Apache ODE

Apache ODE stands for Orchestration Director Engine.

As the name hints, ODE is nothing more than a core frame on which Java code can be run in a manner specific to the WS-BPEL language and philosophy.

The framework targets programmers that develop business applications and need a standard, safe, and organized environment where to interact with Web Services.

The framework supports expressing Web Services interfaces via WSDL, integration with any communication layer, a process management interfaces, and even legacy support for the older WS-BPEL 1.1 (BPEL4WS) standard.

What is new in this release:

• Support for ServiceMix 4.5.x
• Upgrade to Axis2 1.5.6 / Rampart 1.5.2
• Fairer job scheduling / more reliable under load
• Namespace declarations are now retained correctly in assigns
• Integer to string conversion in XPath 1.0 fixed (found via Betsy)
• Foreach completion condition is now implemented (found via Betsy)
• Termination handlers are now supported
• Displays a warning if datasources/transaction managers are not
• correctly configured

What is new in version 1.3.5:

• Performance improvements make XPath 2.0 processing in assign activities or transition conditions up to 10 times faster than with ODE 1.3.4.
• Support for ServiceMix 4.3.
• Improved process deployment via OSGi on ServiceMix 4.x.