  <td><input type="submit" value="Submit Application"></TD>
                  </TR>
            <TR>
                  <td> <LABEL for="phone">Phone/Email: </LABEL></TD>
              <td><INPUT type="text" name="phone"></TD>
                  <td></TD>
              </TR>

            <TR>
                  <td><LABEL for="amount">Amount: </LABEL></TD>
              <td><INPUT type="text" name="amount"></TD>
                 <td></TD>
             </TR>
          </TBODY>
 </TABLE>
       </FORM>
 </body>
 </html>

Package the web application to a WAR file

To deploy the Java servlet that invokes the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process, package your web application to a WAR file. Ensure that external JAR files that the component’s business logic depends on, such as adobe-livecycle-client.jar and adobe-usermanager-client.jar, are also included in the WAR file.

The following illustration shows the Eclipse project’s content, which is packaged to a WAR file.

Package a web application to a WAR file:

1. From the Project Explorer window, right-click the InvokePreLoanProcess project and select Export > WAR file.
2. In the Web module text box, type InvokePreLoanProcess for the name of the Java project.
3. In the Destination text box, type PreLoanProcess.warfor thefilename, specify the location for your WAR file, and then click Finish.

Deploy the WAR file to the J2EE application server hosting AEM Forms

Deploy the WAR file to the J2EE application server on which AEM Forms is deployed. To deploy the WAR file to the J2EE application server, copy the WAR file from the export path to [AEM Forms Install]\Adobe\Adobe Experience Manager Forms\jboss\server\lc_turnkey\deploy.

Test your web application

After you deploy the web application, you can test it by using a web browser. Assuming that you are using the same computer that is hosting AEM Forms, you can specify the following URL:

• http://localhost:8080/PreLoanProcess/index.html

  Enter values into the HTML form fields and click the Submit Application button. If problems occur, see the J2EE application server’s log file.

Creating an ASP.NET web application that invokes a human-centric long-lived process

You can create an ASP.NET application that invokes the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process. To invoke this process from an ASP.NET application, use web services. (See Invoking AEM Forms using Web Services.)

The following illustration shows an ASP.NET client application obtaining data from an end user. The data is placed into an XML data source and sent to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process when the user clicks the Submit Application button.

Notice after the process is invoked, an invocation identifier value is displayed. An invocation identifier value is created as part of a record that tracks the status of the long-lived process.

The ASP.NET application performs the following tasks:

• Retrieves the values that the user entered into the web page.
• Dynamically creates an XML data source that is passed to the* FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess *process. The three values are specified in the XML data source.
• Invokes the* FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess *process by using the web services.
• Returns the invocation identifier value and the status of the long-lived operation to the client web browser.

Summary of steps

To create an ASP.NET application that is able to invoke the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process, perform the following steps:

1. Create an ASP.NET web application.
2. Create an ASP page that invokes FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess.
3. Run the ASP.NET application.

Create an ASP.NET web application

Create a Microsoft .NET C# ASP.NET Web application. The following illustration shows the contents of the ASP.NET project named InvokePreLoanProcess.

Notice under Service References, there are two items. The first item is named* JobManager*. This reference enables the ASP.NET application to invoke the Job Manager service. This service returns information about the status of a long-lived process. For example, if the process is currently running, then this service returns a numeric value that specifies the process is currently running. The second reference is namedPreLoanProcess. This service reference represents the reference to the* FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess *process. After you create a Service Reference, data types associated with the AEM Forms service are available for use within your .NET project.

Create a ASP.NET project:

1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.
2. From the File menu, select New, Web Site.
3. In the Templates list, select ASP.NET Web Site.
4. In the Location box, select a location for your project. Name your project InvokePreLoanProcess.
5. In the Language box, select Visual C#
6. Click OK.

Add service references:

1. In the Project menu, select Add Service Reference.

2. In the Address dialog box, specify the WSDL to the Job Manager service.

    https://hiro-xp:8080/soap/services/JobManager?WSDL&lc_version=9.0.1
   

3. In the Namespace field, type JobManager.

4. Click Go and then click OK.

5. In the Project menu, select Add Service Reference.

6. In the Address dialog box, specify the WSDL to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process.

    https://hiro-xp:8080/soap/services/FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess?WSDL&lc_version=9.0.1
   

7. In the Namespace field, type PreLoanProcess.

8. Click Go and then click OK.

Create an ASP page that invokes FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess

Within the ASP.NET project, add a web form (an ASPX file) that is responsible for displaying an HTML page to the loan applicant. The web form is based on a class that is derived from System.Web.UI.Page. The C# application logic that invokes FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess is located in the Button1_Click method (this button represents the Submit Application button).

