[Zope] CASE Tool for Modeling and Code Generation of Workflows

[ratem at censanet.com.br]

Hi everybody,

I would like to know if there is any initiative towards using a CASE tool to 
model State Diagrams and then generate DCWorkflows automatically. I know Plone 
guys did something like this to Archetypes. It is not necessary to have a 
specific tool but a XMI file that can be used to code transformation 
(generation). So the necessary thing would be a script (or a set of scripts) to 
generate code from XMI.

This solution expose a problem (using UML state diagrams):
-How to represent not only states and transitions simply but also associate the 
specif DCWorkflow´s state objects´properties like "triggers", and "requires 
permitions" (subclassing? stereotyping?), "variables", "worklists" and "script 
names"?

Would be the solution to use extentions of UML state diagrams´ "state" objects 
with additional properties (to accomodate DCWorkflow´s state objects 
properties)?

Do you know any case tool that I can extend core concepts to this point (maybe 
through stereotypes)?

Is there any initiative in this direction?

regards,

Rogerio Atem 

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