Commons SCXML issues

Question

I have been considering Commons SCXML implementation. It seems quite comprehensive but I have some unclear point.

In all the examples I have seen the states of the state machine are basically methods of a class that extends AbstractStateMachine class.

For small state charts this is okay but for machines with lots of states (IN BCSM like) this is an overkill.

Is there a possibility by default to have the states represented as classes (aka the StateMachine to be a composite of State)?

What would be the advantage of having each state represented as a class? — jbeard4, Mar 08 '11 at 21:27
Can change the state implementation via a dependency inversion. Very useful while testing. Closer to the **State** pattern design — Daniel Voina, Mar 08 '11 at 21:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '13 at 16:00

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Try: Control Isolator. A Control Flow Java library based on Apache Commons SCXML state machines.

It greatly simplifies working with SCXML.

answered Jun 05 '13 at 16:00

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