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JBPM 4.4 Snapshot: timer expression does not accept EL that return a duration string value
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created by <a href="http://community.jboss.org/people/nsaputro">Nugroho Saputro</a> in <i>jBPM</i> - <a href="http://community.jboss.org/message/549798#549798">View the full discussion</a>
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<div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>HI All,</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>I have a problem when running timer with EL expression on JBPM 4.4 snapshot. I use an EL expression #{provisioningService.checkStatusDelay} that return a duration string like "2 minutes"</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>Previously on JBPM 4.3, the EL gets evaluated correctly and timer works as expected but now I get the following error on 4.4 snapshot.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><blockquote class="jive-quote"><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><div id="_mcePaste">09:15:26,535 ERROR [ExecuteJobCmd:42] exception while executing 'ExecuteActivityMessage[59]'</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">org.jbpm.api.JbpmException: Invalid basedate type: #{provisioningService.checkStatusDelay} is of type java.lang.String. Only Date and Calendar are supported</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.cal.Duration.calculateDueDate(Duration.java:131)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.job.TimerImpl.setDueDateDescription(TimerImpl.java:75)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ScopeInstanceImpl.createTimer(ScopeInstanceImpl.java:305)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ScopeInstanceImpl.initializeTimers(ScopeInstanceImpl.java:334)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ExecutionImpl.createScope(ExecutionImpl.java:264)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.op.TransitionStartActivity.perform(TransitionStartActivity.java:82)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ExecutionImpl.performAtomicOperationSync(ExecutionImpl.java:671)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.op.ExecuteActivityMessage.execute(ExecuteActivityMessage.java:46)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.cmd.ExecuteJobCmd.execute(ExecuteJobCmd.java:76)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.cmd.ExecuteJobCmd.execute(ExecuteJobCmd.java:42)</div>
<div> </div><br/><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p></blockquote><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>Is this a bug or the expected behavior?</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>Thank you.</p><p><br/>Regards,</p><p>Nugroho</p></div>
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