On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Alexander Blotny<alexander.blo...@fokus.fraunhofer.de> wrote: > Hi, > > in my institute we have an implementation using BPEL for orchestration of > processes in our testbed of an IMS core. Which is an IP based > telecommunication environment. We encountered some real time issues using > BPEL due to several web service calls. Now I am searching for another > solution for the orchestration. SCXML seems to be an interesting approach as > an generic state machine language. In particular because of the > implementation with the possibility to run java code in the states. I would > like to ask if someone has experiences using SCXML for this purpose. <snip/>
With limited information, its hard to say, but SCXML is designed for control abstraction and orchestration. Some usecases are at the bottom of the home page: http://commons.apache.org/scxml/ Following those links will give some details on those. The user guide in the LHS menu has more details about usage patterns etc. > I am > also interested in some opinions on a comparison of BPEL and SCXML because I > am quite unsure if it is even possible to do that. <snap/> Starting with the obvious, BPEL is more geared towards business processes, SCXML is generic (there is even a Mozilla plugin for controlling behavior on the glass, so it spans all tiers). BPEL provides more support for process concerns in the enterprise, SCXML can be used for similar purposes but with more work (putting it differently, SCXML begins as a much more lightweight engine out of the box). BPEL is more for active systems, SCXML is more for reactive systems (its the same difference that causes UML to differentiate between Activity Diagrams and State Charts). If you have any other questions about the library itself, let us know. -Rahul > Maybe someone knows some > interesting links to that topic. > > Thanks. > > Greetings, > Alex > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@commons.apache.org
