yFiles BPMN Extension
Release Notes
Next-generation yFiles for Java (Swing)
or higher
Beginning with version 3.0, the yFiles for Java (Swing) diagramming library features a brand-new, modern API which requires Java 8. This API is mature and provides many new features that are not available out-of-the-box in the 2.x line. It also provides the functionality of the ySVG, yExport and yBPMN package as source code application, therefore the extension packages are no longer required.
We recommend to start development with the next-generation yFiles for Java in new Java Swing projects.
Especially in projects that don't need to support legacy Java versions before Java 8, this
is the recommended way to realize your application's diagram visualization part.
Release Notes
The latest version of the yBPMN extension package is 2.1.
Technical Requirements
- Graph visualization library yFiles for Java 2.11 to 2.18 version series.
- Oracle J2SDK 1.4 or higher for software development with yBPMN.
- Oracle J2RE 1.4 or higher to execute yBPMN powered programs.
- A browser to view the HTML documentation.
yBPMN 2.1 - Changes Since 2.0
Improvements
- BpmnLayouter now uses class EdgeRouter for routing edges.
- BpmnView: Clicks on empty space now create group or folder nodes if the displayed graph's default node realizer is a ProxyShapeNodeRealizer.
- Child nodes of choreography group nodes can no longer be moved onto the choreography group nodes' participant node labels.
Bugfixes
- Fixed problem with automatic port constraints in BpmnLayoutConfigurator's custom NodePortLayoutConfigurator that sometimes caused
ClassCastException: y.view.NodePort cannot be cast to y.layout.PortConstraint. - Fixed possible
ClassCastExceptionwhen arranging BPMN diagrams with BpmnLayouter.
Incompatible API Changes
- EventPortIOHandler.EventPortUserDataWriter: Removed public methods
getNodePortUserDataWriterProvider(y.io.graphml.output.GraphMLWriter)andcreateProvider(y.io.graphml.output.OutputHandlerProvider).
yBPMN 2.0 - Changes Since 1.0
This version adds extensive support for BPMN 2.0, including node visualizations for conversation and choreography diagrams, event characteristics, activities, markers, and attached events, to name just a few.
Features Added
- Added support for escalation and parallel multiple events.
See EVENT_TYPE_ESCALATION and EVENT_TYPE_PARALLEL_MULTIPLE. - Added support for event sub-process interrupting, event sub-process non-interrupting, boundary interrupting, and boundary non-interrupting event characteristics.
See EVENT_CHARACTERISTIC_INTERMEDIATE_BOUNDARY_INTERRUPTING, EVENT_CHARACTERISTIC_INTERMEDIATE_BOUNDARY_NON_INTERRUPTING, EVENT_CHARACTERISTIC_START_EVENT_SUB_PROCESS_INTERRUPTING, and EVENT_CHARACTERISTIC_START_EVENT_SUB_PROCESS_NON_INTERRUPTING. - Added support for exclusive event-based and parallel event-based gateways.
See GATEWAY_TYPE_EVENT_BASED_EXCLUSIVE_START_PROCESS and GATEWAY_TYPE_PARALLEL_EVENT_BASED_EXCLUSIVE_START_PROCESS. - Added visualization support for conversation nodes.
See CONVERSATION_TYPE, ConversationTypeEnum, BpmnConversationPainter, and createConversation. - Added visualization support for choreography nodes.
See CHOREOGRAPHY_TYPE, ChoreographyTypeEnum, BpmnChoreographyPainter, and createChoreography.
Participants are supported as customized node labels.
See ChoreographyLabelModel, ChoreographyLabelPainter, and ChoreographyLabelUtils. - Added support for collection data objects, data input, data output, as well as data store.
See ARTIFACT_TYPE_DATA_STORE, DataObjectTypeEnum, and createArtifact - Added support for message nodes.
See ARTIFACT_TYPE_REPLY_MESSAGE and ARTIFACT_TYPE_REQUEST_MESSAGE. - Added support for call and transaction activities.
See ACTIVITY_TYPE and ActivityTypeEnum. - Added support for activity markers and task types.
See MarkerTypeEnum, BpmnMarkerDecorator, TaskTypeEnum, and BpmnTaskTypeDecorator. - Added support for attached events using node ports.
See EventPortConfiguration and EventPortSupport.
Improvements
- BPMN connections created using method createConnection now support bridge rendering.
Incompatible Changes
- BpmnActivityPainter: Rendering of state icons (open, close) is now done by class BpmnMarkerDecorator and consequently methods
findMouseInputEditorandisStateIconHithave been moved to said class as well. - BpmnRealizerFactory: Realizers created by the factory now have nice fill color and fill color 2.
Bugfixes
- Fixed bug in BpmnLayouter that causes a NullPointerException for graphs consisting only of pool nodes.
