[jbpm-dev] jBPM5 Request for Comments

[Kris Verlaenen]

Sebastian Schneider wrote:
> 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.
>   
Drools Flow uses a knowledge-based API (so the API is similar, whether 
you're using
processes or rules), but the basic API to interact with the process 
engine can be found here:
http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/labs/labs/jbossrules/trunk/drools-api/src/main/java/org/drools/runtime/process/ProcessRuntime.java

> 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.
>   
That's exactly what I was thinking when I was writing about continuous 
integration and QA.

> 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.
>   
Yes, the use of Hibernate directly instead of JPA is a known issue.

Kris