Using Osworkflow in your Application

Using OSWorkfl ow in your Application
Remember that the Configuration interface plays a coordination role between the
WorkflowStore (which manages instance data) and the WorkflowFactory (which
loads the template defi nitions). So it's natural to see the two mandatory properties
of the SpringConfiguration, a WorkflowStore and a WorkflowFactory. The two
previous bean defi nitions are referenced using the ref element.
Lastly, you must let Spring manage the Workflow implementation of your choice. In
the following code snippet, we will defi ne the BasicWorkflow implementation.
Note that the bean defi nition is a prototype one, that is, a bean with the singleton
attribute set to false. It is created every time your code calls the BeanFactory and
requests the workflow bean. This is a very important concept for you to grasp:
Spring creates only one instance of each bean by default.
The two JavaBean properties are the configuration (mandatory) and the
typeresolver (optional).
Lastly, we will add a Hibernate SessionFactory declaration to the XML:
org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
jdbc:hsqldb:data/osworkflow
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