Defining/modifying/deploying the business processes using eclipse activiti designer as well as activiti modeler

1.       Eclipse designer plugin

a.       You can create your process definition using this plugin.

b.      The eclipse designer plugin will allow you(BPMN developer) to add activiti diagram via eclipse wizard.

c.       Eclipse designer plugin allows to create deployment artifacts(.bar –business archive) which can be deployed using activiti-explorer.

d.      Eclipse designer plugin stores the process definitions file in the form of .bpmn extension file.

2.       Activiti Modeler component

• It accepts the process definition artifacts for deployment  in any of these formats - .bar, .zip, .bpmn or .bpmn20.xml
• Developer or Non-technical person can edit/modify the  uploaded process definition using activiti-modeler
• Once it is modified, process definition can be deployed or exported in .bpmn20.xml format.
  
• Developer can also define new processes using Activiti-modeler.