} else {
      flowControllerDecl = getDefaultFlowControllerDeclaration();
    }
    // create and configure ASB
    mASB = new ASB_impl();
    ResourceCreationSpecifier_impl dummyAsbSpecifier = new ResourceCreationSpecifier_impl();
    dummyAsbSpecifier.setMetaData(new ResourceMetaData_impl());
    mASB.initialize(dummyAsbSpecifier, asbParams);
    mASB.setup(_getComponentCasProcessorSpecifierMap(), getUimaContextAdmin(), flowControllerDecl,
            getAnalysisEngineMetaData());