Deprecated and removed features of IBM BPM

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Deprecated and removed features of IBM BPM

IBM BPM extends capabilities found in previous versions of IBM Integration Developer, WebSphere Lombardi Edition, IBM BPM, WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, and other business process management products. Some features of those products are deprecated and removed in IBM BPM V8.0.1.

The following items are deprecated in IBM BPM 8.0.1 from previous releases.

Deprecated functions Description Action
Business Process Choreographer JMS API Business Process Choreographer is an enterprise workflow engine that supports both BPEL processes and human tasks in a WebSphere Application Server environment. The Business Process Choreographer JMS API is deprecated in IBM BPM V8.0.1. To develop JMS-based client applications, use the Business Process Choreographer web services API be used with the SOAP/JMS transport protocol. See Business Process Choreographer web services API.
Selectors Selector components provide a single interface to a service that might change results based on certain criteria. The selector component includes an interface and a selector table. This functionality is deprecated in IBM BPM V8.0.1. Use a mediation flow component. See Converting interface map components to mediation flows.
Interface maps An interface map sets up a correspondence between the operations and the parameters of the interfaces in your process. Interface maps are deprecated in IBM BPM V8.0.1. An interface map performs mapping operations between two interfaces when the operation on the originating interface has different names and different parameters than the operation on the destination interface. You can build a mediation flow that does the same thing.
Use a mediation flow component. You can also choose to convert your interface map to a mediation flow component. See Converting interface map components to mediation flows.
IBM Forms in IBM Integration Designer The generation of IBM Forms is deprecated in IBM Integration Designer for IBM BPM V8.0.1. IBM Integration Designer wizards were used to generate an initial human task user interface for IBM Forms. Use one of the following methods to replace this initial generated human task user interface.

HTML-Dojo forms
WebSphere Portal portlets
Author a custom user interface using your choice of technology, including IBM Forms, leveraging the business process, and human task APIs.

See Defining user interfaces for a human task and Use IBM Forms Server API and IBM Forms Viewer with IBM BPM for more information.

The following items are removed in IBM BPM 8.0.1 from previous releases:

Removed functions Description Action
IBM Business Process Choreographer Explorer - reporting function The Business Process Choreographer Explorer reporting function is removed from IBM BPM V8.0.1. This function was deprecated in IBM BPM V7.5. Use your own custom code, or use IBM Business Monitor.
APIs for the BPC client model The following published API methods of the BPC client model are removed in IBM BPM V8.0.1:
com.ibm.bpc.clientmodel.BFMConnection: getObserver/setObserver
com.ibm.task.clientmodel.HTMConnection: getObserver/setObserver
If your client code uses these methods, you need to remove them because the IBM Business Process Observer EJB has been removed.

Attention: Some of the software requirements for your specific environment might have changed in IBM BPM V8.0.1. For information about the system requirements, refer to the related links.

Migrating and upgrading your IBM BPM environment

Related information:

Deprecated and removed features of IBM BPM (in V8.0)
Deprecated and removed features of IBM BPM (in V7.5.1)
IBM BPM Advanced detailed system requirements
IBM BPM Advanced for z/OS detailed system requirements
IBM BPM Standard detailed system requirements
IBM BPM Express detailed system requirements
IBM Integration Designer detailed system requirements
IBM BPM Tools & Add-Ons detailed system requirements
IBM Business Monitor and WebSphere Business Monitor detailed system requirements

Deprecated functions	Description	Action
Business Process Choreographer JMS API	Business Process Choreographer is an enterprise workflow engine that supports both BPEL processes and human tasks in a WebSphere Application Server environment. The Business Process Choreographer JMS API is deprecated in IBM BPM V8.0.1.	To develop JMS-based client applications, use the Business Process Choreographer web services API be used with the SOAP/JMS transport protocol. See Business Process Choreographer web services API.
Selectors	Selector components provide a single interface to a service that might change results based on certain criteria. The selector component includes an interface and a selector table. This functionality is deprecated in IBM BPM V8.0.1.	Use a mediation flow component. See Converting interface map components to mediation flows.
Interface maps	An interface map sets up a correspondence between the operations and the parameters of the interfaces in your process. Interface maps are deprecated in IBM BPM V8.0.1.	An interface map performs mapping operations between two interfaces when the operation on the originating interface has different names and different parameters than the operation on the destination interface. You can build a mediation flow that does the same thing. Use a mediation flow component. You can also choose to convert your interface map to a mediation flow component. See Converting interface map components to mediation flows.
IBM Forms in IBM Integration Designer	The generation of IBM Forms is deprecated in IBM Integration Designer for IBM BPM V8.0.1.	IBM Integration Designer wizards were used to generate an initial human task user interface for IBM Forms. Use one of the following methods to replace this initial generated human task user interface. HTML-Dojo forms WebSphere Portal portlets Author a custom user interface using your choice of technology, including IBM Forms, leveraging the business process, and human task APIs. See Defining user interfaces for a human task and Use IBM Forms Server API and IBM Forms Viewer with IBM BPM for more information.