Parsing non-executable process definitions

[Rob van Dort]

In our project I need to manipulate bpmn files that are generated by a design tool.

For this I need ro parse the bpmn files before deployment.

Two hurdles to overcome:

 - I could not find a simple example for creating a BpmnModel from a bpmn file *without* deploying the bpmn file first

 - I cannot deploy a bpmn file where the process definition has an isExecutable="false" attribute (this is what the design tool generates) because BpmnParse.parseProcessDefinitions() skips non-executables process definitions. In my opinion parsing of process definitions with isExecutable="false" should be allowed, only deployment should be sprohibited.

Any suggestions?

Best, Rob.

[Christian Lipphardt]

Hi Rob,

Did you have a look at the BPMN model API to parse / manipulate the bpmn files?

See [1] for an example.

Cheers,

Christian

[1]: https://github.com/camunda/camunda-bpm-examples/tree/master/bpmn-model-api/parse-bpmn

[Ingo Richtsmeier]

Hi Rob,

you can use the BPMN Model API to read  and manipulate your models.

See https://docs.camunda.org/manual/7.4/user-guide/model-api/bpmn-model-api/ for further details.

Kind Regards, Ingo

[Rob van Dort]

Thanks a lot, very useful!