Hi,
i've looked for a java workflow engine as well and tried open source products like OSWorkflow, jBPM, Apache ODE and Bonita. If you're looking for Standards then watch out for terms like BPEL, WS-BPEL, XPDL on oasis-open.org or omg.org or wfmc.org,
SOAP / REST and JSRs like Java Business Integration (JSR 208). Many BPEL design tools are availabe now.
Apart from that, these are my requirements:
- flexible workflow framework
- runs on JDK (without application server - apache
tomcat would be ok anyway)
- additional webservice support (SOAP and REST)
- active development and community
- xml and
jdbc persistence
- spring and hibernate integration
- identity integration available (user, roles, permissions)
Any practical experiences?
Andr