The following illustration shows the ASP.NET application

The following table lists the controls that are part of this ASP.NET application.

The application logic that is part of the ASP.NET application must dynamically create an XML data source to pass to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process. The values that the applicant entered into the HTML page must be specified within the XML data source. These data values are merged into the form when the form is viewed in Workspace. The classes located in the System.Xml namespace are used to create the XML data source.

When invoking a process that requires XML data from an ASP.NET application, an XML data type is available for you to use. That is, you cannot pass a System.Xml.XmlDocument instance to the process. The fully qualified name of this XML instance to pass to the process is InvokePreLoanProcess.PreLoanProcess.XML. Convert the System.Xml.XmlDocument instance to InvokePreLoanProcess.PreLoanProcess.XML. You can perform this task by using the following code.

 //Create the XML to pass to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process
 XmlDocument myXML = CreateXML(userName, phone, amount);

 //Convert the XML to a InvokePreLoanProcess.PreLoanProcess.XML instance
 StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
 XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(sw);
 myXML.WriteTo(xw);

 InvokePreLoanProcess.PreLoanProcess.XML inXML = new XML();
 inXML.document = sw.ToString();

To create an ASP page that invokes the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process, perform the following tasks in the Button1_Click method:

1. Create a FirstAppSolution_PreLoanProcessClient object by using its default constructor.

2. Create a FirstAppSolution_PreLoanProcessClient.Endpoint.Address object by using the System.ServiceModel.EndpointAddress constructor. Pass a string value that specifies the WSDL to the AEM Forms service and the encoding type:

    https://hiro-xp:8080/soap/services/FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess?blob=mtom
   

   You do not need to use the lc_version attribute. This attribute is used when you create a service reference. However, ensure that you specify ?blob=mtom.

   NOTE

   Replace hiro-xp* with the IP address of the J2EE application server hosting AEM Forms. *

3. Create a System.ServiceModel.BasicHttpBinding object by getting the value of the FirstAppSolution_PreLoanProcessClient.Endpoint.Binding data member. Cast the return value to BasicHttpBinding.

4. Set the System.ServiceModel.BasicHttpBinding object’s MessageEncoding data member to WSMessageEncoding.Mtom. This value ensures that MTOM is used.

5. Enable basic HTTP authentication by performing the following tasks:

   • Assign the AEM forms user name to the data member FirstAppSolution_PreLoanProcessClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName.
   • Assign the corresponding password value to the data member FirstAppSolution_PreLoanProcessClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password.
   • Assign the constant value HttpClientCredentialType.Basic to the data member BasicHttpBindingSecurity.Transport.ClientCredentialType.
   • Assign the constant value BasicHttpSecurityMode.TransportCredentialOnly to the data member BasicHttpBindingSecurity.Security.Mode.

   The following code example shows these tasks.

    //Enable BASIC HTTP authentication
    BasicHttpBinding b = (BasicHttpBinding)mortgageClient.Endpoint.Binding;
    b.MessageEncoding = WSMessageEncoding.Mtom;
    mortgageClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "administrator";
    mortgageClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "password";
    b.Security.Transport.ClientCredentialType = HttpClientCredentialType.Basic;
    b.Security.Mode = BasicHttpSecurityMode.TransportCredentialOnly;
    b.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 2000000;
    b.MaxBufferSize = 2000000;
    b.ReaderQuotas.MaxArrayLength = 2000000;
   

6. Retrieve the name, phone, and amount values that the user entered into the web page. Use these values to dynamically create an XML data source that is sent to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process. Create a System.Xml.XmlDocument that represents the XML data source to pass to the process (this application logic is shown in the following code example).

7. Convert the System.Xml.XmlDocument instance to InvokePreLoanProcess.PreLoanProcess.XML (this application logic is shown in the following code example).

8. Invoke the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process by invoking the FirstAppSolution_PreLoanProcessClient object’s invoke_Async method. This method returns a string value that represents the invocation identifier value of the long-lived process.

9. Create a JobManagerClient by using is constructor. (Ensure that you have set a service reference to the Job Manager service.)

10. Repeat steps 1-5. Specify the following URL for step 2: https://hiro-xp:8080/soap/services/JobManager?blob=mtom.

11. Create a JobId object by using its constructor.

12. Set the JobId object’s id data member with the return value of the FirstAppSolution_PreLoanProcessClient object’s invoke_Async method.

