//WHY Juel HERE? Take a look at the footnote
public class JuelFormEngine implements FormEngine {
public String getName() {
return "juel";
}
//At last, have an idea of formkey, and how to bind template and process inline script as well.
public Object renderStartForm(StartFormData startForm) {
if (startForm.getFormKey()==null) {
return null;
}
//Probably we might get FreeMarker template by the following line via Activiti infrastructure.
String formTemplateString = getFormTemplateString(startForm, startForm.getFormKey());
ScriptingEngines scriptingEngines = Context.getProcessEngineConfiguration().getScriptingEngines();
//Result Including business data? or just a template?
return scriptingEngines.evaluate(formTemplateString, ScriptingEngines.DEFAULT_SCRIPTING_LANGUAGE, null);
}
public Object renderTaskForm(TaskFormData taskForm) {
if (taskForm.getFormKey()==null) {
return null;
}
String formTemplateString = getFormTemplateString(taskForm, taskForm.getFormKey());
ScriptingEngines scriptingEngines = Context.getProcessEngineConfiguration().getScriptingEngines();
TaskEntity task = (TaskEntity) taskForm.getTask();
return scriptingEngines.evaluate(formTemplateString, ScriptingEngines.DEFAULT_SCRIPTING_LANGUAGE, task.getExecution());
}
protected String getFormTemplateString(FormData formInstance, String formKey) {
String deploymentId = formInstance.getDeploymentId();
ResourceEntity resourceStream = Context
.getCommandContext()
.getResourceManager()
.findResourceByDeploymentIdAndResourceName(deploymentId, formKey);
if (resourceStream == null) {
throw new ActivitiException("Form with formKey '"+formKey+"' does not exist");
}
byte[] resourceBytes = resourceStream.getBytes();
String formTemplateString = new String(resourceBytes);
return formTemplateString;
}
}
Footnote: JUEL is an implementation of the Unified Expression Language (EL), specified as part of the JSP 2.1 standard (JSR-245), which has been introduced in JEE5. Additionally, JUEL 2.2 implements the JSP 2.2 maintenance release specification for full JEE6 compliance.
Reference: http://juel.sourceforge.net/