A new property bwce.component.auto.start.override has been added to control the automatic startup behavior of components in BWCE.

Behavior Scenarios:

When the property is set:

Components with auto-start enabled will start and execute normally.

Components with auto-start disabled will not start.

When the property is not set (default behavior):

All components are started regardless of their auto-start configuration.

Components with auto-start disabled will still not start, as per their design.

• Product: TIBCO BusinessWorks Container Edition (BWCE)

• Version: BWCE 2.9.1 and above 

• Applies To: All platforms where BWCE is supported (Docker, Kubernetes, TIBCO Platform)

To enable conditional component startup using the bwce.component.auto.start.override property, you must configure it appropriately based on the environment: Design Time (Studio) or Runtime (AppNode).

Design Time (Studio)
To apply this in TIBCO Business Studio, add the following VM argument under:

Run → Debug Configurations → Arguments Tab → VM Arguments

Example:

-Dbw.appnode=BWEclipseAppNode 
-Xms256m 
-Xmx2048m 
-Dorg.eclipse.emf.ecore.EPackage.Registry.INSTANCE=com.tibco.tpcl.org.eclipse.emf.OSGiEnabledPackageRegistry 
-Dosgi.bundles.defaultStartLevel=5 
-Dosgi.compatibility.bootdelegation=true 
-Dosgi.contextClassLoaderParent=ext 
-Dosgi.parentClassloader=ext 
-Dorg.osgi.framework.system.packages=org.osgi.framework 
-Dorg.osgi.framework.startlevel.beginning=10 
-Dosgi.classloader.copy.natives=true 
-Dosgi.classloader.type=parallel 
-Dosgi.bundlefile.limit=20 
-Declipse.stateSaveDelayInterval=10000 
-Declipse.ignoreApp=true 
-Dosgi.noShutdown=true 
-Dorg.osgi.service.http.port=8090 
-DTIBCO_HOME="C:/tibco/bw6" 
-DBW_HOME="C:/tibco/bw6/bw/6.3" 
-Dbw.governance.enabled=true 
-Dbwce.component.auto.start.override=true

Runtime (AppNode)
For deployed applications, add the following entry to the java.extended.properties in your AppNode's TRA file (e.g., AppNode.tra):

java.extended.properties = -Xmx1024m -Xms128m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dbwce.component.auto.start.override=true

BWCE now supports conditional component startup using a newly introduced property. This allows users to control which components should be started at runtime, providing more flexibility in application behavior.