13. Assign the value true to the JobId object’s persistent data member.

14. Create a JobStatus object by invoking the JobManagerService object 's getStatus method and passing the JobId object.

15. Get the status value by retrieving the value of the JobStatus object’s statusCode data member.

16. Assign the invocation identifier value to the LabelJobID.Text field.

17. Assign the status value to the LabelStatus.Text field.

Quick Start: Invoking a long-lived process using the web service API

The following C# code example invokes the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcessprocess.

 ???/**
     * Ensure that you create a .NET project that uses
     * MS Visual Studio 2008 and version 3.5 of the .NET
     * framework. This is required to invoke a
     * AEM Forms service using MTOM.


 using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Configuration;
 using System.Data;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Web;
 using System.ServiceModel;
 using System.Web.Security;
 using System.Web.UI;
 using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
 using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
 using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using System.Xml;
 using System.IO;

 //A reference to FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess
 using InvokePreLoanProcess.PreLoanProcess;

 //A reference to JobManager service
 using InvokePreLoanProcess.JobManager;


 namespace InvokePreLoanProcess
 {
        public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
        {
            //This method is called when the Submit Application button is
            //Clicked
            protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
                //Create a FirstAppSolution_PreLoanProcessClient object
                FirstAppSolution_PreLoanProcessClient mortgageClient = new FirstAppSolution_PreLoanProcessClient();
                mortgageClient.Endpoint.Address = new System.ServiceModel.EndpointAddress("https://hiro-xp:8080/soap/services/FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess?blob=mtom");

                //Enable BASIC HTTP authentication
                BasicHttpBinding b = (BasicHttpBinding)mortgageClient.Endpoint.Binding;
                b.MessageEncoding = WSMessageEncoding.Mtom;
                mortgageClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "administrator";
                mortgageClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "password";
                b.Security.Transport.ClientCredentialType = HttpClientCredentialType.Basic;
                b.Security.Mode = BasicHttpSecurityMode.TransportCredentialOnly;
                b.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 2000000;
                b.MaxBufferSize = 2000000;
                b.ReaderQuotas.MaxArrayLength = 2000000;

                //Retrieve values that user entered into the web page
                String userName = TextBoxName.Text;
                String phone = TextBoxPhone.Text;
                String amount = TextBoxAmount.Text;

                //Create the XML to pass to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process
                XmlDocument myXML = CreateXML(userName, phone, amount);

                StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
                XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(sw);
                myXML.WriteTo(xw);

                InvokePreLoanProcess.PreLoanProcess.XML inXML = new XML();
                inXML.document = sw.ToString();

                //INvoke the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process
                String invocationID =  mortgageClient.invoke_Async(inXML);

                //Create a JobManagerClient object to obtain the status of the long-lived operation
                JobManagerClient jobManager = new JobManagerClient();
                jobManager.Endpoint.Address = new System.ServiceModel.EndpointAddress("https://hiro-xp:8080/soap/services/JobManager?blob=mtom");

                //Enable BASIC HTTP authentication
                BasicHttpBinding b1 = (BasicHttpBinding)jobManager.Endpoint.Binding;
                b1.MessageEncoding = WSMessageEncoding.Mtom;
                jobManager.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "administrator";
                jobManager.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "password";
                b1.Security.Transport.ClientCredentialType = HttpClientCredentialType.Basic;
                b1.Security.Mode = BasicHttpSecurityMode.TransportCredentialOnly;
                b1.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 2000000;
                b1.MaxBufferSize = 2000000;
                b1.ReaderQuotas.MaxArrayLength = 2000000;


                //Create a JobID object that represents the status of the
                //long-lived operation
                JobId jobId = new JobId();
                jobId.id = invocationID;
                jobId.persistent = true;
                JobStatus jobStatus = jobManager.getStatus(jobId);
                System.Int16 val2 = jobStatus.statusCode;
                LabelJobID.Text = "The job status identifier value is " + invocationID;
                LabelStatus.Text = "The status of the long-lived operation is " + getJobDescription(val2);

            }

            private static XmlDocument CreateXML(String name, String phone, String amount)
            {
                //This method dynamically creates a DDX document
                //to pass to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process
                XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();

                //Create the root element and append it to the XML DOM
                System.Xml.XmlElement root = xmlDoc.CreateElement("LoanApp");
                xmlDoc.AppendChild(root);

