Quantum Workflow Modeler

A web-based modeling tool for modeling BPMN 2.0-based quantum workflows. It uses and extends the bpmn-js Modeler of Camunda which is embedded in the User Interface (UI) of the Quantum Workflow Modeler and handles the graphical modeling of workflows.

It contains several modeling extensions to the BPMN standard which enable the modeling of quantum workflows. New model extensions can be integrated plugin-based into the modeler. Read this guide to learn how you can integrate your own modeling extensions into the modeler.

The modeler is implemented as an HTML web component and can be integrated into other web applications as a custom HTML tag. Read this documentation to learn how you can integrate the modeler into your application and which configuration options and interfaces you can use.

The implementation of the modeler is located in the bpmn-q folder. Example projects to integrate the modeler in different UI frameworks can be found here for a Vue.js app and here for an Angular app.

The Quantum Workflow Modeler is an HTML web component. The UI components of the modeler are defined with React-js and written in JavaScript. To package the project, webpack is used. The tests of the project use mocha with chai for karma.

Refer to the documentation for further information.

Node Version

The project was created with npm 8.19.2 and node 18.12.1.

Quickstart

To start the modeler in standalone web app clone the repository and navigate to ./components/bpmn-q. Then execute:

npm install

to install all dependencies and

npm run dev

to start the modeler in a simple html website which runs on localhost:8080.

Execution in Docker

To serve the application from a Docker container execute:

docker run --name workflow-modeler -p 8080:8080 planqk/workflow-modeler

Afterwards the application is available in a browser on http://localhost:8080.

To build and run an own image execute:

docker build -t workflow-modeler [--build-arg <Key>=<Value>] .
docker run --name workflow-modeler -p 8080:8080 workflow-modeler

How to use this Library

To use the Quantum Workflow Modeler component in your application you have to install its npm package which is published via GitHub packages. To access the package, you first have to register the PlanQK namespace to your npm setup and then authenticate to GitHub. A more detailed description can be found here.

Then install the npm package with

$> npm install --save @planqk/quantum-workflow-modeler

Register the Quantum Workflow Modeler component as a custom HTML tag in the UI framework you are using. The exact steps depend on the specific framework, but here are guides how you can do that in Angular, Vue.js and plain HTML.

Use the tag of the component, quantum-workflow-modeler directly in your HTML

<div id="modeler-container" 
     style="height: 100vh;
     border: solid 3px #EEE;
     position: relative;">
    <quantum-workflow-modeler></quantum-workflow-modeler>
</div>

or create the component manually over the document API

const modelerComponent = document.createElement('quantum-workflow-modeler');

to integrate the modeler component into the UI of your application.

Activate the plugins you want to use in your instance of the modeler by setting the pluginConfig attribute. You can only set the pluginConfigs attribute if the modelerComponent is already available in the DOM. If you do not do that, the rendering will fail.

modelerComponent.pluginConfigs = [
    {
        name: "dataflow",
    },
    {
        name: "quantme",
    },
    {
        name: "planqk",
    },
    {
        name: "pattern",
    }
]

You can configure the plugins as described here. The structure of the config is defined by the plugin and can be looked up in the documentation of the respective plugin.

You can add listeners to custom events the Quantum Workflow Modeler triggers for changes in the currently loaded workflow, like saving or loading a workflow. Read the EventHandler documentation to learn more about the events of the modeler.

Development Setup

To set this project up for development, clone the repository and open it in your favorite editor. The project code is under ./components and is split in three parts: Under bpmn-q is the actual code of the Quantum Workflow Modeler. Under bpmn-q-angular is an example project with Angular which integrates the modeler component. Under bpmn-q-vue is a simple Vue-js project which integrate the modeler. These to projects do not contain code of the Quantum Workflow Modeler component. They are used for testing the integration of the developed component to test and check its compatibility with other UI frameworks.

The actual code for development is in bpmn-q. To set up the cloned project, execute the following commands under the ./components/bpmn-q directory.

1. Install dependencies

   npm install
   

2. Start the Modeler

   To execute the Quantum Workflow Modeler, a small test website can be run which only contains the modeler component. To start this website, execute:

   npm run dev
   

   This will start a webpack dev server which loads the website specified in the index.html file

3. Build the Modeler

   To build the modeler execute:

   npm run build
   

   This will build the modeler component with webpack into a single js file in the public directory.

4. Run all Tests

   To execute all tests run:

   npm test 
   

   This will run all mocha test specified in karma.conf.js with karma.

5. External Endpoints Some components of the modeler component need external endpoints to work properly. Refer to this guide for setting up all used endpoints.

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