How to create and upload a new BPMN2 process definition in Guvnor using REST API ?

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• There is a REST API http://localhost:8080/jboss-brms/rest/packages/{packageName}/assets exposed by Guvnor (i.e. BRM) to save a process into an existing Guvnor package. It not only accepts content-type of application/octet-stream but also application/atom+xml as per the documentation [1] . But the point to be noted is that ..

when an Atom Entry is provided, the following information must be included in the input: asset name, asset description, asset initial category, and asset format.

• Attached is a small JBDS based Java project, RestAPIConnectionTest.zip, where the main program RestClientConnect.java can be executed (please supply the appropriate REST API URL in url variable) as a standalone Java project. This program assumes that there is an existing and valid Guvnor package named TestPackage in the Guvnor. It would create a BPMN2 process definition named SimpleProcess.bpmn2 inside the TestPackage Guvnor package. The project can be imported directly into any Eclipse based IDE as a Java project and it has already got the required libraries to run as a standalone Java program.
• This test case uses the content-type as application/octet-stream and it reads the BPMN2 process definition (as Bytes stream) that is packaged inside the project.

[1] https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_BRMS_Platform/5/html-single/BRMS_User_Guide/index.html#sect-Rest_API