                //Create the Name element
                XmlElement nameElement = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Name");
                nameElement.AppendChild(xmlDoc.CreateTextNode(name));
                root.AppendChild(nameElement);

                //Create the LoanAmount element
                XmlElement LoanAmount = xmlDoc.CreateElement("LoanAmount");
                LoanAmount.AppendChild(xmlDoc.CreateTextNode(amount));
                root.AppendChild(LoanAmount);

                //Create the PhoneOrEmail element
                XmlElement PhoneOrEmail = xmlDoc.CreateElement("PhoneOrEmail");
                PhoneOrEmail.AppendChild(xmlDoc.CreateTextNode(phone));
                root.AppendChild(PhoneOrEmail);

                //Create the ApprovalStatus element
                XmlElement ApprovalStatus = xmlDoc.CreateElement("ApprovalStatus");
                ApprovalStatus.AppendChild(xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("PENDING APPROVAL"));
                root.AppendChild(ApprovalStatus);

                //Return the XmlElement instance
                return xmlDoc;
            }


            //Returns the String value of the Job Manager status code
            private String getJobDescription(int val)
            {
                switch(val)
                {
                    case 0:
                        return "JOB_STATUS_UNKNOWN";

                    case 1:
                        return "JOB_STATUS_QUEUED";

                    case 2:
                        return "JOB_STATUS_RUNNING";

                    case 3:
                        return "JOB_STATUS_COMPLETED";

                    case 4:
                        return "JOB_STATUS_FAILED";

                     case 5:
                        return "JOB_STATUS_COMPLETED";

                    case 6:
                        return "JOB_STATUS_SUSPENDED";

                    case 7:
                        return "JOB_STATUS_COMPLETE_REQUESTED";

                    case 8:
                        return "JOB_STATUS_TERMINATE_REQUESTED";

                     case 9:
                        return "JOB_STATUS_SUSPEND_REQUESTED";

                       case 10:
                        return "JOB_STATUS_RESUME_REQUESTED";
                }

                return "";
            }
       }
 }

Run the ASP.NET application

After you compile and deploy your ASP.NET application, you can execute it using a web browser. Assuming the name of the ASP.NET project is InvokePreLoanProcess, specify the following URL within a web browser:

*http://localhost:1629/InvokePreLoanProcess/*Default.aspx

where localhost is the name of the web server hosting the ASP.NET project and 1629 is the port number. When you compile and build your ASP.NET application, Microsoft Visual Studio, automatically deploys it.

Creating a client application built with Flex that invokes a human-centric long-lived process

You can create a client application built with Flex to invoke the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process. This application uses Remoting to invoke the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process. (See Invoking AEM Forms using (Deprecated for AEM forms) AEM Forms Remoting.)

The following illustration shows a client application built with Flex collecting data from an end user. The data is placed into an XML data source and sent to the process.

Notice after the process is invoked, an invocation identifier value is displayed. An invocation identifier value is created as part of a record that tracks the status of the long-lived process.

The client application built with Flex performs the following tasks:

• Retrieves the values that the user entered into the web page.
• Dynamically creates an XML data source that is passed to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process. The three values are specified in the XML data source.
• Invokes the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process by using Remoting.
• Returns the invocation identifier value of the long-lived process.

Summary of steps

To create a client application built with Flex that is able to invoke the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process, perform the following steps:

1. Start a new Flex project.

2. Include the adobe-remoting-provider.swc file in your project’s class path. (See Including the AEM Forms Flex library file.)

3. Create a mx:RemoteObject instance through either ActionScript or MXML. (See Creating a mx:RemoteObject instance)

4. Set up a ChannelSet instance to communicate with AEM Forms, and associate it with the mx:RemoteObject instance. (See Create a Channel to AEM Forms.)

5. Call the ChannelSet’s login method or the service’s setCredentials method to specify the user identifier value and password. (See Using single sign-on.)

6. Create the XML data source to pass to the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process by creating an XML instance. (This application logic is shown in the following code example.)

7. Create an object of type Object by using its constructor. Assign the XML to the object by specifying the name of the process’s input parameter, as shown in the following code:

    //Get the XML data to pass to the AEM Forms process
    var xml:XML = createXML();
    var params:Object = new Object();
    params["formData"]=xml;
   

8. Invoke the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process by calling the mx:RemoteObject instance’s invoke_Async method. Pass the Object that contains the input parameter. (See Passing input values.)

