update and remove methods in the process definition classes

[tom.baeyens]

i'm wondering wether we need the update and remove methods in the process definition classes.

especially i'm talking about the bidirectional relations code.

i start to think they are not necessary because the only use case for building a process graph is when the process xml is parsed. so in the process parser, you will not manipulate the process object model, but instead just create it.

do you see other use cases for the process definition model then building it from xml ?

do you see necessity to have the update and remove methods ?

[aguizar]

If I recall correctly, these methods were created back when the GPD manipulated the definition classes directly. After a while it became apparent that manipulating the definition classes directly was not practical.

The only use case I can think of is to modify the definition after deployment. However, this requires much more than update and remove methods. IMO we should deprecate them.