Deployment

The deployment of the Imixs JSF Tools is very easy. The component needs simply be added to the /WEB-INF/lib folder of your web module. If you are using maven (which is recommended) you can simply add the following dependency into your pom.xml

 <dependency>
        <groupId>org.imixs.workflow</groupId>
        <artifactId>imixs-workflow-jsf</artifactId>
        <version>2.1.0</version> 
 </dependency>

To see the lates version provided by thsi project you can browse the Maven repository.

Adding a BackingBean

After you have integrated the Imixs JSF Tools into you web project you can add a BackingBean provided by the JSF Tools by simply extending the faces-config.xml file located in the /WEB-INF folder of you web project.

<managed-bean>
        <managed-bean-name>workflowMB</managed-bean-name>
        <managed-bean-class>org.imixs.workflow.jee.jsf.util.SimpleWorkflowController</managed-bean-class>
        <managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>

If you subclass the AbstractWorkflowController you should add the Class name provided by the tag managed-bean-class. This Example make use of the default SimpleWorkflowController.

Now deployment is finished and you can use the new Controller in you JSF Pages.

Note:

The SimpleWorkflowController assumes that you have an instance of the Imixs Workflow JEE components installed in you JEE module. Also it is necessary that you provide the application with a valid workflow model. See details on the JEE Workflow site and Workflow Modeler site