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Son Do Lenh
Son Do Lenh

Reputation: 896

Graphical Workflow Editor plugin to Eclipse/IntelliJ/Webapp

I'm considering developing a multi-platform graphical workflow editor as a plugin for Eclipse and/or IntelliJ. The editor would work in a way similar to tools such as Visio/OmniGraffle/Activiti Designer/FuseIDE. It would allow the developers to drag and drop components from a toolbox, connect them using the mouse (or would-be-cool touch), and even run simulation of the workflow (highlighting component by component and show their corresponding value).

Some more important features include:

1- It should enable the developers to go back and forth between their code (Java/Scala) and the workflow editor.

2- It should be able to connect to a web application which displays the model on a browser (if possible in real-time).

Basically, the final product would look something like that depicted in the 2 pictures below.


(source: fusesource.com)

I did some research and found out that Eclipse supported the development of workflow-oriented plugins with the Graphical Modeling Framework. But I can't seem to find any similar support for IntelliJ. Our team internally uses IntelliJ and I believe that it provides a more intuitive and developer-friendly experience than Eclipse.

Can you provide me a few hints on how to start building my plugin? How is IntelliJ's support for such interactive editor, compared to Eclipse? Or would you suggest a third approach (web-based IDE, tool...)? A few references would be more than enough. I'd really appreciate your help.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 3804

Answers (3)

Vira Havrylenko
Vira Havrylenko

Reputation: 26

Please check out PolyBPMN visualiser Intellij IDEA plugin https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/21361-polybpmn-visualizer

It supports files with extension *.bpmn, *.bpmn.xml *.bpmn20.

See also polybpmn.com

Upvotes: 0

Valentyn
Valentyn

Reputation: 301

Maybe I'm late to the party, but I've created an IntelliJ plugin for the Flowable BPMN engine that closely matches your requirement - navigation between BPMN and code.

I think you can use sources of my plugin to understand how to build your own.

Here is the plugin link: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/14318-flowable-bpmn-visualizer

And here are the sources: https://github.com/valb3r/flowable-bpmn-intellij-plugin

Upvotes: 0

Jorge Alberto Díaz Orozco
Jorge Alberto Díaz Orozco

Reputation: 347

I found this plugin for IntelliJ. It works for Activiti framework. This is the description: Activiti Designer plugin for Intellij Idea

https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7429

Upvotes: 1

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