9. Retrieve the invocation identification value that is returned from a long-lived process, as shown in the following code:

    // Handles async call that invokes the long-lived process
    private function resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
    {
    ji = event.result as JobId;
    jobStatusDisplay.text = "Job Status ID: " + ji.jobId as String;
    }
   

Invoking a long-lived process using Remoting

The following Flex code example invokes the FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess process.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

 <mx:Application  xmlns="*" backgroundColor="#FFFFFF"
      creationComplete="initializeChannelSet();">

 <mx:Script>
          <![CDATA[

             import mx.controls.Alert;
             import mx.rpc.events.FaultEvent;
             import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
             import flash.net.navigateToURL;
             import mx.messaging.ChannelSet;
             import mx.messaging.channels.AMFChannel;
             import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
             import mx.rpc.livecycle.JobId;
             import mx.rpc.livecycle.JobStatus;
             import mx.rpc.livecycle.DocumentReference;
             import mx.formatters.NumberFormatter;

             // Holds the job ID returned by LC.JobManager
             private var ji:JobId;

             private function initializeChannelSet():void
              {
              var cs:ChannelSet= new ChannelSet();
         cs.addChannel(new AMFChannel("remoting-amf", "https://hiro-xp:8080/remoting/messagebroker/amf"));
         LC_MortgageApp.setCredentials("tblue", "password");
         LC_MortgageApp.channelSet = cs;
              }

            private function submitApplication():void
             {
             //Get the XML data to pass to the AEM Forms process
             var xml:XML = createXML();
             var params:Object = new Object();
             params["formData"]=xml;
             LC_MortgageApp.invoke_Async(params);
             }

             // Handles async call that invokes the long-lived process
             private function resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
             {
                ji = event.result as JobId;
                jobStatusDisplay.text = "Job Status ID: " + ji.jobId as String;
             }

             private function createXML():XML
             {
                //Calculate the Mortgage value to place in the XML data
                var propertyPrice:String = txtAmount.text ;
                var name:String = txtName.text ;
                var phone:String = txtPhone.text ;;

                var model:XML =

                  <LoanApp>
                           <Name>{name}</Name>
                           <LoanAmount>{propertyPrice}</LoanAmount>
                           <PhoneOrEmail>{phone}</PhoneOrEmail>
                           <ApprovalStatus>PENDING APPROVAL</ApprovalStatus>
                  </LoanApp>

              return model;
             }


          ]]>
       </mx:Script>

       <!-- Declare the RemoteObject and set its destination to the mortgage-app remoting endpoint defined in AEM Forms. -->
       <mx:RemoteObject id="LC_MortgageApp" destination="FirstAppSolution/PreLoanProcess" result="resultHandler(event);">
          <mx:method name="invoke_Async" result="resultHandler(event)"/>
      </mx:RemoteObject>


     <mx:Grid x="229" y="186">
         <mx:GridRow width="100%" height="100%">
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
                 <mx:Image>
                     <mx:source>file:///D|/LiveCycle_9/FirstApp/financeCorpLogo.jpg</mx:source>
                 </mx:Image>
             </mx:GridItem>
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
                 <mx:Label text="Flex Loan Application Page" fontSize="20"/>
             </mx:GridItem>
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
             </mx:GridItem>
         </mx:GridRow>
         <mx:GridRow width="100%" height="100%">
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
                 <mx:Label text="Name:" fontSize="12" fontWeight="bold"/>
             </mx:GridItem>
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
                 <mx:TextInput id="txtName"/>
             </mx:GridItem>
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
                 <mx:Button label="Submit Application" click="submitApplication()"/>
             </mx:GridItem>
         </mx:GridRow>
         <mx:GridRow width="100%" height="100%">
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
                 <mx:Label text="Phone/Email:" fontSize="12" fontWeight="bold"/>
             </mx:GridItem>
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
                 <mx:TextInput id="txtPhone"/>
             </mx:GridItem>
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
             </mx:GridItem>
         </mx:GridRow>
         <mx:GridRow width="100%" height="100%">
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
                 <mx:Label text="Amount:" fontSize="12" fontWeight="bold"/>
             </mx:GridItem>
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
                 <mx:TextInput id="txtAmount"/>
             </mx:GridItem>
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
             </mx:GridItem>
         </mx:GridRow>
         <mx:GridRow width="100%" height="100%">
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
             </mx:GridItem>
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
                 <mx:Label text="Label" id="jobStatusDisplay" enabled="true" fontSize="12" fontWeight="bold"/>
             </mx:GridItem>
             <mx:GridItem width="100%" height="100%">
             </mx:GridItem>
         </mx:GridRow>
     </mx:Grid>

 </mx:Application>

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