[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBPM-845) transient variables between process and subprocess

[ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPM-845?page=comments#action_12356822 ] Harald Strack commented on JBPM-845: ------------------------------------ Have a look at my first and 4th comment: there I am pointing out, that this solution is too simple. I'll try to explain it by example: Given: A process, that creates a "Contact" in the database (A), taking a transient variable called "contact". A process, that creates a "Domain" in the database (B), taking a transient variable called "domain" and 4 transient variables called "contactAdminc", "contactTechC", "contactZoneC","contactHolderC". Now, every Domain needs to create the contacts. Simple approach: process B uses 4 times process A in a processState to create Contacts (like a function call). The problem: With the actual implementation this is not possible, since a transient variable must have the same name in super- and subprocesses, there is no variable scoping! Do you see the limits of the actual implementation? For us this is a no-go limit... Regarding the overhead: sure ... it uses the same datastructures like persistent variables and that's a lot. But is this really a problem? Concerning to the necessary changes in the DB schema and the XML schema: new Feature --> new XML stuff, new DB stuff - that's the way it goes :-) I think, the only real problem is that there is no backward compatibility. May only help writing good release notes... a making this an optional feature (how?) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira