The current 'api' has been fairly stable for the last 2 years, so it is not really bad thing to use (even across upgrades). The 'stable' api will not be fully ready until the 4.0 CR1 release I think. The upcoming January release of jBPM 4 (alpha 1) will contain the first cut of this stable api. So you just have to be a little patient or do what the others did.... go with the current api View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4188823#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...