Hi Folks,
Is there a way to save the XML/BPMN definition in act_ge_bytearray table of camunda?
I have to basically read and write from this table and have to store pre-canned BPMN templates from the user to this table directly.
Is there any way to do this using Camunda SDK? Please guide me on how to achieve this.
Thanks,
Jatin
@jatin when you deploy the bpmn file it will store in the act_ge_bytearray table only. So you can easily access it via Java/Rest apis
You can render deployed bpmn in xml format from /rest/process-definition/get-xml/
To deploy the bpmn via Rest API refer here.
@aravindhrs I need to keep the templates with me and have to deploy on on-demad basis.
I need a mechanism to store them in the above mentioned table using camunda sdk if there is a way of doing that at all.
The deployment procedure is clear to me but thanks for explaining it anyway 
Thanks,
Jatin
using rest api, you can deploy the bpmn whenever you need it.
How did you setup your application? Auto deployment feature enabled?
No auto-deployment is not enabled.
We are capturing templates from user.
When user provides the definition at run-time we will deploy it.
So, i need this table to store the xml and use the xm from it to create a UI out of it.
this above two links will fulfill your requirement. let me know if it doesn’t suits.
But i have just a small doubt regarding it.
How will my XML be stored in the database without me actually deploying it there.
Get call i understand but how can i save the template without definition using camunda sdk there as we are not thinking of auto-deploying bpmn xmls.
Your requirement is to deploy the bpmn on-demand basis. So you can use this rest api to deploy the bpmn file, which will save the bpmn file as xml format (BLOB) in act_ge_bytearray table.
You need invoke camunda server rest api url like below:
Multipart form-data:
POST : http://< hostname>:< port>/< context-path>/deployment/create
you can refer this video tutorial for deployment:
