2 Replies Latest reply on Oct 5, 2010 2:05 PM by yongtao

    ExecutionService.setVariable() Question

    yongtao

      Hi,

       

      We are using jBPM 4.3. We start the process execution by

       

      ExecutionService.startProcessInstanceByKey(key, variables);

       

      Half way through the workflow we want to modify one of the variables, say X, so that the remaining steps will pickup the new value. We tried:

       

      ExecutionService.setVariable(executionId, "X", "new value");

       

      That didn't work. In the remaining steps of the workflow we still see the old value of X.

       

      What did we do wrong? Any advice?

       

      Thanks!

      Yongtao

        • 1. Re: ExecutionService.setVariable() Question
          rebody

          Hi Yongtao,

           

            Did you re-get the process instance by using executionService.findProcessInstanceById()?  The process instance won't synchronize data from database automaticly,  Once we modify the process instance, as variable or signaling,  we need re-get process instance.

           

            Hope this may be help.

           

          Cheers.

          • 2. Re: ExecutionService.setVariable() Question
            yongtao

            Thanks HuiSheng,

             

            Yes I did re-get the process instance. It did not help.

             

            However, I found a workaround. Instead of calling

             

            ExecutionService.setVariable(executionId, "X", "new value");

             

            I pass a map of variables (and their new values) to the TaskService.completeTask() call. This works just fine for me since I only need those new values in the subsequent steps.

             

            Thanks.

            Yongtao