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Chapter 10. Integrating KIE Workbench
with External Systems
In the previous chapters, we learned the specifics of using jBPM6 as an API, both by itself
and integrated with other components such as business rules. We also learned about the
tooling available in jBPM6, and how it is used. In this chapter, we will focus on the previ-
ously mentioned tools, not from an end user perspective, but as an administrator with the
job of deciding whether this is the right tooling for our project or company.
Understanding architectures implies getting answers to two main questions: "how is an ap-
plication composed?" and "why is it composed in such way?" We will have to understand
all the internal components proposed by the KIE Workbench in order to evaluate them ac-
cordingly, and to define whether their purpose will meet our needs. We will split the
chapter into the following sections:
• Understanding the internal components of a jBPM6 project architecture
• How the KIE Workbench is applied to those architectural components
• Steps and examples on how to extend the KIE Workbench to meet our needs of
BPMS middleware components
