I have a question about a best practise concerning processes with a dynamic list as a variable.
Let's say for example i have an process which has to store 0..* objects as variables. I.e. an process B
public class B{
string b1;
string b2;
java.util.Collection<A> aCollection;
}
and a class A
public class A{
string a1;
string a2;
}
so before calling
executionService.startProcessInstanceByKey("B-process-name", variables);
I have to fill the variables map. But how should i add aCollection ? Should i do something like
variables.put("b1", someBObject.b1);
variables.put("b2", someBObject.b2);
for (int i=0 ; i<someBObject.aCollection.size() ; i++){
variables.put("aCollection[" + i + "].a1", aCollection.get(i).a1);
variables.put("aCollection[" + i + "].a2", aCollection.get(i).a2);
}
Or maybe there is a better/cleaner solution.
Or should i store these object in my own tables, and just store a reference (id) on the variables list ?
Thanks for any replies