improve sub process variable handling and make variable method names consistent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBPM-504 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPM-504 Project: JBoss jBPM Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Core Engine Reporter: Tom Baeyens Assigned To: Tom Baeyens Fix For: jBPM jPDL 3.2.1 1) improve sub process variables: maybe a sub process could specify in it's definition what variables are delegated to the super process. e.g. <process-definition...> <super-process-variables> <variable name="..." access="..." mapped-name="..." /> <variable name="..." access="..." mapped-name="..." /> <variable name="..." access="..." mapped-name="..." /> ... </super-process-variables> ... that would make it easier to write reusable subprocesses. by default, the variable-lookups could propagate from sub-process to super-process. but for variable creation and variable setting, things are a bit more complicated : you cannot just propagate variable creation to a super process. 2) make variable method names more consistent: getVariable getVariables getVariableLocally hasVariable setVariable setVariables setVariableLocally createVariable should be replaced with setVariableLocally addVariables should be replaced with setVariables setVariables should be interpreted as a Collections.addAll(): no functionality should be provided for the replacement of the variables map as in a bean-style setter.