Lots of versions of the same process

[claym]

Is it normal for a new version of a process to be deployed every time a server is started?

I'm using the JBPM Spring Module, so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong...

[salaboy21]

Look in your hibernate.cfg.xml file if your hbm2ddl is set to drop-create...
this may be the cause

[claym]

Wouldn't "drop-create" drop all the tables and therefore I'd never see more than one instance?

[salaboy21]

You are right, I don't know why I put that...
tell me more about your scenario...
what do you mean when you said

a new version of a process

[claym]

The JBPM Console has this:

Process ID Process Name Version
319 migration 4
241 migration 3
131 migration 2
1 migration 1

The process definition has not changed.

[salaboy21]

What class in the spring module are you using?

I'm using the JBPM Spring Module

[claym]

Here's my definitions

<bean id="jbpmConfiguration"
 class="org.springmodules.workflow.jbpm31.LocalJbpmConfigurationFactoryBean">
 <property name="sessionFactory" ref="mmSessionFactory" />
 <property name="configuration" value="classpath:/jbpm.cfg.xml" />
 <property name="processDefinitionsResources">
 <list>
 <value>classpath:/foo/bar/migration/processdefinition.xml</value>
 </list>
 </property>

 </bean>

 <bean id="jbpmTemplate" class="org.springmodules.workflow.jbpm31.JbpmTemplate">
 <constructor-arg index="0" ref="jbpmConfiguration" />
 </bean>

[salaboy21]

if you google that class you will find this:

https://springmodules.dev.java.net/docs/reference/0.6/html/jbpm31.html

This tells you that the process definition will be deployed every time that you start up your server

[claym]

Ok, it seems that manually deploying a process is the best solution unless it's a testing thing.

Thanks!

[kukeltje]

Yes, the sping jBPM template is also not very up to date. You miss jbpm 3.2 functionality and it is as usefull as the hibernate template (imo not useful at all). You can configure jBPM via spring afaik, but I'd ditch the template. It caused us (the company I worked for) more problems than it solved.