[jboss-user] [jBPM] - Re: Using a Timer

[Gary tse]

Gary tse [http://community.jboss.org/people/garytse] created the discussion

"Re: Using a Timer"

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I would like to use a timer in my graph where after a given period of time the next node will be a service task call to do some work and complete the business process instance. 
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* That can easily be done.  The tricky part is that the current designer UI does not allow you to attach a timer event to an "Embedded Sub-Process" so you have to manually edit the XML for that.

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 Is it true in order for the timer to work I need to reload the business process instance in memory and then call fireAllRules() on the statefulknowledgesession?  
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* No need.  The StatefulKnowledgeSession itself has a "timer thread" that kicks in when your schedule is due.


I would highly recommend you to take a look at the examples.  jbpm-examples/src/main/resources/junit/BPMN2-TimerBoundaryEventCycle1.bpm2  is exactly the kind of thing you want.

Good luck !
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