Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understood that there would be a merge between jBPM and Drools Flow and that that merge would be jBPM v5.<br>Dieter.<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Kenneth May <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:klcmay@gmail.com">klcmay@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">You are correct, Drools Flow may not be the best choice of technology.<br>
I could certainly write what is required in core Java very easily!<br>
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However, there are a few reasons why this was my intended approach:<br>
1) A large degree of flexibility may be required in the future. I<br>
like the concept of being able to change or apply new logic fairly<br>
easily.<br>
2) Out of the box business activity monitorring is appealing<br>
3) I'm keen to explore BPM and rules technology in more depth<br>
4) The discussion in this (admittedly old) article suggested jBPM may<br>
be a good fit: <a href="http://community.jboss.org/wiki/JBossRulesjBPMSQLorJava" target="_blank">http://community.jboss.org/wiki/JBossRulesjBPMSQLorJava</a>.<br>
My understanding is that Drools Flow is an alternative to jBPM and<br>
from what I can tell has a far better integration with rules.<br>
<br>
That said: I'm not adverse to alternative approaches if what I'm<br>
planning doesn't sound like a good fit. What I need to do is<br>
essentially pretty simple: take a file and process it through several<br>
steps (with some logic deciding which steps are relevant).<br>
<br>
Thanks for your help!<br>
<br>
Ken<br>
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