jbpm kjar deployment descriptor

Question

deployment descriptor

which should be used, kie-deployment-descriptor.xml or kie-wb-deployment-descriptor.xml?

project level kie-deployment-descriptor.xml; application level kie-wb-deployment-descriptor.xml. application level is for all projects. In my point of view, project level is kjar, application level is war or ear.

The deployment descriptor allow you to define descriptors to each deployment items to get fine grained control. Generally, the file is called kie-deployment-descriptor.xml and you should place this file next to your kmodule.xml file in the META-INF folder. You can change this default location (and the filename) by specifying it as a system parameter:

-Dorg.kie.deployment.desc.location=file:/path/to/file/company-deployment-descriptor.xml

These descriptors allow you to configure the execution server on multiple levels (server level default, different deployment descriptor per kjar and so on).

Deployment descriptors allow the user to configure the execution server on multiple levels:

• server level: the main level and the one that applies to all kjars deployed on the server.
• kjar level: this allows you to configure descriptors on a per kjar basis.
• deploy time level: descriptors that apply while a kjar is being deployed.

The hierarchy works like this: deploy time configuration > kjar configuration > server configuration

noteworthy article

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_bpm_suite/6.1/html/administration_and_configuration_guide/sect-deployment_descriptors

some articles

http://mswiderski.blogspot.com/2014/

Overview of jBPM

http://mswiderski.blogspot.com/2014/12/keep-your-jbpm-environment-healthy.html

http://mswiderski.blogspot.com/2014/11/cross-framework-services-in-jbpm-62.html

jbpm integration with Spring

http://mswiderski.blogspot.com/2014/01/jbpm-6-with-spring.html