Presentation supporting the speech of Andrea Zoppello, Spagic Architect, at EclipseCon 2010. The speech was centred around the integration of the Open Source BPEL engine Apache ODE with OSGi services, within the embedded container Equinox. The presentation refers to the core of Spagic platform, with a particular focus on the new orchestration features for OSGi services and connectors and on the support offered to the governance of SOA projects through the web console Spagic Monitor.

1. OSGi & BPEL
Andrea Zoppello, Software Architect
Engineering Ingegneria Infomatica S.p.A
March 25th 2010
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2. Agenda
1. Context
2. eBPM Project
3. Orchestration Solutions within eBPM
4. BPEL Integration
5. Demo
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3. OSGi is Great for SOA
Solid Foundation
Module, Lifecycle, Service Layer
Service Composition
Service Tracker
Service Component Models ( Declarative Service, OSGi Blueprint )
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4. The needs for BPM…
Service Component Models are great but…
Require to write code to realize business logic
We need to expose services through different protocols ( not
only SOAP )
Business Analysts think in terms of “processes”
Analyst/Developer gap
Making SOA Projects is not only about development
Governance & Management Tool are keypoints
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5. eBPM Project
BPM Platform for OSGi services
Equinox/Swordfish
Core Framework
OSGi Declarative Services
Messaging Model
Event Admin / Distributed ( ECF )
Connectors & Services
Expose services to external world
through “connectors”
HTTP,SOAP,JMS,File,FTP,JDBC
Common Services ( XSLT, Script. )
Tools
Process Modelling Tool Integration
Service Configuration/Deployment
Monitoring & Managament Tools
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6. eBPM – Scope and Background
Will cover the “BPM stuff” in Eclipse SOA TLP
Creation review will be next week ( 7 April 2010 )
The initial code base comes from Spagic Project http://www.spagic.org
Solid foundation based on real projects
Healthcare ( HL7 integration )
Italy Public Administration
Industry
Finance/Banking
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7. eBPM Core Framework – Messaging Model
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8. eBPM Core Framework – Class Diagram
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9. Orchestration
Two ways to realize services orchestration
The orchestration engine lives within the OSGi Container
“BPM Gateway” bundle
Based on open source process engine
( adapted to work within OSGi)
The orchestration engine embeds the OSGi Container
BPEL
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10. Tools
Service Configuration Editor
Does not overlap with PDE ( it works at a different level )
Visual Configuration of eBPM services
Easy Extensible with extension points
Process Development Tools
BPMN Modeler, Eclipse BPEL Designer
Extension to easily use eBPM/OSGi services within processes
Deployment Wizard
Provides facilities to deploy eBPM projects to the Equinox container
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11. General Architecture
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12. BPEL Architecture
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13. Apache ODE – eBPM Integration
Based on the “Equinox ServletBridge” approach
eBPM Client API realizes the “bridge”
Implemented as OSGi bundle
Processes will use BPEL2.0 Standard Extension Syntax
Standard Extension Implementation for ODE 2.0
Will use the eBPM API to interact with services
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