Flowable是一个轻量级的工作流和业务流程管理(BPM)平台,它提供了流程设计器,允许用户通过图形界面定义和建模业务流程。在Flowable中,你可以通过其提供的API将流程模型导出为图片和XML文件。以下是使用Flowable流程设计器生成图片和XML文件的基本步骤和技术原理,以及相应的代码案例。
技术原理
- BPMN 2.0 XML: Flowable流程设计器基于BPMN 2.0标准,用户通过设计器绘制的流程图实际上是BPMN 2.0 XML格式的描述。这个XML文件定义了流程的各个节点、顺序流、网关、事件等元素。
- 生成图片: 流程设计器通常将流程图渲染为图片,这可以通过将流程定义转换为图像格式来实现,例如PNG或JPEG。
- API调用: Flowable引擎提供了API,允许开发者通过编程方式操作流程定义,包括导出为图片或XML文件。
代码案例
下面是一个基于Spring Boot和Flowable的代码示例,展示如何将流程定义导出为图片和XML文件。
import org.flowable.engine.RepositoryService;
import org.flowable.engine.repository.Deployment;
import org.flowable.engine.repository.ProcessDefinition;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
@RestController
public class ProcessController {
@Autowired
private RepositoryService repositoryService;
@GetMapping(value = "/process-definition/image/{processDefinitionId}", produces = MediaType.IMAGE_PNG_VALUE)
public void getProcessDefinitionImage(@PathVariable String processDefinitionId, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
ProcessDefinition processDefinition = repositoryService.createProcessDefinitionQuery()
.processDefinitionId(processDefinitionId)
.singleResult();
Deployment deployment = repositoryService.createDeploymentQuery()
.deploymentId(processDefinition.getDeploymentId())
.singleResult();
InputStream imageStream = repositoryService.getResourceAsStream(deployment.getId(), processDefinition.getDiagramResourceName());
response.setContentType(MediaType.IMAGE_PNG_VALUE);
OutputStream outputStream = response.getOutputStream();
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int bytesRead;
while ((bytesRead = imageStream.read(buffer)) != -1) {
outputStream.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
}
outputStream.close();
}
@GetMapping("/process-definition/xml/{processDefinitionId}")
public void getProcessDefinitionXML(@PathVariable String processDefinitionId, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
ProcessDefinition processDefinition = repositoryService.createProcessDefinitionQuery()
.processDefinitionId(processDefinitionId)
.singleResult();
Deployment deployment = repositoryService.createDeploymentQuery()
.deploymentId(processDefinition.getDeploymentId())
.singleResult();
InputStream xmlStream = repositoryService.getResourceAsStream(deployment.getId(), processDefinition.getResourceName());
response.setContentType("text/xml");
OutputStream outputStream = response.getOutputStream();
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int bytesRead;
while ((bytesRead = xmlStream.read(buffer)) != -1) {
outputStream.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
}
outputStream.close();
}
}
getProcessDefinitionImage
方法通过流程定义ID获取流程图并将其作为PNG图片输出,而getProcessDefinitionXML
方法则获取流程定义的BPMN 2.0 XML文件。