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h1. Creating a service-unit for a process definition

h2. Creating the service contract

The SE Activity provides a service with several operation for a process definition. A WSDL is associated to this service. This WSDL can be written freely. The user can use its own namespace, its own names, ... It is only constraint by the following rules:
* the operations of the binding section *are annotated* to link them to the supported operations (create an instance of the process definition, complete the current task of the process instance, ...)
* the mandatory parameters of the operation *are annotated* to retrieve the right values.

h3. Identifying operations

The mapping between operations of the WSDL and operations supported by the SE Activity is declared using a dedicated binding. The binding "Activity" is done adding the element {{\{http://petals.ow2.org/se/activity/1.0}operation}} to the element operation of the binding. Its attribute *{{activityAction}}* defines the operation that will be executed.

In the same way, parameters of operations are mapped through an annotation placed inside the message of the binding operation. This annotation is done adding the element {{\{http://petals.ow2.org/se/activity/1.0}parameter}} to the input and output messages. This annotation takes two attributes:
* the attribute *{{activityParamName}}* defines the variable name used in the process definition,
* the attribute *{{activityParamValue}}* defines the value to set to the variable using an XPath expression.

{color:red}*What about fault ?*{color}

h4. Create an instance of a process definition

h5. Operation

The operation creating instances of process definition is identified by the value *{{createProcInstOp}}* set on the attribute {{activityAction}}:
{code}
<wsdl:binding name="Order">
<wsdl:operation name="newOrder" type="...">
<activity:operation xmlns:psa="http://petals.ow2.org/se/activity/1.0"
activityAction="createProcInstOp" />
<wsdl:input/>
<wsdl:output/>
</wsdl:operation>
</wsdl:binding>
{code}

It is possible to map several operations of the WSDL to the creation of process instances, but its has perhaps no sens.

h5. Input parameters

{color:red}*TODO. Les types ?; les arborescences*{color}

h5. Output parameters

{color:red}*TODO{color}

h4. Complete task of a process instance

h5. Operation

The operation completing a task of a process instance is identified by the value *{{completeTaskOp}}* set on the attribute {{activityAction}}:
{code}
<wsdl:binding name="Order">
<wsdl:operation name="validOrder" type="...">
<activity:operation xmlns:psa="http://petals.ow2.org/se/activity/1.0"
activityAction="completeTaskOp" />
<wsdl:input/>
<wsdl:output/>
</wsdl:operation>
</wsdl:binding>
{code}

It is possible to map several operations of the WSDL to complete tasks, for example when a process can have several task in progress concurrently.

Some parameters are expected for this operation:
* identifier of the process instance,
* identifier of the task to complete,
* completion status.

{color:red}*Mapping des parametres à faire*{color}

h5. Input parameters

{color:red}*TODO. Les types ?; les arborescences*{color}

h5. Output parameters

{color:red}*TODO{color}

h4. Retrieve process instances

h5. Operation

The operation retrieving process instances is identified by the value *{{retrieveProcInst}}* set on the attribute {{activityAction}}:
{code}
<wsdl:binding name="Order">
<wsdl:operation name="searchOrder" type="...">
<activity:operation xmlns:psa="http://petals.ow2.org/se/activity/1.0"
activityAction="retrieveProcInst" />
<wsdl:input/>
<wsdl:output/>
</wsdl:operation>
</wsdl:binding>
{code}

It is possible to map several operations of the WSDL to search process instance, for example with different search criteria.

h5. Input parameters

{color:red}*TODO. Les types ?; les arborescences*{color}

h5. Output parameters

{color:red}*TODO{color}

h1. Configuring the component

The component is be configured through the parameters of its JBI descriptor file. These parameters are divided in following groups:
* *JBI parameters* that have not to be changed otherwise the component will not work,
* *CDK parameters* that are parameters driving the processing of the CDK layer,
* and *Activity parametrs" that are relative to the engine "Activity".

