diff --git a/modules/flowable-cxf/src/main/resources/flowable-bindings.xjc b/modules/flowable-cxf/src/main/resources/flowable-bindings.xjc
index 35e26a38ae0..22459637743 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-cxf/src/main/resources/flowable-bindings.xjc
+++ b/modules/flowable-cxf/src/main/resources/flowable-bindings.xjc
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <jaxb:bindings
-   xmlns:jaxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
+   xmlns:jaxb="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jaxb"
    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
-   xmlns:xjc="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/xjc"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-   xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/bindingschema_2_0.xsd" version="2.1">
+   xsi:schemaLocation="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jaxb https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jaxb/bindingschema_3_0.xsd" version="3.0">
    <jaxb:globalBindings>
       <!-- 
            Use java.util.Date instead of jakarta.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar for xsd:date, xsd:dateTime,
diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/DefaultExpressionManager.java b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/DefaultExpressionManager.java
index 7a13759c7fa..84e756ba2fe 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/DefaultExpressionManager.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/DefaultExpressionManager.java
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ public class DefaultExpressionManager implements ExpressionManager {
 
     protected ExpressionFactory expressionFactory;
     protected List<FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionDelegates;
-    protected BiFunction<String, String, FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionResolver;
+    protected FlowableFunctionResolver functionResolver;
+    protected FlowableFunctionResolverFactory functionResolverFactory = FunctionDelegatesFlowableFunctionResolver::new;
     protected List<FlowableAstFunctionCreator> astFunctionCreators;
 
     protected ELContext parsingElContext;
@@ -196,18 +197,7 @@ public void setFunctionDelegates(List<FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionDelegate
 
     protected void updateFunctionResolver() {
         if (this.functionDelegates != null) {
-            Map<String, FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionDelegateMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-            for (FlowableFunctionDelegate functionDelegate : functionDelegates) {
-                for (String prefix : functionDelegate.prefixes()) {
-                    for (String localName : functionDelegate.localNames()) {
-                        functionDelegateMap.put(prefix + ":" + localName, functionDelegate);
-                    }
-
-                }
-
-            }
-
-            this.functionResolver = (prefix, localName) -> functionDelegateMap.get(prefix + ":" + localName);
+            this.functionResolver = this.functionResolverFactory.create(this.functionDelegates);
 
         } else {
             this.functionResolver = null;
@@ -228,6 +218,17 @@ public void setAstFunctionCreators(List<FlowableAstFunctionCreator> astFunctionC
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public FlowableFunctionResolverFactory getFunctionResolverFactory() {
+        return functionResolverFactory;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setFunctionResolverFactory(FlowableFunctionResolverFactory functionResolverFactory) {
+        this.functionResolverFactory = functionResolverFactory;
+        updateFunctionResolver();
+    }
+
     public DeploymentCache<Expression> getExpressionCache() {
         return expressionCache;
     }
diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/ExpressionManager.java b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/ExpressionManager.java
index 06f0d029ab2..8c147782b8a 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/ExpressionManager.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/ExpressionManager.java
@@ -71,4 +71,8 @@ public interface ExpressionManager {
      */
     void setAstFunctionCreators(List<FlowableAstFunctionCreator> astFunctionCreators);
 
+    FlowableFunctionResolverFactory getFunctionResolverFactory();
+
+    void setFunctionResolverFactory(FlowableFunctionResolverFactory functionResolverFactory);
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableElContext.java b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableElContext.java
index 01e7cb4acf7..b93ef36af62 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableElContext.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableElContext.java
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
  */
 package org.flowable.common.engine.impl.el;
 
-import java.util.function.BiFunction;
-
-import org.flowable.common.engine.api.delegate.FlowableFunctionDelegate;
 import org.flowable.common.engine.impl.javax.el.ELContext;
 import org.flowable.common.engine.impl.javax.el.ELResolver;
 import org.flowable.common.engine.impl.javax.el.FunctionMapper;
@@ -27,9 +24,9 @@
 public class FlowableElContext extends ELContext {
 
     protected ELResolver elResolver;
-    protected BiFunction<String, String, FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionResolver;
+    protected FlowableFunctionResolver functionResolver;
 
