[jbpm-dev] jBPM5 Request for Comments

[Sebastian Schneider]

Hello folks,

I am not sure if it was mentioned already but it is certainly a point I 
forgot when sending my feedback to the list. One thing I pretty much 
like about jBPM 4.x is its clear and easy-to-understand API. The API is 
pretty well designed and should certainly serve as a template for a 
future one. I don't know anything about the API of Drools Flow. Maybe 
somebody can shed some light on this aspect.

IMHO the API is one of the reasons people on the forums started using 
jBPM 4.x. - because of the API and some other things it gets you started 
a lot quicker. I made the same experience when I started to use jBPM 3.2 
after I have been using jBPM 4.x.

An additional aspect which came to my mind recently is that the process 
engine should be kept DBMS-independent and have a QA-matrix which takes 
into account most of the widespread DB-systems.

With respect to embeddability one could even think of using the JPA to 
enable the usage of compatible object-relational mappers. If I remember 
correctly there have been request or questions on the forum regularly 
about using a different persistence framework than Hibernate.

Cheers

Sebastian

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Sebastian Schneider
e-mail: Sebastian.Schneider at alumni.fh-aachen.de