[switchyard-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (SWITCHYARD-717) Objects need to be re-set into TaskContent for serialization

[David Ward (JIRA)]

David Ward created SWITCHYARD-717:
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             Summary: Objects need to be re-set into TaskContent for serialization
                 Key: SWITCHYARD-717
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/SWITCHYARD-717
             Project: SwitchYard
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: component-bpm
    Affects Versions: 0.4
            Reporter: David Ward
            Assignee: David Ward
             Fix For: 0.5


The following is an idea that needs to be INVESTIGATED for validity before done (I just didn't want to forget about it, thus the jira):

The BaseTaskContent class serializes objects when set is called, and deserializes them when get is called.  The underlying jBPM implementation uses the bytes when sent across the wire from the taskclient to the taskserver.  Doing the de/serialization on get/set means that if a developer modifies his/her domain object, he/she HAS to RE-SET that object back into the TaskContent before it is sent to the taskserver.  If he/she forgets to do this, mutations to the domain object won't be "remembered".  Instead, BaseTaskClient should hold onto the domain object in a transient field, and only on read/writeExternal should it be de/serialized into the jBPM implementation.

If the above is done, then the "Note" in the "Getting and setting task content" section of this doc page should be updated: https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/SWITCHYARD/BPM+Human+Task+API

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