Chapter 5. Deprecated and removed components

5.1. Deprecated components

The components listed in this section have been deprecated.

5.1.1. Legacy kie-pmml dependency

The legacy kie-pmml dependency is deprecated with Red Hat Process Automation Manager 7.10.0 and will be replaced in a future Red Hat Process Automation Manager release. For more information, see Designing a decision service using PMML models.

5.1.2. Support for OSGi framework integration

Support for integration with the OSGi framework is deprecated in Red Hat Process Automation Manager. It does not receive any new enhancements or features and will be removed in a future release. The decision and process engine integration with the OSGi framework is currently incompatible in Fuse version 7.8. If you intend to use the OSGi framework, stay on the previous Red Hat Process Automation Manager version 7.9 release with Fuse version 7.7 until the new Fuse version 7.9 is available and certified.

5.1.3. Support for RuleUnit API

An existing RuleUnit API is now deprecated due to incompatibility with the Kogito RuleUnit API.

5.1.4. Legacy Test Scenarios tool

The legacy Test Scenarios tool is deprecated from Red Hat Process Automation Manager version 7.3.0. It will be removed in a future Red Hat Process Automation Manager release. Use the new Test Scenarios designer instead.

5.1.5. Support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.x

From Red Hat Process Automation Manager version 7.5, images and templates for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.x are deprecated. The deprecated images and templates are not supported with new features but remain available until the end of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 3.x support. For more information about the full support lifecycle phase for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 3.x, see Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Life Cycle Policy (non-current versions).

Consider deploying Red Hat Process Automation Manager using the operator on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.x.

5.1.6. Legacy process designer

The legacy process designer in Business Central was deprecated in Red Hat Process Automation Manager since 7.6.0. The legacy process designer does not receive any new enhancements or features. If you intend to use the new process designer, start migrating your processes to the new designer, and create new processes in the new process designer. For information about migrating projects to the new designer, see Managing projects in Business Central.

5.2. Removed components

The component listed in this section are removed.

5.2.1. The case modeler technical preview editor

The case modeler technical preview editor is removed in Red Hat Process Automation Manager 7.10. Use the new BPMN designer for cases.

For more information, see Getting started with case management.

5.2.2. Integration with Red Hat CodeReady Studio

Support for integration with Red Hat CodeReady Studio is removed in Red Hat Process Automation Manager 7.10. The support for the authoring tools based on JBoss Developer Studio (JBDS) Eclipse plugin is also removed. The feature references and documentation is not be available from the 7.10 release.