-    public FlowableElContext(ELResolver elResolver, BiFunction<String, String, FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionResolver) {
+    public FlowableElContext(ELResolver elResolver, FlowableFunctionResolver functionResolver) {
         this.elResolver = elResolver;
         this.functionResolver = functionResolver;
     }
diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableFunctionMapper.java b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableFunctionMapper.java
index 3e2cf42231e..0eeda0ed9ca 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableFunctionMapper.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableFunctionMapper.java
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 package org.flowable.common.engine.impl.el;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 
-import org.flowable.common.engine.api.delegate.FlowableFunctionDelegate;
 import org.flowable.common.engine.impl.javax.el.FunctionMapper;
 
 /**
@@ -27,22 +25,21 @@
  */
 public class FlowableFunctionMapper extends FunctionMapper {
 
-    protected BiFunction<String, String, FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionResolver; // first parameter = prefix, second parameter = localName
+    protected FlowableFunctionResolver functionResolver;
 
-    public FlowableFunctionMapper(BiFunction<String, String, FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionResolver) {
+    public FlowableFunctionMapper(FlowableFunctionResolver functionResolver) {
         setFunctionResolver(functionResolver);
 
     }
 
-    public void setFunctionResolver(BiFunction<String, String, FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionResolver) {
+    public void setFunctionResolver(FlowableFunctionResolver functionResolver) {
         this.functionResolver = functionResolver;
     }
 
     @Override
     public Method resolveFunction(String prefix, String localName) {
         if (functionResolver != null) {
-            FlowableFunctionDelegate functionDelegate = functionResolver.apply(prefix, localName);
-            return functionDelegate != null ? functionDelegate.functionMethod() : null;
+            return functionResolver.resolveFunction(prefix, localName);
         }
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableFunctionResolver.java b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableFunctionResolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ad854973f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableFunctionResolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.flowable.common.engine.impl.el;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+/**
+ * @author Filip Hrisafov
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface FlowableFunctionResolver {
+
+    Method resolveFunction(String prefix, String localName);
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableFunctionResolverFactory.java b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableFunctionResolverFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8de8b0216d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FlowableFunctionResolverFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.flowable.common.engine.impl.el;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.flowable.common.engine.api.delegate.FlowableFunctionDelegate;
+
+/**
+ * @author Filip Hrisafov
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface FlowableFunctionResolverFactory {
+
+    FlowableFunctionResolver create(Collection<FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionDelegates);
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FunctionDelegatesFlowableFunctionResolver.java b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FunctionDelegatesFlowableFunctionResolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2330580d333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/FunctionDelegatesFlowableFunctionResolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.flowable.common.engine.impl.el;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.flowable.common.engine.api.delegate.FlowableFunctionDelegate;
+
+/**
+ * @author Filip Hrisafov
+ */
+public class FunctionDelegatesFlowableFunctionResolver implements FlowableFunctionResolver {
+
+    protected final Map<String, FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionDelegateMap;
+
+    public FunctionDelegatesFlowableFunctionResolver(Collection<FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionDelegates) {
+        functionDelegateMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        for (FlowableFunctionDelegate functionDelegate : functionDelegates) {
+            for (String prefix : functionDelegate.prefixes()) {
+                for (String localName : functionDelegate.localNames()) {
+                    functionDelegateMap.put(prefix + ":" + localName, functionDelegate);
+                }
+
+            }
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Method resolveFunction(String prefix, String localName) {
+        return resolveFunction(functionDelegateMap.get(prefix + ":" + localName));
+    }
+
+    protected Method resolveFunction(FlowableFunctionDelegate functionDelegate) {
+        return functionDelegate != null ? functionDelegate.functionMethod() : null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/ParsingElContext.java b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/ParsingElContext.java
index dfcfc635e22..6dedf9c5beb 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/ParsingElContext.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/el/ParsingElContext.java
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
  */
 package org.flowable.common.engine.impl.el;
 
-import java.util.function.BiFunction;
-
-import org.flowable.common.engine.api.delegate.FlowableFunctionDelegate;
 import org.flowable.common.engine.impl.javax.el.ELContext;
 import org.flowable.common.engine.impl.javax.el.ELResolver;
 import org.flowable.common.engine.impl.javax.el.ExpressionFactory;
@@ -32,9 +29,9 @@
  */
 public class ParsingElContext extends ELContext {
 
-    protected BiFunction<String, String, FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionResolver;
+    protected FlowableFunctionResolver functionResolver;
 
-    public ParsingElContext(BiFunction<String, String, FlowableFunctionDelegate> functionResolver) {
+    public ParsingElContext(FlowableFunctionResolver functionResolver) {
         this.functionResolver = functionResolver;
     }