Apache ODE
 | This article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject. (October 2009) |
| Developer(s) | Apache Software Foundation |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 1.3.4
/ June 9, 2010 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Standard(s) | WS-BPEL, WSDL, SOAP, JBI |
| Type | Workflow engine, Middleware |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Website | http://ode.apache.org/ |
Apache ODE is a WS-BPEL compliant web services orchestration engine. It organizes web services calls following a process description written in the BPEL XML grammar.
Features
- Side-by-side support for both the WS-BPEL 2.0 OASIS standard and the legacy BPEL4WS 1.1 vendor specification.
- Supports 2 communication layers: one based on Axis2 (Web Services http transport) and another one based on the JBI standard (using ServiceMix).
- Support for the HTTP WSDL binding, allowing invocation of REST-style web services.
- Possibility to map process variables externally to a database table of your choice.
- High level API to the engine that allows you to integrate the core with virtually any communication layer.
- Hot-deployment of your processes.
- Compiled approach to BPEL that provides detailed analysis and validation at the command line or at deployment.
- Management interface for processes, instances and messages.