{color:red}*TODO: Mettre une copie en exemple d'un descripteur JBI du SE*{color}
{code:lang=xml}<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jbi
version="1.0"
xmlns='http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jbi'
xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'
xmlns:petalsCDK="http://petals.ow2.org/components/extensions/version-5"
xmlns:xslt="http://petals.ow2.org/components/activity/version-1">

<component type="service-engine">
<identification>
<name>petals-se-activity</name>
<description>An Activity Service Engine</description>
</identification>

<component-class-name description="Activity Component class">org.ow2.petals.se.activity.ActivitySe</component-class-name>
<component-class-path><path-element/></component-class-path>
<bootstrap-class-name>org.ow2.petals.component.framework.DefaultBootstrap</bootstrap-class-name>
<bootstrap-class-path><path-element/></bootstrap-class-path>

<petalsCDK:acceptor-pool-size>3</petalsCDK:acceptor-pool-size>
<petalsCDK:processor-pool-size>10</petalsCDK:processor-pool-size>
<petalsCDK:processor-max-pool-size>50</petalsCDK:processor-max-pool-size>
<petalsCDK:properties-file></petalsCDK:properties-file>
<petalsCDK:jbi-listener-class-name>org.ow2.petals.se.activity.ActivityJBIListener</petalsCDK:jbi-listener-class-name>
</component>
</jbi>{code}

h2. CDK parameters
The component configuration includes the configuration of the CDK. The following parameters correspond to the CDK configuration.

{include:0 CDK Component Configuration Table 5.4.0}
{include:0 CDK Parameter scope}
{include:0 CDK Component Interceptor configuration}

h2. Component specific parameters

These parameters are extracted from parameters available for Activity 5.1.3:
* database parameters. Your are responsible to provide this database according to your needs. And especially, you must assume that the database is highly available to have a SE Activity highly available.

h3. Database parameters

{center}{*}Configuration of the component, Specific parameter part, Database*{center}
{table-plus}
|| {color:#333333}Parameter{color} || {color:#333333}Description{color} || {color:#333333}Default{color} || {color:#333333}Required{color} || Scope ||
| jdbc-url | URL of the database. The default database is an in-memory database | {center}jdbc:h2:mem:activiti;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=1000{center} | {center}Yes{center} | {center}Installation{center} |
| jdbc-driver | JDBC driver. Except for the default JDBC driver, it *must* be provided as shared-library. | {center}org.h2.Driver{center} | {center}Yes{center} | {center}Installation{center} |
| jdbc-username | Username used for the database connection. | {center}sa{center} | {center}Yes{center} | {center}Installation{center} |
| jdbc-password | Passwrd used for the database connection. | {center}""{center} | {center}Yes{center} | {center}Installation{center} |
| jdbc-max-active-connections | The number of idle connections that the database connection pool at maximum at any time can contain. | {center}10{center} | {center}No{center} | {center}Runtime{center} |
| jdbc-max-idle-connections | The number of active connections that the database connection pool at maximum at any time can contain. | {center}-{center} | {center}No{center} | {center}Runtime{center} |
| jdbc-max-checkout-time | The amount of time in milliseconds a connection can be 'checked out' from the connection pool before it is forcefully returned. | {center}20000 (20 seconds){center} | {center}No{center} | {center}Runtime{center} |
| jdbc-max-wait-time | This is a low level setting that gives the pool a chance to print a log status and re-attempt the acquisition of a connection in the case that it’s taking unusually long (to avoid failing silently forever if the pool is misconfigured). | {center}20000 (20 seconds){center} | {center}No{center} | {center}Runtime{center} |

h1. Logging

To enable traces of the Activity engine, you add in the logging configuration file of Petals ESB the following logger with the right level: {{xxxx}}

h1. Monitoring the component

{warning}In this documentation, the term "Allocated threads" must be understood as "Active threads", see [PETALSDISTRIB-37|https://jira.petalslink.com/browse/PETALSDISTRIB-37]. This naming error will be fixed in the next version.{warning}

h2. Using metrics

Several probes providing metrics are included in the component, and are available through the JMX MBean '{{org.ow2.petals:type=custom,name=monitoring_*<component-id>*}}', where {{*<component-id>*}} is the unique JBI identifier of the component.

h3. Common metrics

{include:0 CDK Component Monitoring Metrics 5.4.0}

h3. Dedicated metrics

No dedicated metric is available.

h2. Receiving alerts

Several alerts are notified by the component through notification of the JMX MBean '{{org.ow2.petals:type=custom,name=monitoring_*<component-id>*}}', where {{*<component-id>*}} is the unique JBI identifier of the component.

{tip}To integrate these alerts with Nagios, see [petalsesbsnapshot:Receiving Petals ESB defects in Nagios].{tip}

h3. Common alerts

{include:0 CDK Component Monitoring Alerts 5.4.0}

h3. Dedicated alerts