Activity modeler: Persistence of the model

[ani123]

Hello
We are looking at seeing if we can use acitiviti browser based modeler, to model business processes.
Does the modeler require a database to persist the model?
Is it possible to use our own persistence mechanism ( such as file system ) and format ( own xml schema ) ?

Any help is appreciated

Regards
Ani

[jbarrez]

Yes, it uses the database for model storage.

Yes, you can change it, but you'll need to extend the default Activiti service.

[ani123]

HI
Thanks for the information. For a beginner, can I find this information somewhere ?
Any help is appreciated.

Best Regards
Ani

[jbarrez]

Well, what you want is not really beginner stuff, so not really.
Basically, Activiti has a set of services (RuntimeService, TaskService, …) and you can extend the default implementations, override the default logic and inject that in the process engine configuration.