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Application Developer's Guide
Using Callback Adapter : Developing the Callback Adapter
 

Developing the Callback Adapter

Developing and deploying a new Callback Adapter for Business Process Server involves the following steps.
1. Understandingthe XML structure, and the XML tags.
2. Developing the Callback Adapter Java class, and implementing the methods to handle processing of the change of state. This processing could involve performing all workflow operations including dataslots read/write operations and notifying an external system in some proprietary manner such as sending an e-mail or pager message.
3. Enabling the Business Process Server components to invoke the adapter.
4. Executing the adapter.
The following sections describe these steps in detail.
* Understanding the XML structure
* Developing the Callback Adapter Java class
* Enabling the Business Process Server components to invoke the adapter