Plugin-API - Overview
The Imixs Plugin-API is the extension concept of the Imixs-Workflow Engine. The business logic of an application as also technical interfaces can be implemented by plugins which can easily be activated through the workflow model.
Each model can import a different set of plugins to provide different functionality. You can also add your own plugins providing custom functionality.
Standard Plugins
The Imixs-Workflow Engine already ofers a set of plugins that can be used to extend the functionality of your business application.
- Access Plugin - controls the ACL of a process instance
- Analysis Plugin - analyze different phases of your business process
- Application Plugin - provide application specific data (Forms, Icons)
- Approver Plugin - to manage an approval process
- Document-Composer - compose documents
- History Plugin - generates a human readable processing history
- Interval Plugin - compute time points on a interval definition
- Mail Plugin - sends E-Mail notifications
- Result Plugin - computes optional processing results
- Rule Plugin - computes business rules
- Split & Join Plugin - supports split and joins
The Adapter API
As an alternative to a the Plugin-API, business logic can also be implemented in an Adapter class. An adapter is bound to a single event and can be used for a more fine grained process control. Read more about the concept of the Imixs Adapter-API.
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