The Research And Design Of Workflow Management System Based On J2EE And OSWorkflow

The workflow is a management process which can be executed automatically or half-automatically according to a series of rules. It can transfer documents, information and tasks between different executors.The workflow Management System is a kind of software with the research object of implementing a distributed, cooperated business progress that can be executed automatically or half-automatically based on computer. As the rapid development and application of internet / intranet, distributed, cooperated business progress based on computer becomes more and more important in enterprises, and it also has a broad future.This paper starts with the research of the origin, actuality and development of Workflow, then the author analyses some interrelated conceptions of workflow in a detailed way, mainly about the classify method and functions. At last, the author discusses the system architecture, workflow modeling, and workflow executive-service based on the specifications of Workflow Management Coalition. Further more, after comparing some popular open-source workflow engine the author makes an deep research on OSWorkflow.This paper is based on J2EE architecture and uses many popular technology such as Struts,Hibernate, Spring, XML and so on. By designing and implementing a classical workflow module the feasibility of the new Workflow Management System is validated.The Workflow Management System prompted by this paper has a feasible characteristic of customization, excellence security, stability and expansibility...