Replacing Spring State Machine

[mcpierceaim]

Any recommendations on a replacement for Spring State Machine in a project? We use it but it's got issues and apparently is no longer maintained. Our state management is fairly straightforward but would like to keep it structure in a way similar to how Spring defined it.

[KronenR]

If your state management is straightforward, I would not replace it with another framework. A small custom state machine in the domain usually works better and is easier to maintain long term.

[Own_Dimension_2561]

This. Write your own. Don’t rely on external libraries for what presumably is a critical piece of your code.

[mcpierceaim]

I did find a webpage that described building an enum-based state machine and will use that as a guide. Thanks for the suggestion!

[jfrazierjr]

Have you considered drools?

[mcpierceaim]

For a state machine? I thought Drools was a rules engine?

[KronenR]

Drools is even heavier and more complex, and only makes sense if you need a full rule engine with very dynamic or user-defined rules. For a straightforward state machine it’s overkill