Chapter 2 Resource Files and the Public Metamodel

Settings category: process language

The Settings category contains the following items used to control the data types, constants, namings, and events categories used to customize and manage BPM generation features:

• Implementation – [executable BPM only] Gathers options that influence the process implementation possibilities. The following constants are defined by default:
  
  
  • LoopTypeList - This list defines the type of loop supported by the language. The value must be an integer
  • OperationTypeList - This list defines the type of operation supported by the language. An unsupported operation type cannot be associated with a process. The value must be an integer
  • EnableEmissionCorrelation - enables the definition of a correlation for an emitted message
  • EnableProcessReuse - allows a process to be implemented by another process
  • AutomaticInvokeMode - indicates if the action type of a process implemented by an operation can be automatically deducted from the operation type. You can specify:
    
    
    • 0 (default) - the action type cannot be deduced and must be specified
    • 1 - the language enforces a Request-Response and a One-Way operation to be received by the process and a Solicit-Response and a Notification operation to be invoked by the process
    • 2 the language ensures that a Solicit-Response and a Notification operation are always received by the process while Request-Response and One-Way operations are always invoked by the process
    
    
• DataHandling - [executable BPM only] Gathers options for managing data in the language. The following constant values are defined by default:
  
  
  • EnableMessageOnFlow - indicates if a message format can be associated to a flow or not. The default value is Yes
  • EnableMessageVariable - enables a variable object to store the whole content of a message format. In this case, the message format objects will appear in the data type combo box of the variable
• Choreography - Gathers objects that allow the design of the graph of activities (start, end, decision, synchronization, transition...) Contains the following constant values defined by default:
  
  
  • EnableMultipleStarts - When set to No, ensures that no more than one start is defined under a composite process
  • EnableTopLevelChoreography - When set to No, ensures that no flow or choreography object (start, end, decision...) is defined directly under the model or a package. These objects can be defined only under a composite process

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