What is the iProcess Web Services Plug-in?

The main function of the iProcess Web Services Plug-in is to provide an interface between the iProcess Engine and external applications. There are two integration concepts:

• Outbound - Staffware procedures make calls to external applications.
• Inbound - External applications make calls to Staffware to perform operations such as starting cases, triggering events or suspending cases.

The iProcess Web Services Plug-in consists of three components:

• The JMX Container
  The JMX Container provides a Java JMX, a servlet container and the processes that are required for communication for both inbound and outbound calls.
• iProcess Engine Interface
  The iProcess Engine Interface is installed on the same machine as youriProcess Engine. It enables the Staffware Background process to communicate with the JMX container.
• iPE Web Services Client Plug-in
  This plug-in needs to be installed on your client machine that hosts your iProcess Client and TIBCO iProcess™ Modeler. This plug-in enables you to define EAI Web Service steps in your Staffware procedures.