[jboss-user] [jBPM] - How to get external event to cancel human task and progress process

[stevearoonie]

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"How to get external event to cancel human task and progress process"

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Hi all,

I my application I have the possibility that whilst a process is sitting at a Human Task node that an external event could make that task no longer necessary, in which case I want my workflow to progress. I have attempted to do this using the following pattern:

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The gateway is an XOR. When I test this by completing Task 1, the process correctly moves to Task 2. If instead I trigger the event (via ksession.signalEvent("TaskPerformed", null, processInstance.getId());)
 I get the sub-process End node being triggered but Task 1 is still active and Task 2 is not entered.

To test this I am just using a customized version of ProcessTest that is created in a new jBPM Project.

If instead I try processInstance.signalEvent("TaskPerformed", null); I get an NPE in ProcessInstanceImpl (kruntime is null).

Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong, or possibly another way I can produce the behaviour I desire?

thanks in advance
Steve
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