Integrate Apache Kafka with jBPM
đź’ˇ Introduction In modern enterprise systems, event-driven architecture is essential for building reactive, scalable, and loosely coupled workflows. ⚙️ jBPM and 📡 Apache Kafka together enable seamless communication between business processes and external systems in real time. Kafka acts as the 🧩 message broker while jBPM executes 🧠business process logic based on produced or consumed events. 🔍 Why Integrate jBPM with Kafka Feature ⚙️ jBPM 📡 Kafka Workflow engine ✅ ❌ Event streaming ❌ ✅ Persistence & audit ✅ Optional Real-time communication Possible via JMS/REST Native Scalability / Decoupling Moderate Excellent ✅ Together they enable: 🔄 Real-time process triggers 📬 Event notifications between systems 🧱 Decoupled producer-consumer setup 🚀 Highly scalable automation 🏗️ Architecture Overview Producer App → Kafka Topic → jBPM Consumer → Process Execution ↘ ↗ jBPM Producer → Kafka Topic → Other Microservices 🏠Produ...