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The processes.xml file is deployed as part of a process application and is used for configuration of the deployment of BPMN 2.0 resource files. Additionally, it can be used to configure process engines which are started / stopped with the deployment of the application. See the processes.xml section of the User Guide for more details..

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Xml Schema Namespace

The namespace for the processes.xml file is http://www.camunda.org/schema/1.0/ProcessApplication. The XSD file can be found in the camunda-engine.jar file.

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Empty processes.xml

The processes.xml may be left blank (can be empty). In this case, default values are used. See the Empty processes.xml section of the User Guide for more details.

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Example

<process-application
  xmlns="http://www.camunda.org/schema/1.0/ProcessApplication"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

  <process-archive name="loan-approval">
    <process-engine>default</process-engine>
    <properties>
      <property name="isDeleteUponUndeploy">false</property>
      <property name="isScanForProcessDefinitions">true</property>
    </properties>
  </process-archive>

</process-application>

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Syntax Reference

Tag name Parent tag name Required? Description
<process-application> None. true Root element of the processes.xml file.
<process-engine> <process-application> false See process-engine Reference
<process-archive> <process-application> false See process-archive Reference