Summary

In this section, we visited the various connectors that are provided by Bonita. In a nutshell, Bonita connectors are used to get data into the workflow or externalize the data from the workflow. All these connectors can be implemented by the various APIs of the tasks that we want to perform. These APIs have to be coded in Java or Groovy. But Bonita has added a layer of abstraction on these APIs and we just have to configure the various connectors that are provided. These connectors are more than enough to get the majority of tasks done. We have seen how the Bonita connectors, Email connectors, Database connectors, and Groovy connectors work with an example. Similarly there are other connectors that we can explore, depending on the functionality we wish to achieve. There are even some connectors that have been contributed by the community and are available for use on the Bonitasoft portal. You can check them out at http://www.bonitasoft.org/exchange/index.php. Make use of these powerful...