Why using dbcp

[andrealuciano71]

Hi,

   I noted that the connection pool configured in activiti-explorer (file activiti-standalone-context.xml) is dbcp from apache.

   This connection pool is known for being affected by some limitation, at least in my personal experience I found that performances rapidly degrade with the number of threads.

   I wonder if you've ever evaluated to change the dbcp in favour to something more modern such as either bonecp or  hikaricp.

   Kind regards,

   Andrea

[jbarrez]

Valid point, it's simply because Explorer is our 'demo application' rather than something production worthy.
Changing it to another connection pool framework would be good to do, but not something that we'll prioritise any time soon (but we do accept pull requests 😉 )

[andrealuciano71]

Yep, clear, I just started using Activiti, BTW congratulation for the excelent work, and I will be happy to contribute if possibile.